2. DESIGN for GOOD
Design for Good is a movement to
ignite, accelerate and amplify design-
driven social change
Design for Good is a platform
Design for Good supports and sustains
3. GET INVOLVED!
Are you looking for an organization that
pairs designers with nonprofits or provides
guidelines on running a nonprofit project in
your area?
Advertisers Without Borders
All
for Good
Design for America
And there are more… visit the AIGA Act and Advocate
Page
4. NEVER STOP LEARNING AND
GROWING!
It doesn’t matter if you are a
student or a professional
continue with your education!
5. A FEW CURRENT
OPPORTUNITIES…
Design Ignites Change
D-Lab
Project M
Designmatters
Implementing Social Change:
Beginner's Workshop
And there are more… visit the AIGA Learn and Grow
6. AND you can EVEN GET PAID
for DOING GOOD!
If you have a socially impactful
design project that would benefit
from a grant? Or perhaps
another form of support could
help you turn your great idea
into reality?
Check this out…
7. FUNDING and SUPPORT
ArtPlace
Knight Foundation
The National Endowment for the
Arts
Pepsi Refresh
Sappi | Ideas that Matter
And there are more… visit the AIGA Funding and Support Page
12. GROUP MEMBERS
Brad Harrell
Collin Neil Hall
Jaclyn Arens
Nelson Bohannon
Valarie McCown
Editor's Notes
Design for Good is a movement to ignite, accelerate and amplify design-driven social changeDesign for Good is a platform to build and sustain the implementation of design thinking for social change. This platform creates opportunities for designers to build their practice, their network, and their visibility. Design for Good recognizes the wide range of designers’ work and leadership in social change which benefits the world, our country and our communities.Design for Good supports and sustains designers who play a catalytic role in communities through projects that create positive social impact. By connecting and empowering designers through online networking tools, inspirational stories, chapter events, training, national advocacy and promotion, Design for Good serves as a powerful resource for designers who wish to work in this area and a beacon for designers leading the charge.
Get involved. The AIGA website has a growing list of organizations, schools, programs, training and fundraising opportunities offering ways for you to engage.Are you looking for an organization that pairs designers with nonprofits or provides guidelines on running a nonprofit project in your area? Advertisers Without Bordersis a national community of advertising and communication professionals who have a true passion for social causes.All for Good makes it simple to find ways to do good by helping people connect with service activities in their communities. The site brings together service opportunities from local and national organizations to help you find volunteer activities that fit your time and interests.Design for America teaches human centered design to young adults and collaborating community partners and implements innovative solutions based on insights into human needs, rapid prototyping, user-testing, and interdisciplinary team work. Design for America currently addresses national challenges in education, health, and environment and is constantly seeking mentors and students to participate.
Whether you are a student or professional, there are always internships, mentorships, and professional development opportunities and programs that can help you as a person and designer make a social impact!
Design Ignites Change is a national initiative of World studio, that engages high school and college students in multidisciplinary design and architecture projects that address pressing social issues. Participants are encouraged to apply unleashed creativity and executable actions to problems that exist in their own communities.D-Lab is a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that fosters the development of appropriate technologies and sustainable solutions within the framework of international development. D-Lab’s mission is to improve the quality of life of low-income households through the creation and implementation of low cost technologies. Project M is an annual intensive summer program in Greensboro, AL, for young creative people inspired to contribute to the greater good, and looking for a platform to collaborate and generate ideas and projects bigger than themselves. The program encourages and provides techniques for thinking in a non-linear way in order to generate new ideas and design directions in a way that brings about true innovation and creative exploration.Designmatters is a program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena that offers that focuses on the intersection of art and design and social change and aims to help students develop the skills to translate meaningful ideas into actionable solutions.Implementing Social Change: Beginner's Workshop is a one-day program led by PellegrinoLab that guides attendees through the critical processes of actualizing solutions to social challenges with a sense of entrepreneurial spirit. The workshop is available nationally, but must be arranged and scheduled via PellegrinoLab in advance.
ArtPlace believes that art, culture and creativity expressed powerfully through place can create vibrant communities, thus increasing the desire and the economic opportunity for people to thrive in place. It is all about the local.Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged.The National Endowment for the Arts recognizes design's ever-present role by funding activities across the design disciplines that encourage, preserve, and disseminate the best in American and global design and its impact on communities.Pepsi Refresh is a program funded by Pepsico that provides multiple grants ranging from $5,000 to $250,000 each month to ideas that refresh the world. Ideas submitted must fall into one the following six categories: health, arts & culture, food & shelter, the planet, neighborhoods, and education.Sappi | Ideas that Matter is a grant program established to recognize and support designers who generously donate their time and talent to a wide range of charitable activities with a primarily aim on supporting the creative ideas of designers that have an impact beyond the aesthetic and that are a powerful force for social good.
"Sorry, You're Occupied" Occupy Wall Street Rally - Posters (Company Dan Cassaro)About Art as Protest - Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We are the 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.This Occupy Wall Street movement empowers real people to create real change from the bottom up. We want to see a general assembly in every backyard, on every street corner because we don't need Wall Street and we don't need politicians to build a better society.the only solution is WorldRevolution
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