The document discusses how emerging artists and designers can get involved and make a difference through design. It outlines the design process and explains that design is useful for doing good because it takes a broad viewpoint, provides new engagement methods, is a flexible process, and can simplify complex issues. The document recommends focusing on either "design doing", which involves directly helping others through design, or "design thinking", which teaches others design skills. It provides some areas and organizations for getting involved, and advises networking and building case studies before graduation to help find work in the field.

1. How can emerging artists & designers get involved & make a difference? www.flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo

2. How can emerging artists & designers get involved & make a difference? www.flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo

3. How can emerging artists & designers get involved & make a difference? www.flickr.com/photos/scoobyfoo

5. Why is design good for doing good?

7. But what can I do as a recent graduate? Well, there are 2 broad areas to think about: design doing & design thinking

8. “ Where you innovate, how you innovate and what you innovate are all design problems” - Tim Brown, IDEO

9. Using a design process to create products, services and experiences that are designed around the user Design doing is:

11. In 2010 designing for good tends to be more focused on the design thinking side of life.

12. The Good Measure TM Design doing Design thinking Level of good (impact)

13. Talk to other people like you

16. A little bit about service design

19. Some areas to work in Connecting people to government Creativity in organisations Engaging people in design & art

23. But, before you graduate…think about what you really want to do (if you don’t know then try it)

24. Meet lots of people before you graduate and think of networking as a design challenge “ How might I…”

25. Setting up on your own? Build case studies, not a portfolio

27. Find the thing that you really believe in and follow it. @p_thurston | www.paulthurston.co.uk