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Join Future Project in Iceland this June

Future Project Expedition, a new vision of Project M, is currently launching its first project abroad. FPX: Iceland will be a two-week moving workshop in Iceland consisting of 10–12 cyclists, designers, doers, and inventors. The team will ride approximately 250 miles from Akureyri to Reykjavik starting June 13th. ...more ⇒


Program Spotlight: Social Design at MICA

At Design Ignites Change we profile participating college and university design programs that are integrating a socially responsible agenda into their curriculum and dedicate resources to support students as they use their creativity to make a positive impact in communities around the world. The Maryland Institute ...more ⇒


“Commitment Required: The Social Design Job Market” Event Recap

Impact! Design for Social Change – a School of Visual Arts, six-week summer intensive – affiliated with Design Ignites Change, recently hosted an event called “Commitment Required: The Social Design Job Market.” The sold-out presentation and panel discussion moderated by Mark Randall, a Worldstudio ...more ⇒


A Design Ignites Change project in the news

A project featured on Design Ignites Change by talented graphic design student at Academy of Art University, Johnny Selman, has recently received a flurry of press about BBCx365, his stunning and provocative poster project. Find some of the articles through these links: “Poster-A-Day: A Visual Vitamin,” by Steven ...more ⇒


Two Wings Films to debut in film festival

Design Ignites Change is excited to announce an update about Two Wings, an Implementation Award winner from spring, 2010. Matthew Heckart from the School of Visual Arts was awarded funding that went primarily towards the animation costs of his bold visual campaign advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ...more ⇒