Founding Partners
Founding Partners
Portland youth realize ambitions with re:active
When Michael Etter left behind his brief career as a teacher, it wasn’t to get away from young people—it was to get closer to them. The activist educator had grown dissatisfied with the increasingly managerial role expected of him as a public school teacher and he longed to make more meaningful connections with ...more ⇒
Design Ignites Change chosen as an AIGA cause/affect award winner
cause/affect is a biennial graphic design competition which celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society. Design Ignites Change has been awarded first place in the Education category. All of the winning work is currently on display at the AIGA SF Gallery through ...more ⇒
PennDesign students get their feet wet with riverfront group project
When UPenn educator Laurie Churchman’s graphic design practicum students were asked to develop a brand identity for Central Delaware Advocacy Group (CDAG), they began the way any serious designers would, by getting to know their client. In this case, there was a lot to get to know. Their client, CDAG, is an ...more ⇒
Otis College of Art and Design students expand their studio to improve Los Angeles
Elementary school students, ex-gang members and disaster relief workers, in and around Los Angeles, are taking a hand in improving their worlds this Spring, with the help of Otis College of Art and Design’s Integrated Learning program and Design Ignites Change. Otis College’s Integrated Learning program ...more ⇒
IIT students plan to save lives
Can the same research strategies used to innovate in healthcare and mass transit, also prevent homicide? This past semester, a graduate-level design planning class at Illinois Institute of Technology, put their discipline to the test and arrived at some impressive results. It was Amanda Geppert, a graduate student at ...more ⇒
