Design Ignites Change

Below is an archive of project case studies; each one is a designer’s vision to ignite change in the world through creative problem solving. We aim to bring big ideas such as these out of the studio and into the community to inspire like-minded changemakers. Projects are posted by Design Ignites Change participants and award applicants.

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Saturday High Urban Samaritans

Art Center College of Design

In this project, students designed an exhibition for a non-profit foundation in New York City called Urban Samaritan that recycles local museu... more ⇒

Project Greenbean

University of Illinois School of Art + Design

Greenbean is an interactive charity operated via Apple iphone application that provides the user with interesting facts about their environment and what t... more ⇒

"School: by Design" AIGA/NY Mentoring

AIGA New York

High School of Art & Design

School: by Design is a Design Ignites Change youth mentoring initiative. Mentoring teams will examine the school ecosystem from the studen... more ⇒

Forest

California College of the Arts

Forest was conceived for the San Francisco non-profit Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF), who have been planting and caring for the city's street trees for 30 years. ... more ⇒

Design For the New Generation

The Art Institute of Austin

My Project is a project thats I created for the aspiring high school graphic design in my local high school community. The project is to get t... more ⇒