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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Travel the World, Without Leaving Home

C.S. Mott Community College

Mott graphic design students took on the design of a four-day world travel experience as part of a program for the North End Soup Kitch... more ⇒

NOW: Images of Hope

Kansas City Art Institute

The neighborhood surrounding Kansas City's Troost Ave. can be identified by it's beautiful wall murals, interesting people and decades of poverty. The ob... more ⇒

Plant Grow Eat Love

College for Creative Studies

In 2007, Detroit was labeled a food desert. A food desert is an area that has no or very distant mainstream grocers. In most cities, food deserts are is... more ⇒

The Knohow

School of Visual Arts

Born out of the personal transformation of one Midwestern youngster's perception of his hometown of Cincinnati, The Knohow captures the circumstantial enlightenm... more ⇒