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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IOBY Video Storytelling Toolkit

School of Visual Arts

IOBY, or In Our Backyards, is a micro-funding website that helps finance small, local projects in the city of New York. IOBY is able... more ⇒

A Book by its Cover: Reading Stereotypes

Kansas City Art Institute

In an effort to foster contact between children of different ethnicities and eradicate stereotypes before they form, this so... more ⇒

WARM DETROIT

College for Creative Studies

Class: Advanced Visual Communication II Instructor: Zak Ostrowski Designers: Michael Prewitt / David Stafford Project: WORK, PLAY / CHANCE, DES... more ⇒

Kaflab

School of Visual Arts

Kaflab is a foundation dedicated to re-define Arab identity through the arts. Starting from the initial question of ‘What Arab is’, Kaflab looks to analyze t... more ⇒

Safe Agua - Ducha Halo

Art Center College of Design

Through a collaboration between Designmatters at Art Center College of Design and Latin American NGO, Un Techo para mi País, The Safe Agua Proj... more ⇒