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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"Create! Don't Hate." @ Foothill HS

Foothill High School

Create! Don't Hate. is a mentoring program for high school students in the Las Vegas area in partnership with Design Ignites Change and... more ⇒

WELCOME: Gentrification Offsetting

Parsons The New School for Design

WELCOME is a collaborative service that raises awareness about gentrification and fosters more inclusive forms of change in vulner... more ⇒

Floatfarm

University of Southern California School of Architecture

Floatfarm proposes a community of floating shrimp farms as a means of adapting to the ongoing rise in sea levels of the Mekong Delta, where aquaculture ac... more ⇒

Oakmulgee Forestworks

Corcoran College of Art + Design

Oakmulgee Forestworks is a community-oriented campaign centered around the Oakmulgee Ranger District of Alabama's Talladega National Forest. L... more ⇒

CreateAthon

School of Visual Arts

CreateAthon® is a 24-hour, work-around-the-clock creative blitz during which creative agencies generate strategic and creative work for local nonprofits... more ⇒