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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University of Tennessee

Central High School

This mentoring project involves a group of University of Tennessee students majoring in the study of graphic design and an advanced art class at Central Hi... 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... more ⇒

the Bloom Box

University of Utah

Next time you go to the store, make the effort to notice all the potential waste from food packaging. After purchasing, produce packaging is repackage... more ⇒

Phony Phoods

School of Visual Arts

‘Phony Phoods’ is an exhibition of critical design projects located in a disused bodega in Brooklyn, New York. the visitor’s preconceptions and expecta... more ⇒