Worldstudio

Design Ignites Change, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio, engages high school and college students in multidisciplinary design and architecture projects that address pressing social issues.

There are several ways to engage with the program:

» Colleges and universities are invited to join Design Ignites Change to engage their students in social issues and gain visibility for their programs.

» Creative professionals and college students are invited to mentor underserved high school students through an exciting partnership with The Designers Accord.

» Corporations and nonprofits can also participate in Design Ignites Change through sponsorship.

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Worldstudio is delighted to announce that the 2010 Design Ignites Change mentoring initiative will be developed and implemented in partnership with The Designers Accord, a global coalition of designers, educators and business leaders working together to create positive environmental and social impact.

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cause/affect is a biennial graphic design competition which celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society. Design Ignites Change has been awarded first place in the Education category.

All of the winning work is currently on display at the AIGA SF Gallery through August 7th and on the cause/affect website.

Pick up the latest issue of Communication Arts on newsstands now or download this PDF to read Mark Randall’s design issues article about design as social educator. Learn how designers can go beyond the traditional approaches to social responsibility in their work and become entrepreneurs, developing and executing their own solutions to social problems.

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Read the article by Steven Heller here.

As part of their involvement in Design Ignites Change, students from the Junior Graphic Design class at Corcoran College of Art + Design have been performing a series of sidewalk reenactments in an effort to raise awareness of pedestrian fatalities in Washington, DC. Last week, these students made the local news! Click here to see the story that ran on the local NBC affiliate. (more…)

Design Ignites Change was recently featured in an article published on Fast Company’s website. The article was a synopsis of a talk given by Worldstudio principals, Andréa Pellegrino and Mark Randall, at the Y Conference produced by AIGA San Diego.

Worldstudio, together with the Adobe Foundation’s signature program Adobe Youth Voices, today launched Design Ignites Change, a program that encourages talented high school and college students to use the power of design to address social issues in their local communities through substantive public projects. Supporting and media partners include: AIGA, the professional association for design; Citizen Scholar; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; Core 77; Design Observer; Frog Design; Graphic Design USA; Williams & House.

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At a time when corporations need to be judicious with every marketing dollar, Worldstudio’s socially responsible projects and programs enable corporations to differentiate themselves in a crowded market by connecting with key constituencies in tangible and meaningful ways.

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Worldstudio is proud to announce a new initiative, Design Ignites Change, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio.

The annual program promotes and encourages talented high school and college students across the country to use design thinking and innovation to create solutions to, and messages, for pressing social problems.

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