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There has been an unprecedented surge of interest in the field of design for social impact, or as it has become known – social design. Designers are looking for ways in which to incorporate more meaningful social change work into their practices. Read the rest of this entry »
The banners were turned into totebags by Urban Samaritan
Every year the Union Square Partnership installs new banners for the winter/holiday season to promote the district surrounding Union Square Park. Worldstudio works with the USP throughout the year on a wide variety of materials from event collateral for Summer in the Square and Harvest in the Square to promotional coupon books to email campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »
This spring, Worldstudio embarked on a project with Notre Dame’s Office of Public Affairs and Center for Social Concerns to assess the University’s community engagement efforts and how those efforts are being understood and perceived by key audiences. Read the rest of this entry »
On Thursday, September 22nd, over 1,200 foodies attended the 16th annual Harvest in the Square. Featuring more than 50 restaurants and 40 wineries, Union Square Partnership raised $326,000 to benefit Union Square Park.
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Worldstudio is excited to be working with Enterprise Community Partners on a series of robust workshop and training materials which educate developers, property managers and residents on operating and living in green affordable housing.
The identity is built from a suite of icons that form the four main areas the program addresses: Healthy Homes, Water, Energy and Recycling.
The Urban Forest Project banners hanging in Washington, DC and Tacoma, WA.
A series of 100 banners were recently installed in the heart of Washington, DC, the latest city to collaborate with Worldstudio on The Urban Forest Project. This innovative environmental, public arts initiative is being presented by District Department of Transportation (DDOT), in collaboration with AIGA DC, the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and the Downtown DC Business Improvement District.
Worldstudio consulted on the mission, strategy and messaging for the Young Photographer’s Alliance, a new non-profit organization which supports emerging photographers. For the Alliance’s inaugural mentoring initiative, Answering Adversity, Worldstudio developed the concept and structure of the program along with the theme and supporting materials, such as outreach collateral and mentoring guides. Worldstudio then worked with the Alliance over the life of the project to ensure success. What follows is a story about the program and the impact it has had on the participants.
The team from San Francisco gathers to review images
Worldstudio has been working with the Steinway Astoria Partnership on a new branding and messaging program including naming, logotype, stationery system, lightpole banners, bus shelter poster and most recently a custom website with robust content-management system. Read the rest of this entry »
Last month, Design Ignites Change advisory board member, educator and Founding Partner of Kinetik, Sam Shelton, shared his experience of bringing the Design Ignites Change program into his classroom at the Corcoran College of Art + Design with the attendees of TEDxMidAtlantic.
Check out this short video of the Create! Don’t Hate billboards in Times Square!
Create! Don’t Hate, an initiative of Design Ignites Change, is taking place in cities all across the United States.