To remain competitive, corporations are looking for innovation and impact in the area of social change as it relates to their businesses.

The non-profit world is seeking new ways to support their constituencies through design strategy. This six-week summer intensive will introduce participants to the growing field of design for social advocacy.

Meet the Instructors

Michael Blakeney

Development Director, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Michael Blakeney

Michael Blakeney is the development director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where he is involved in all aspects of support for programs, exhibitions and general operating expenses.

Mark Randall, Program Chair

Principal, Worldstudio

Mark Randall, Program Chair

Mark Randall is founder and partner of Worldstudio. Their unique area of expertise is in creating and implementing programs and projects for corporate clients that support their social responsibility platforms.

Allan Chochinov

Partner, Core77

Allan Chochinov

Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, a New York-based design network serving a global community of designers and design enthusiasts. He is editor in chief of Core77.com, Coroflot.com, and Designdirectory.cdom, and writes and lectures widely on the impact of design on contemporary culture.

John Carlin

Executive Creative Director, CEO, Funny Garbage

John Carlin

John’s career began in the early 1980s as a Professor of Art, Film History and Popular Culture at Yale University, Williams College and elsewhere. During this period, he published numerous articles in the fields of art and literature, served as a critic for Paper Magazine.

Raphael Bemporad

Partner, BBMG

Raphael Bemporad

An expert in brand strategy, cause marketing and public affairs, Raphael has launched national media campaigns, drafted public policy, created consumer and nonprofit brands on aggressive timelines and budgets, and managed communications for local, state and federal elected officials.

Ada Tolla

Principal, LOT-EK

Ada Tolla

LOT-EK is a design studio based in New York and Naples. Founded in 1993 by Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, it has been involved in residential, commercial and institutional projects in the US and abroad, as well as exhibition design and site-specific installations for major cultural institutions and museums.

Lara Galinsky

Senior VP, Echoing Green

Lara Galinsky

Lara Galinsky is the senior vice president at Echoing Green. Her portfolio consists of the day-to-day management of Echoing Green, marketing and communications, evaluation, thought leadership, alliances, strategic planning, and internal capacity building.

Giuseppe Lignano

Principal, LOT-EK

Giuseppe Lignano

LOT-EK is a design studio based in New York and Naples. Founded in 1993 by Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano, it has been involved in residential, commercial and institutional projects in the US and abroad, as well as exhibition design and site-specific installations for major cultural institutions and museums.

Edwin Schlossberg

Principal Designer, ESI Design

Edwin Schlossberg

Edwin Schlossberg is founder and principal designer of ESI Design. He is an internationally recognized designer of collaborative public experiences, knowledge-sharing networks, and communications platforms for a variety of companies and institutions.

Steven Heller, Co-founder

Design Historian, Author and Critic

Steven Heller, Co-founder

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program and co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism, MFA in Interaction Design and MPS Branding programs at the School of Visual Arts, New York. For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times.

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