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

Consultant
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.

Co-president, Games for Change
Asi is a veteran game-maker, tech executive and social entrepreneur. As Co-President of Games for Change, he leads on the curation, development and execution of programs to raise the quality and influence of games for social change.

VP Public Affairs, MTV
Jason Rzepka is vice president of public affairs at MTV, the #1 global youth brand. His charge, quite simply, is to use MTV’s superpowers for good. Jason does this by marshaling the network’s forces to engage and activate America’s youth on the biggest challenges facing their generation.

Co-founder, Design Impact
Kate Hanisian is a cofounder of Design Impact, a non-profit organization whose mission is to embed design within non-profit organizations to create innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs, such as better access to water, safe environments or livelihood.

Co-founder, Design Impact
Ramsey Ford is a cofounders of Design Impact, a non-profit organization whose mission is to embed design within non-profit organizations to create innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing needs, such as better access to water, safe environments or livelihood.

Founder, Yoxi
Sharon Chang is the Founder of Yoxi, a creative competition to discover big ideas and bright stars in social innovation. Through the online platform, launched in 2010, teams of problem solvers battle to create and communicate the best solutions to social issues.

Founder, FutureFlair
A design writer, curator and strategist, she is the founder of futureflair, a creative conduit that provides a critical eye on all things visual and a multi-faceted understanding of the cultural value and strategic dimensions of design.

Co-founder & Managing Principal, Two Twelve
David Gibson is an internationally recognized and published pioneer in the field of public information design. As the co-founder and managing principal of Two Twelve Associates in New York City, David has always believed in the power of design to transform public space and people’s awareness.

Vice President of Creative for frog design
Robert Fabricant is the Vice President of Creative for frog design where he works with a global team of strategists, interaction designers, industrial designers, technologists and design researchers.

Founder, EMPAX
As a founder of Joe Boxer, former CEO of Phat Farm and the recipient of two Masters’ Degrees in psychology, Martin’s background blends a commercial force with a method for understanding culture and human behavior.