via the MANIBLOG If only there was an easy answer… Designers are well-equipped to get closer to it, though. As an inherently systems-based discipline, design is about understanding the audience, communicating effectively and harnessing form and function, all of which are essential to social change. Design thinking has become a much talked-about approach that can … Continue reading How to design social change (by Claire Manibog)

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Thursday, July 29th proved to be just as challenging as every previous Thursday in the Impact program but under the leadership of Deborah, it ended with much celebration. The morning was spent in our Team Project class session where each group got one-on-one time with a professional who was connected with and/or very knowledgable in the … Continue reading July 29th: A long and fruitful journey – by Peyton Rowe

via Wanderlust Design by Anna Mae Abia On a particularly hot Friday afternoon, the team (Tyler, Cedomir, Thiago, and I) along with fellow classmates Juliana and Ricardo made the trek out to Hunts Point in South Bronx to meet with Tanya Fields of the BLK Projek.  Her organization seeks to address food justice, public & … Continue reading The BLK ProjeK: Hunts Point, South Bronx