Ted Commented about the Create Don't Hate billboard project he is involved in at a local school and I thought I'd connect this project to the larger context of Design Ignites Change, which founded this, and many other, social initiatives.
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. Participants are encouraged to apply design thinking—the combination of unleashed creativity and executable actions—to problems that exist in their own communities.
Supporting Educators
Design Ignites Change enables high school and college educators to involve their students in projects that have positive social impact. The program offers guidance on running social-change projects and visibility for participating schools on the Design Ignites Change website.
Promoting Student Work
Student projects—in the form of case studies—are showcased on the Design Ignites Change website, a public exchange of ideas that gives visibility to the participants. Projects of note are promoted through the program’s public relations campaign to the business and creative communities, as well as the general public. View projects
Funding Innovation
Participating students and educators gain the entrepreneurial skills to secure funding for their projects. Using open-source documents and resources, the Design Ignites Change program provides a structure for students and educators to learn about various funding models that can help them carry out their projects.
Honoring Great Projects
Projects are eligible for a Design Ignites Change Award in one of two categories. The Idea Award will be given to a promising and innovate social change concept and the Implementation Award will offer grants for the real-world execution of a promising community project. In both categories, a jury of creative, business and civic leaders will select the project or projects they feel have the greatest ability to impact positive change on a local level.
Mentoring
Mentoring initiatives bring together college students and professional designers to collaborate with underserved high school students to execute a project around a compelling social theme.
Initiatives are supported by a robust set of open-source guidebooks and documents that give even the inexperienced mentor the tools they need to successfully complete the project while providing a rewarding experience for the student and themselves. Currently Design Ignites Change has two mentoring initiatives underway: Create! Don’t Hate. and School: by Design
Join Us!
To learn more about how your school or organization can participate in Design Ignites Change, visit the Join Us! section of the website.
For more information about becoming a partner or sponsor, visit the Partners section of the website or contact Andréa Pellegrino.
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