The first chapter-organized Design Summit took place May 17–19, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. Teams worked on developing long-term solutions for issues related to after-school health and arts programs.

Richard Grefé, executive director of AIGA, the professional association for design, discusses how creative professionals can elevate their role in the business world and earn greater validation for their work.

Elizabeth Coleman explains why design—understood as a systematic, collaborative way of addressing problems and transforming possibilities—is a prime candidate for the new set of studies needed to revitalize higher education.

Hartford Art School student Ethan Bodnar and industrial designer Charles Harrison co-present their career and work on the main stage at “Make/Think”a student beginning in an age of blogs and InDesign, juxtaposed with a successful designer who began his career as a military cartographer in the 1950s.

We are experiencing a “new normal” as the global economy begins to recover. How should we be thinking about the role of Design now and looking forward to 2020?

Stefan G. Bucher, the man behind 344 Design and dailymonster.com, discusses the creative challenges of being both a maker and a thinker, communicating to large audiences across a wide range of media.