Creative professionals with a concept that has the potential to ignite positive change are invited to apply for a “Design Ignites Change | AIGA Fellowship,” which provides seed funding and professional guidance.
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March 20, 2013
Konjo sandals are handcrafted by a group of unskilled and previously unemployed women and men in one of Africa’s largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Rule29 helped introduce Konjo by providing both strategic planning advice and creative services—everything from designing the shoes to developing the name, logo and e-commerce website.
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December 10, 2012
This high school design studio teaches students to use the creative process as a
problem-solving
method and develop smart communication
solutions that better their communities. The students work on projects in teams, with support and guidance from a professional design mentor.
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December 10, 2012
This mentoring program in Jacksonville, Florida pairs high school students who have
expressed an interest in graphic design with professionals from the local
design community. Over the course of three to four months, the mentoring group
meets on weekends to complete individual projects that use social design to give back to
the community.
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Case Study by Dave Copestakes and Gigi McGee December 10, 2012
For these workshops, graphic design students from local colleges were paired with
children ages 8 to 12. Under the guidance of AIGA Philadelphia and Spells
Writing Lab, the participating children created poems and collages that showcased “their Philadelphia.”
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December 10, 2012
DesignEd K12
is AIGA’s initiative to encourage members and chapters to become involved with
local schools and school districts to improve understanding of design practices
among young people, and to encourage the use of these practices as problem-solving
techniques.
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Doyald Young receives the 2009 AIGA Medal, in recognition for demonstrating the power of a lifelong love of the craft of calligraphy, type and graphic design, for his contributions as an author and for his engaging role as an educator. Deanna Kuhlmann-Leavitt, designer and founding partner of Kuhlmann Leavitt, Inc., presents the award.
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