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Featured Projects
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Safe Motherhood Initiative In continuing partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Designmatters facilitated a Summer 2007 studio to develop an integrated multi-media awareness campaign in support of the 2007 Safe Motherhood Initiative.
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GE Healthcare: Future Healthcare Solutions for the Aging Systems and products that improve the quality of life for the elderly in multiple environments.
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Integrated Mobile Health Clinics for Remote Communities in Kenya Designmatters at Art Center has partnered with two community-based organizations, Mpala Community Trust (MCT) and Normandic Community Trust (NCT), to develop an innovative design project aimed at greatly improving health outcomes in remote Kenyan communities.
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Flintridge Operating Foundation: Gang Violence Prevention Campaign Communication strategies to promote positive messages and empower disenfranchised youth.
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Project Concern International (PCI): Tijuana Mobile Health Outreach Clinic Integrated solutions for mobile healthcare operations, as well as communications strategies to support mobile clinic outreach in Tijuana, Mexico.
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UNICEF: Sharing Digital Stories in the Developing World Providing platforms that enable youth journalist groups to connect about critical world issues and interact with other youth via easily accessible technology.
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Human Rights Public Education Exhibition Visual communication campaign on human rights in commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary.
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ABOUT DESIGNMATTERSThe world today faces challenges of unprecedented scale and complexity—including urban congestion, depleted natural resources, housing shortages and crises in education and healthcare. Solutions to these challenges increasingly require collaborations offering diverse approaches and perspectives. Because mankind lives in a designed world, designers are pivotal to the success of these collaborations. Public awareness of the importance of design beyond mere consumerism and style is rapidly growing, and design is now an equal partner with many enterprises, including business, medicine, science, technology and urban planning. A College-wide initiative launched in December 2001 and led by the International Initiatives Department, Designmatters at Art Center explores the social and humanitarian benefits of design and responsible business. OUR MISSIONThrough research, advocacy and action, Designmatters strives to engage students, faculty and staff in an ongoing exploration of the links between design and issues of social and humanitarian importance. We believe that design, responsibly conceived and applied, can contribute to solving such contemporary challenges as sustainable development and providing for basic needs and services, including adequate public health, safety, education, housing and transportation. We seek to forge collaborations with individuals, educational and cultural institutions, industry, community agencies and international organizations that yield tangible solutions to contemporary social challenges. DESIGNMATTERS THEMESDesignmatters projects are conducted year-round at Art Center. Each may focus on one or more of the following themes:
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Read about Designmatters in the Design Altruism Project blog post, “Blowing Competitions Up, and Other Acts of Good Citizenship.”
Designmatters participates in the Changing the Change Conference. Read the paper we presented. -
Human rights posters will be on exhibit at the annual UN DPI/NGO Conference at UNESCO in Paris, Sept. 3-5, 2008.
Designmatters featured in Design 21 article, “Real World Education,” and the human rights poster project critique is covered in their newsletter.
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