Biodiversity Hotspots: Designing Humanity’s Role in Ocean Conservation

    Partners:

    Conservation International

    Elena Finkbeiner, Coastal Communities Fisheries

    Ashleigh McGovern, Senior Vice President, Center for Oceans

    Mariana Prieto, Director of Innovation

    Host department:

    Designmatters with Communication Design and Industrial Design

    DM department:

    Jennifer May, Executive Director

    Joshua Halstead, Faculty Director

    Faculty:

    Charlie Hodges, Product Design

    Wendy Thai, Graphic Design

    Students:

    Jared Ayala (Entertainment and Animation Design)

    Yasmine Gutierrez (Product Design)

    Soojung Lee (Graphic Design)

    Sijia Liu (Graphic Design)

    Chunyi Ou (Product Design)

    Makiah Redson (Graphic Design)

    Dajung Ryu (Product Design)

    Ruosu Zhao (Product Design)

    Special thanks:

    Natalia Vasquez, Climate Strategist

    Jennie Dean, Aquarium of the Pacific

    Emily Yam, Aquarium of the Pacific

    Ali Swanson, Director of Nature Tech & Innovation, Moore Center for Science

    Nathan Cooke, ArtCenter

    Teaching assistants:

    Charlie Hodges, Product Design

    Wendy Thai, Graphic Design