Designmatters Minor
A transcripted course of study for ArtCenter undergraduate students in social innovation
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Student Programs
Introduction
Students from any discipline may participate in Designmatters projects. Those who develop a passion for social impact design can become further involved through the Designmatters Minor, Media Design Practices (a graduate major), and select Designmatters Fellowships.
Fellowship Program
A distinctive program sending top ArtCenter students to impact organizations to work on high-level projects
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Transdisciplinary Course offerings - Summer 2017
Imagining the Barbie Dreamhouse for the Future / Product Design Dept.
Creating a Safe Sex Culture: City of Long Beach / Graphic Design Dept.
Upcoming Transdisciplinary Course offerings - Fall 2017
Safe Niños: Design Charity Retail / Environmental Design Dept.
Kyoto Study Away: Culture // Craft / Product Design & Illustration Dept.
The Qualified Self: Designing Next Generation Technologies for Health and Wellness / Product Design & Interaction Design Dept.
Social Making: Frameworks + Methods for Socially Engaged Creative Work / Humanities & Sciences
Designing Social Enterprise / Humanities & Sciences
Brandmatters / Humanities & Sciences
Current Fellowships - Summer 2017
Long Beach Innovation Team (Long Beach, CA) / Summer '17
Dalberg Design Impact Group (NYC) / Summer '17
Los Angeles Innovation Team (Los Angeles, CA) / Summer '17
Coaniquem (Santiago, Chile) / Summer ’17
Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, CA) / Summer '17
Student Profiles
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Student Spotlight: Lori Nishikawa
"Social impact is about being aware of of our boundaries...
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Faculty Profiles
Faculty Profile: Guillaume Wolf “Prof. G”
French American, Los Angeles-based visual artist, art director, and author,...
Read MoreFaculty Profile: Todd Masilko
Todd has over 15 years experience as an Interaction Designer...
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Alumni Profiles
Media Design Practices Field Track
Designmatters is a key partner of ArtCenter’s Media Design Practices graduate program through the Media Design Practices: Field track. This MFA offers graduate students the chance to design for social impact in a real-world context where social issues, media infrastructure and communication technology intersect. Students in the MDP: Field program are the changemakers who will bridge cultures and disciplines with empathy and integrity.
Click For MoreArtCenter College of Design partners with UNICEF Mexico – bringing design and technology to issues within international development.
UNICEF Stories / March 2017
Read MoreMedia Design Practices at ArtCenter: Live Online Conversation with Graduate Students in MDP : 8/17
ArtCenter / August 2016
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“It is one thing to know and design for an ‘end user’, but it’s another to sit across from someone in their own living room and hear their personal story. It humanizes the work we do and gives it meaning and value.”
Narbeh Dereghishian, Product Design '10,
Creative Karma: An Interview with verynice Founder Matthew Manos
HOW Magazine / January 2016
Read MoreMari Nakano wins the Young Innovator Alumni Award from Designmatters ArtCenter College of Design
UNICEF Stories / December 2015
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