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MFA Design for
Social Innovation

October 21, 2018

Social Design is Needed Everywhere

About DSI

Social Design is the application of design methodologies to solutions for complex human problems. Design for Social Innovation at SVA is the first MFA program in Social Design, with an experience-based curriculum of discipline and rigor. Our graduates are pioneering solutions to the major issues of our time, working in the most enlightened and inspiring organizations.

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Announcing the 2019 Paul Polak Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that for the fifth year, incoming students can apply for the Paul Polak Scholarship from MFA Design for Social Innovation. Paul has been a friend, adviser and inspiration to our program, and to the millions of people around the world whose lives he has changed through his work to end…

Why DSI?

Using words that define and then bring aboutOnline Master Class: , the future we want. Online Master Class: Talking Our Way to the Future

This year’s Better World by Design conference will focus on using innovation to lift tensions and create a global impact. DSI Chair and recent alums will discuss social challenges that are creating worldwide tensions. Better World x Design

Chair Cheryl Heller will give a provocative keynote about the future of design. DMI Design Leadership Conference

Feedback loops and real time data. Online Master Class: Why Plans Don’t Work Anymore, and What Does

Join us for the NYC launch of designer and business strategist Cheryl Heller’s book, “The Intergalactic Design Guide.” “Intergalactic Design Guide” Book Launch in New York, NY

Soft skills or power skills are the secret to success. Online Master Class: The Skills of the Future and How to Acquire Them

Learn how you can become a creative leader. DSI Open House

MODA will host a Design Conversation with Cheryl Heller, DSI Chair and author of “The Intergalactic Design Guide: Harnessing the Creative Potential of Social Design.” MODA Design Conversation

Guardians of the Ocean Club

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Asi Burak

“You don’t have to do the most important work of your life in university, but there’s a good chance you will.”

Archie Lee Coates IV and Jeffery Franklin

“Even the tiniest solutions can create a ripple that can make real change.”

Karen Proctor

“There are a lot of things that we can do to make life better for a lot of people. But first we have to decide that that’s what we really want to do.”

Patricia Dandonoli

“Be very active. Be out there. Put yourself out there and be the designer of your own learning.”

136 W 21st St,
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(212) 592–2205

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