
Apply for Fall 2024!
Join our Fall 2024 cohort by starting your application before January 15, 2024.
DSI is a graduate social design program that asks:
- How can design offer pathways that shift us towards healthy, equitable systems?
- What conditions and collaborations enable communities, systems, and nature to thrive?
- How can social design increase care and our capacity
for change?
EVENT
SVA Graduate Departments Open House 2023
RSVP to the SVA Graduate Program Open House & Information Session provides prospective students with valuable insights into our diverse array of graduate programs. During this event, attendees have the opportunity to learn about our academic offerings, meet the program chairs, and tour our state-of-the-art studios. It’s a unique chance to gain a deep understanding of the SVA experience, helping individuals make informed decisions about their creative and academic future.
Virtual Portfolio Review Day
November 19, 2023
Meet chair Miya Osaki to find out more about MFA DSI share your portfolio, questions, and get info on how to apply for Fall 2024.
Meet alum Veda Borgave
November 17. 2023
DSI alum Veda Borgave (MFA DSI ’23; designer at Moonraft Innovation Labs) will be with Graduate Admissions, School of Visual Arts (SVA) for an event in Atlanta, GA.
Meet alum Caroline McAndrews
December 14, 2023
SVA Graduate Admissions Office invites all prospective graduate students to a panel of Graduate Alumni including, Caroline McAndrews (MFA DSI ’16).

Hundred on 100
Veda Borgave (MFA DSI ’21)
“Hundred on 100” reimagines community support for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes in India. It is a set of tools curated by the community, for the community along with a framework to provide smoother transitions and changes to their lives. Veda Borgave is currently working at the intersection of social impact and design innovation at a global consultancy, Moonraft, in Atlanta, GA.