DSI / Social Design

MFA Design for
Social Innovation

October 27, 2021

RSVP to Open House 2021!

Come learn about the exciting work our students, alumni, and faculty are doing and see what an MFA in Social Design will do for you. Join us at our in-person Open House on Friday November 12th 6 – 8pm. 136 W 21st St. New York, 5th floor. Or join us online in our Virtual Open…

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Fall 2021 Fast Track Students Announced!

Fall 2021 Fast Track Students Announced! This semester, our Fast Track honors program will feature three highly diverse projects dealing with different issues in the social sector: sustainability and art, emotional health, and issues around drug legalization. The selected students began developing these designs outside of DSI coursework, and have brought them into our space…

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December 8, 2021

Alumni Scholarship Awards

November 12, 2021

RSVP to Open House 2021!

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Jaimie Cloud

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions, so the intention is absolutely necessary, but it's not enough.”

Miya Osaki

"Our students join us because it fulfills a deep need that nothing else can—to go out and create change, disrupt the status quo, work with communities, and use their own powers of creativity to bring something to life that has not existed before."

Emily Herrick

"Practitioners of DSI believe that the design practice should evolve beyond its colonist, capitalist past—where it has been harnessed solely for financial gain."

Kate Reed Petty

"Design for social innovation takes two types of courage: First, the courage to envision a better world, and second, the courage to do the hard work of thinking through everything it takes to actually make change happen."

136 W 21st St,
5th Fl.
New York, NY 10011
(212) 592–2205

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