DSI / Social Design

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Social Innovation

June 21, 2021

Announcing the 2021 Equity in Design Scholarship

To support underrepresented communities in design, we are offering a new Equity in Design Scholarship to address intersectional oppressions and promote equitable opportunities starting with our own student community. This year, the award will grant $10,000 to one incoming student. This scholarship will be offered for the first time in 2021, and we seek to…

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Catching up with Amer Jandali (‘16)

Now the founder and CEO of evolving social design company Future Meets Present, Amer Jandali (‘16) has had quite the journey since his time as a nightclub DJ. For some time after earning his degree in International Business in 2010, Amer performed across the country and began his own radio show with a through line…

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Paul Lillehaugen

“Designing for social innovation means asking, ‘what are the problems around me that need a solution?’ and then, ‘why are the current solutions not working? How can I reframe the question in a different way to find a more effective approach?’”

Wenfei Xu

“When I think about the role of a designer, I don’t think about someone who is just highly capable at colors, graphics, or communication. Designers are people who are capable of bringing together different types of ideas and different ways of seeing the world to propose something coherent and original.”

Jaimie Cloud

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

Asi Burak

“There is innovation, and then there is innovation with meaning, which is trying to change society for the better. That’s the innovation we’re looking for, it doesn’t have to be technological, it doesn’t need to be disruptive, it needs to be undertaken with society in mind.”

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