Be a part of our next cohort!
We are still accepting applications for Fall 2024
(just a few spots left!)
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?
SCHOLARSHIPS
Accepting applications for Fall 2024
We are still accepting applications* for Fall 2024 as space allows. Early applicants are eligible for our two departmental award scholarships for Fall 2024. Those passionate about making a difference in the world: Socially minded, nature-lovers, creative leaders, critical storytellers, innovators, action-takers, and curious makers NEED APPLY.
*We seek diversity, so non-designers are encouraged!
Global Guest Lecture: Suad Aldarra, I Don't Want To Talk About Home
Global Guest Lecture on Wed, March 27, 2024: Syrian-Irish writer and data scientist living in Dublin, Suad Aldarra join us to discuss her debut memoir, I Don’t Want to Talk About Home (Doubleday/Penguin Random House) shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards – Biography of the Year.
Talking with Mari Nakano:
DSI Designer In Residence
An interview with Mari Nakano, DSI Spring 2024 Designer in Residence about her explorations in “Show Love Through Food” looking at how natural cycles, heritage, nourishment, belonging, and reconnection can inform our social design practices.
See Karen + David Proctor's show: Grabbing the Hammer Lane
NYC premier at the United Solo Festival: Grabbing the Hammer Lane: A Trucker Narrative, a searing, one act play about prodigal rebellion and fleeting moments for redemption. “An emotionally engaging solo show brimming with blue-collar poetry…” ~Orlando Weekly
Where’s your water from?
Pallavi Rawla (MFA DSI ’23)
A thesis project exploring water conservation and building connections between residents in India to their natural sources of water.