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Impact: Design for Social Change is an advanced program that will run on two parallel tracks; the first will educate students on how to conceive and execute their own projects for social change with a focus on funding projects that are not client-based. At the end of the intensive each student will have a fully developed concept. Along with a personal project, students will participate in the development and full execution of a team project that addresses a pressing need within a predetermined community. On this track, students will roll up their sleeves to take the program out of the realm of theoretical thinking and extend it into the real world.
This is a program at a level on par with graduate studies. The intensive offers advanced students and working professionals a unique opportunity to study with faculty composed of leading designers and social entrepreneurs. In addition, weekly lectures and field trips will allow students to directly interact with a dynamic range of innovators in the field.
This is a rapidly growing area of design. This program will instill in participants the confidence, self-motivation and collaborative spirit, which will be needed as they continue on to work as design activists. Professionals, educators and students in the following disciplines are invited to participate: graphic design, product design, information design, interactive design, fashion design, photography and illustration.
This six-week summer intensive takes place at the School of Visual Arts, a dynamic multidisciplinary institution in New York City with a faculty of more than 1,000 and a student body of over 3,800 representing 46 states and 49 countries. SVA is widely recognized as one of the finest art and design schools in the country for it’s innovative and experimental program philosophies, its participation in the cultural life of New York City and the accessibility it offers to its unparalleled faculty of professional artists and designers.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on March 18, 2010
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