Calling for a Global Design Service Corps
Only a sliver of the world’s population currently benefits from well-designed spaces in which to live their best lives.
Design Thinking Innovations in solution-based design techniques that address social problems
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Q&A with MASS Co-founder Michael Murphy
A new generation of architects and designers are raising expectations for the public interest design movement.
Constructing the Case for Impact Investment
What social entrepreneurs need to be thinking about when approaching impact investors and making the pitch for investment capital.
Social Innovation Needs Design, and Design Needs Social Innovation
Social innovation needs people who know how to create lives filled with both success and purpose. It needs designers.
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Human-Centered, Systems-Minded Design
Both human-centered and systems-thinking methods fit within an effective design approach, and can work in conjunction to address social challenges.
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Convening by Design
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
The Ethics of Innovation
An ethical framework can bridge the worlds of startup technology and international development to strengthen cross-sector innovation in the social sector.