| | | |  | | Jade Broomfield, '17, with faculty member Miya Osaki. | | | We are in awe of our alumni and what they are accomplishing. They have spread out to the corners of the world, but remain close to each other as cohorts well beyond their time in New York, sometimes talking every day, fielding questions and giving each other advice. Inspired by alum Gina Kim, we will host a DSI alumni reunion later in January, where all cohorts will have a chance to share learning and experiences with each other, and start a dialog about how to further enhance the strength of the alumni network. News about what they're up to, and new jobs are listed below. Find a full look at where they're working here. | |  | | Tina Park speaking at the Measured Summit. | | | Measured.design is a research initiative launched by DSI, for the purpose of measuring the difference social design makes on human health. It began as a symposium two years ago, in which leaders in healthcare, design, philanthropy and business came together to compare measurement experiences and begin a dialog about how design's benefits can be quantified. Now, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Measured.design will launch a site with learning from a deeper dive into thirty one examples of social design in application. The purpose of the new site is to provide an overview of what social design is, where it applies, how it is situated within overlapping approaches, and insights learned from these investigations. Anne LaFond of John Snow, Inc is a partner in the project. The advisory board, seen below at a December 14th meeting includes Joan Barlow from RWJF, Maggie Breslin, Caroline McAndrews, Anne LaFond, Tracy Johnson from the Gates Foundation, Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Community Solutions, Michelle Risinger from PACT, and Cheryl Heller from DSI. | |  | | Children interacting with exhibit at MODA. | | | Social Design is a collaborative process, but the degree to which it is effective depends on the quality of collaboration, and the diversity and capabilities of collaborators. We are honored at DSI to include in our network some of the most accomplished individuals and organizations working to solve the critical issues of our time. These are the connections that we make for our students, and that they take with them as they leave the program and begin their careers. This year, we have added an especially exciting group of new colleagues, including FHI360, an organization dedicated to the "Science of Improving Lives," TAPS (Triangle Area Population Society) in Raleigh Durham, The Design Management Institute, The Giving Kitchen, MODA (Museum of Design, Atlanta), Ignite, Project Liberation, the BU Climate Change Communication Lab, The Larson Family Foundation, and Community Solutions and Built for Zero. | |  | | Tara Maurice, '20, Jelynne Morse, '19, and Jessica Panicola, '19, presenting their finals for Fast Track, a program launched to give students the support they need to bring bold initiatives to life. | | - A degree from DSI is transformative. It opens opportunities, ideas and capacity for leading change that are unimaginable before they're experienced.
- Going back to school is the most self-indulgent thing you can do for yourself. If you are out in the world working, become a learner again allows you to recalibrate and come back to the professional world at a vastly different level.
- A degree from DSI provides not only deep knowledge in social design and it's practice, it provides the power skills that lead to success in any industry or sector. Leadership, critical thinking, entrepreneurship, communication are the abilities that provide grads with the agency to lead change wherever they are.
- Social design brings purpose and passion to the lives of people who practice it, and the people they engage. It's nice knowing that what you are able to do is what the world needs right now.
- The first applications have access to more options for scholarships and financing. It's worth it to be early.
| | | Miya Osaki spoke at Design x Healthcare's Designing Across Disciplines on Sept. 20, as part of a panel with Flatiron Health on "Bringing the Human into Human-Centered Design." | | | | Marc Rettig and Hannah du Plessis were presenters and facilitators for the Pittsburgh session of the first World Interaction Design Day, sponsored by Adobe and the Interaction Design Association, which is focused on the theme of diversity and inclusion in design. | | | Cheryl Heller has an article in the Harvard Business Review on how the architecture of hospitals affects health outcomes. | | | Lee-Sean Huang gave a lightning talk about design for social impact on Nov. 13 at Social Table, hosted by Capital One's Design Pro Bono team and NYC Service Design Collective. He also spoke about digital borders and implications for designers at the Adjacent conference at NYU on Nov. 3, where the theme was "Bodies and Borders." Lee-Sean's article on the concept of "binary borders" was published in the latest issue of Adjacent, NYU's journal for emergent media. | | Alison Cornyn's exhibition "Incorrigibles: Bearing Witness to the Incarcerated Girls of New York" is at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse gallery until February 15. On the evening of Jan 31st, head over to the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse for a panel event with formerly incarcerated women, advocates, lawyers, professors, and judges, to learn about and discuss what has been done to girls in the name of justice and protection in New York State, and to imagine what the future of girls' justice looks like.
The exhibition/courthouse hours are M-F 8:30AM to 5:30PM. Info about the exhibit is here. | | | | Jade Broomfield, '17, moved to California to join Allbirds, a company focused on redirecting the fashion industry with sustainable materials that are good for the planet. She will be creating branded experiences for their brick and mortar locations to communicate the company values and tell the stories of the materials Allbirds uses for their sneakers. | | | VRbal, the thesis project of Yuka Fukuoka, '18, was exhibited at NYCML '18 Demo Day at The New School. Demo Day is annual festival presented by NYC Media Lab, Parsons and NYU where tech startups can connect with possible investors. | | | Kyle Calian, '16, joins Returnity as the Marketing and Account Director. Kyle also continues his work for his own company, The Regeneration (founded 2016), as well as with various other sustainability-focused companies. | | | Caroline McAndrews, '16, has co-founded Leap Fund with Karen Schoellkopf.. Leap Fund is a financial solution to help people clear the benefits cliff, a phenomenon that punishes workers for trying to move ahead. The start up was developed during Caroline's time as a fellow in the Blue Ridge Foundation. The two spoke on the Unlocking Underserved Markets panel at the Ideas42 Behavioral Summit in October. | | | Marlyn Martinez, '17, is now the Program Manager and Sustainability Liaison for Nuestro Barrio - Creative Industries Acceleration and Commercialization Program (NB-CIACP). NB is working to retain, diversify, and commercialize the products, services, and innovations from the creative and cultural players in the Santurce area in Puerto Rico. | | | Alejandro Cercas, '18, has joined the NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs as a Community Outreach Member under City Service Corps. Alejandro is working directly with immigrant communities in New York, helping them gain access to government services that the city provides and leading forums and community meetings to help educate and provide information about their rights and services available to them. | | | Rinat Sherzer, '16, spoke at TEDx Jaffa in Israel on December 4. Her talk focused on feminine power and how connecting to it can help build a future to be proud of. | | | Sandy Guberti-Ng, '18, has joined CB Insights, a big data company that analyzes data about private companies; their research has been cited in major national news outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg. As a Data Visualization Associate, Sandy will be doing data story-telling, communicating complex data comprehensibly. At DSI, Sandy developed "A Year in President Trump's Tweets" — a visualization of the way Trump tweeted in 2017. | | | | Amanda Finuccio, '18, was selected as a Design Research Fellow at Public Policy Lab. She will be seeing the design process through from initial exploration to prototyping and piloting programs for several agencies. | | | | Phoenix Chen, '18, was hired as the Chief Design Director at GameSir, a startup in Guangzhou, China. | |  | | Rutvi Gupta, Umila Singh, and Jessica Panicola participated in the ESSA Report Card Design Challenge, which was held by the US Department of Education and the Data Quality Campaign in Washington DC. Over the course of two days, they worked to design a solution to make school information easily accessible to parents. They leveraged the parents, educators, and policy experts in the room to better understand the need and the gaps currently unaddressed in the education system. At the end of the challenge they received awards for best data visualization and overall best design. | | January 10: Online Master Class - Falling Out of Love with Experts
Why everyone needs to be a designer. Register here.
January 15: Harnessing and Measuring the Creative Potential of Social Design Webinar
Businesses, governments, foundations and the social sector are investing millions of dollars in social design as the most promising methodology for solving the complex human challenges of our time. In this webinar, Cheryl Heller, along with Anne LaFond, Director of the Center for Health Information, Monitoring and Evaluation at John Snow, Inc., will present an overview of what Social Design is and how it works. Register here.
January 16: The Inside Scoop
The second webinar of the "Inside Scoop," the new series of webinars where DSI faculty and alums will answer questions about the program to provide a lived experience. Archie Lee Coates IV, faculty member and founder of the multi-disciplinary creative practice PLAYLAB, INC., and Josh Treuhaft, DSI alum and Senior Experience Strategist at R/GA Portland, will discuss the yearlong thesis process that students engage with in the program's second year. More information here. Register here.
February 14: Online Master Class - Creative Leadership
How to step up to the plate and lead creatively to power social change. Register here. | | | | | | | |
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