Design for Good: Designing for Social Change

Designers hold the key to influencing successful socially conscious initiatives. Read the stories and see the work of design projects featured in the Designing Change column from HOW magazine. Get inspired by the stories behind Award-Winning work and find more examples of designers using their skill for the greater good. You’ll also find tips, theories and insights to how designers today are making an impact in the world.

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Find Your Green Graphic Design Niche

Each green market has a unique character that requires its own design approach, and some will have more appeal for you than others. Here are a few to explore. More

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Design for Change: 13 Ideas That Matter

Each Year, Sappi Ideas That Matter grants fuel a wide variety of design projects for the greater good. Get inspired by the work of the 2012 recipients (plus, get the first preview here!). More

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Team Sense Project Uses Design to Aid Visually Impaired

Team Sense imposes a thought-provoking question: Imagine if you were to lose your eyesight or only see shades of gray. How would you be able to experience color? More

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Designing Change: 10 Influencers

The intersection of design and social impact is powerful. What types of organizations exist and what types of programs are developing to really take the concept to the next level? More

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5 Ways to Rock a Grant Application

Grants are an often over-looked way to seek funding for a socially conscious design idea. Check out these 5 grant writing tips, excerpted from “The Design Activist’s Handbook: How to Change the World With Socially Conscious Design,” to help bring your idea to life. More

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Designing Change: Compass to Care

Compass to Care, which pays for the travel arrangements of cancer patients’ families, teamed up with EPIC, an organization that pairs designers with nonprofits. More

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EPIC Empowers Creatives to Ignite Change

EPIC empowers creative people to make social change happen. Read about how this organization has united 170 volunteers with 21 nonprofits to create powerful ripples of change, using design. More

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Designer Spotlight: Celery Design Collaborative

Celery Design has been a longtime catalyst for social and environmental change with their design work. “Our goal, aside from doing great design, is to positively influence behavior and catalyze organizational change.” More

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The Day After Earth Day: What Can You Do Tomorrow?

Did you know that 80% of a product’s environmental footprint is determined at the design stage? More

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Designing Change: On The House’s Pro-Bono Solution

In search of a pro-bono balance, an Atlanta-based firm found their strategy: one organization of the course of one year gets one hell of a brand makeover. Read my interview below with Matchstic’s co-founder Blake Howard. More

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