Banking on Youth

Some of you may be interested in submitting ideas for the Banking On Youth Competition.  Awards are available for young USA entrepreneurs (ages 13- 22) who effectively demonstrate their new and innovative ideas for ventures that directly benefit society.
When: March 15, 2013
Awards from $1,000, $5,000 and $15,000
http://bankingonyouth.org/

PVD | Systems Research

Good luck finishing up your systems research for Tuesday.  The goal of this assignment is to gain a broader perspective of the social issues and complexities of Providence and our surrounding communities.  Please use your judgement and pursue your topic with curiosity being sure to put the data you find in context so that we can understand the information clearly.  Also, take a step forward with your graphic representation.  Think about page layout, hierarchy of information, and consistency in your iconography/graphic line work.  Let me know if you have any questions. I am looking forward to seeing your work presented in class on Tuesday.

PVD Systems covered in this assignment:
Environment - Kevin
Health - Sue
History - Gabriella
Education- Leah
Politics/Government - Pierra
Economy - Desha
Agriculture - Liz
Transportation - Tommy
Demographics - Angela 
Gender Issues - Natalie
Natural Resources/ Energy - Alex
Material / Social Culture - Stephanie
Housing / Living - Alex
Immigration  David
Waste - Sarah
Youth/ Adolescent Issues - JiYeon
Crime/Punishment - Tess

Precedent Presentations

A few selected samples from the studio wide Precedent studies:

Q-Drum, Kevin Cho

Reboot, Leah Chung

One Laptop Per Child, Alex Nam

Project Masiluleke, Tommy Park

Precedent Study

Thanks again for all of your thoughtful work over the weekend. It was great to see your initial thoughts on working for a positive social impact.  For Thursday begin your research and infographic development for your precedent study and complete the assigned reading, Better by Design & Design Thinking for Social Innovation.  We will discuss the readings and meet one-on-one in studio to review your precedent study progress.  Precedent study will be presented in class on Tuesday, 2/26.

List of International Precedents:

Q Drum - Kevin

One Laptop per Child – Alex N

Embrace Infant Warmer – Alex P

Project M_ Frog - Tommy

Paso Pacifico - Liz

Toms Shoes - Pierre

Made By Survivors - Sue

Vision Spring – Ji Youn

Root Cause - Angela

Design Ignites Change / World Studio - David

The Reboot – Leah

Project H - Tess

Barefoot College - Sarah

Rural Studio - Stephanie

Catch a Fire - Natalie

Root Capitol/Acumen Fund - Deesha

Kiva.org - Gabriella

Alternate Organizations:

The Glue Network

Switchboard

Hope Mob

Proximity Designs

Firebelly University

Additional Resources:

Design for the other 90%

Design with the other 90%

Poptech

INDEX Awards

Good.is

Clinton Global Initiative

Gates Foundation

Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards

Welcome!

Welcome to DeSE 2013!  It was great to meet all of you on Thursday and I am really looking forward to working together this semester.  For class tomorrow please complete Assignment 1 and the Sketch Problem (both documents are posted here on the blog).  Also, be sure to send me your self assessment and the link to your own blog.  Please email if you have any questions.  See you tomorrow!

Video

Here is a link to the video by the Providence Journal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bi5rzDs1zE