Education

Meena Kadri|Projects

Yoza

Yoza stories are directed to African youth who are book-poor yet mobile-rich.

John Thackara|Interviews

Africa: Where Events Are King

John Thackara interviews Mugendi M’Rithaa.

Michael Bierut|Essays

Five Years of 100 Days

Five years of a 100 day workshop taught by Michael Bierut at the Yale School of Art.

Edited by Julie Lasky|Case Studies

Social Design in Three Dimensions: Four Examples

A business-school case study inspires MFA design students.

Julie Lasky|Essays

Index Names Design Challenge Finalists

Among the seven projects dedicated to schoolchildren are educational games, classroom furniture and products that support comfort and hygiene.

Julie Lasky|Projects

MSC Greenhouse Project

On learning about science, nutrition and politics at the Manhattan School for Children.

Maria Popova|Interviews

Helping People Help Their Narratives

Interview with Andrew McGregor, founder of The Tiziano Project

Constantin Boym|Report

Out of Sight: Qatari Workers' Housing

Constantin Boym reports on efforts to improve the living conditions of Qatar's migrant workers.

Edited by Julie Lasky|Report

New Contexts/New Practices: Six Views of the AIGA Design Educators Conference

Perspectives on the 2010 AIGA Design Educators' Conference, "New Contexts/New Practices."

Julie Lasky|Projects

Bigshot Camera Update

Reporting the status of an innovative children's camera in development

William Drenttel|Event-Education

Winterhouse First Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Final Report

The final report from a symposium held in Connecticut, October 17–19, 2010, where 13 educators from a variety of design and business programs discussed the challenges and objectives of social-change initiatives within their …

John Thackara|Essays

Design Steps to Heaven

I recently visted Luzern, in Switzerland, for a workshop at the oldest art and design school in Switzerland, Hochschule Luzern. My host, Andy Polaine had asked me to set students in the first semester of the MA Design, a challenge.