Design Observer :: Join the Discussion http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/ en-us Design Observer Group 2012-02-10T09:26:23-05:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-02-10T09:26:23-05:00 Nadia Anderson
The Bridge Studio, Iowa State University]]> http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-01-22T11:31:54-05:00 Love the article. Absolutely impressed at your thorough, well-put description of your adventures. Fun how those times of long discussions over dinners in Greensboro still have threads of discussions and questions that we must all still wrestle through and critically assess. Thanks for putting pen to paper and pushing the conversation in the Design profession, specifically the social design sector.

I think the observation that these efforts are often "struggling for funding and depending on a workforce of unpaid idealists" is right on and a cause for concern. I think these "labor of love" jobs tend to be a lot of labor that saps the love and idealism. There's got to be a way designers can be attentive to the hard questions and social responsibility yet still make a living. Here's to continuing to find ways to "make it work," as you say!]]> http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-01-19T15:23:57-05:00 http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-01-17T15:59:56-05:00 Yes, the lack of professional development is there. I guess I'm just hoping NCARB and IDP catch up with the alternative models of practice... until then, I'll hodgepodge my way through licensing.
Come visit us, Will.
Jack Forinash
Epicenter
designonthedottedline.org
]]> http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-01-17T09:31:31-05:00 Your description of what a foreigner is (race, class, education...) is very accurate.
Looking forward to your next essays.
Beatriz Maturana (Architects for Peace)]]> http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lessons-from-the-front-lines-of-social-design/31998/#comments 2012-01-16T21:43:25-05:00