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DFA National Tour!
DFA’s director of operations, Sami Nerenberg is just finishing up a whirl wind tour across the United States visiting college campuses eager to start a DFA studio. With UC Berkeley being her last...
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Leadership Studio 2012!
by Christy Lewis, NU ’13 “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin No matter how many times you explain the design process to someone, it is...
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Tinker Turf Encouraging Children to Learn and Play
Tinker Turf, a DFA Northwestern summer studio project from 2011, has been implemented by the Chicago Children’s Museum! Read more about the project and the team’s design process! How did you guys get...
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Extreme by Design
We had the pleasure of interviewing Ralph King, the inspiring and talented filmmaker of Extreme by Design, a documentary film. Design for America has had the exclusive opportunity to pre-screen the...
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DFA Creators’ Exchange!
Hello from the Design for America Alumni Network! Last week, we partnered with incubator + co-working space PARISOMA to host the first-ever Creators’ Exchange! DFA teams from UC Davis and UC Berkeley,...
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Introducing: New DFA Fellows!
DFA is excited to introduce our three new national Fellows! Throughout the year they will be mentoring studios to build student leadership and help implement projects as well as working on...
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DFA Collab Ver.1 Is Now Live!
The DFA Collaborative website is now live! DFA Alum have been working hard to build a website and community to support DFA students, alum and like-minded professionals in their endeavors to make this...
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Midwest Meetup 2015
Midwest Meetup is an annual, student-organized event that brings together various DFA studios in the midwest. This year, Midwest Meetup 2015 was hosted by Michigan State University and invited 6...
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A Year in Reflection with DFA Fellows CC & Allison
What’s it like working at DFA National as a Fellow? We asked CC and Allison, the 2015-2016 Fellows, to find out! What kinds of projects do you work on at DFA National? CC: I mainly work on 3 projects...
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#DFALS16: 5 Days of Building Community, Learning Design, and Creating Impact
On August 11-15th, over 110 DFA students with 50+ majors representing 33 campuses across the country gathered with expert guests, community members, DFA Alumni, and more for the sixth annual DFA...
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Midwest Meetup 2016
In mid-November of 2016, DFA students from Case Western, Michigan State, Purdue, UIUC, and WashU gathered with DFA National staff for the third year in a row for Midwest Meetup 2016 – this year at DFA...
View ArticleWelcome DFA Pitt!
Design for America would like to welcome our newest studio, DFA Pitt, to the DFAmily! Inspired by his step-brother Zach, DFA U Maryland Co-founder, Pitt sophomore Raanan Gurewitsch rallied a group of...
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#DFAintheBay: Designing for Change and Doing Good
How can we design in the face of change and uncertainty? On February 22nd, four talented innovators lent their perspectives on designing for change to 118 DFAlumni, students, and like-minded...
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#DFALS17 Registration Now Open!
Leadership Studio 2017 is now open for registration! Over 130 students will join DFAlumni, community members, and experts at Northwestern on August 3 – 7 to learn and practice the DFA design process...
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Summer Studio 2017: DFAers Spend 6 Weeks Tackling Social Challenges in Chicago
DFA Northwestern’s annual Summer Studio kicked off this week! This year’s studio is the largest one to date. 21 students are spending the next six weeks tackling 5 different social impact projects. And...
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Thanks to the DFA studios, alumni, industry partners, mentors, community members, and design professionals for helping create such an incredible year for Design for America! Our ever-growing network...
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Welcome DFA at University of Michigan!
Design for America welcomes our newest studio, University of Michigan, to the DFAmily! Inspired after attending the DFA Leadership Studio Conference in August 2017, students Abril Vela, Uriel Lee, and...
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A Glimpse into the Future of Design and Impact
Imagine what would be different if we always design for inclusion? If we create learning experiences that are tech-integrated and not tech-enabled? What if we incorporate play into our everyday jobs?...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and DFA Drive the Future Forward
Somewhere in the world in the next decade or so, someone will cross the street unexpectedly in front of a self-driving vehicle. What will happen? How will the car stop before colliding with the...
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Midwest Meetup 2018
In late-February, when DFA National arrived at the new Wilmeth Active Learning Center located in the heart of Purdue’s campus, the room was buzzing with an excitement which continued throughout the...
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