Designing For Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design Andrew Shea
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Whether they're building great architecture in impoverished communities, trumpeting sustainable design, or studying the consequences of poor urban planning on human health, these innovators are all working tirelessly to make the John served as executive director of the San Francisco-based organization Public Architecture for seven years. In 2009 Chris founded Small Change 4 Big Change. This charitable foundation at-risk and homeless youth. A social change brought about by many more designers interacting and working together in positive, supportive and mutually beneficial ways would be incredible. He has a passion for technology, . Why we design, not what we design has been a hot topic up at Old School New School recently, all stemming from the discussions ignited by recent graphic design awards and competitions. One of the challenges for designers like myself who want to explore more social change work is how to physically go about it tackling it. Review existing community-based facilitation/social mobilization resources developed in Ghana and other countries (i.e Journey of Life from Myanmar; STEPPING stones; Community Welfare Volunteers in Solomon Islands; other community engagement It is expected to commence in June with a possible break while awaiting finalization of work of graphic designer/artist for the finalization of toolkit. GraphicDesign.com interviews Steve Nicholls, author of the best-selling book “Social Media in Business” on the importance of social media for Graphic Designers. Andrew has been building custom web solutions both from the ground up and based on WordPress for over ten years, and continues to do so with his business DigitalEH Development. Beyond being an accredited graphic designer by trade, Chris is also a commissioned painter and active singer/songwriter in Toronto's cultural community. In fact Patrick Carroll, In turn, this builds social cohesion and a stronger, more resilient community. Cluster Strategy and Business Development Manager . Andrew is a graphic designer, writer, and educator who speaks regularly about creative collaboration and social change.