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Designing for Social Change
Ignite Talk by Emily Sheehy
What is it?
How Creative’s Help
Interaction between creative world and society
Invoking social change
Changing the future through design
Websites and Collaborations
“to cause real change in the world through good design.”
- “Jos Van Bedoff, noticed that someone had put small, discrete red dots in the barracks urinals, which dramatically cut back on misdirected flow."
Van Bedoff decided that guys want to directly aim at an animal they can immobilize. Guys, he felt, can always beat flies. That's why flies are so satisfying.
Reported after using 80% of reduced spillage
Altering human behavior due to social design
Political Spectrum
Governments are now designing websites to increase society contribution
Global Websites – United States Website
Empower an individual to take a stand on issues
Door to Door Petitions are Evolving.
Future teaching plans
Employment training
Collaboration websites
Increased design for social change
What’s the Impact?
Are You Ready?
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