Make a book. Inspire the future.
With the endorsement of the National Endowment for the Arts, LEAP: the New Professional Frontier in Design for Social Innovation will focus on the emerging career paths for designers in a social innovation context. The symposium includes a very dynamic brain trust of leaders: Allan Chochinov (Core77/SVA), William Drenttel (Design Observer), Lee Davis (NESsT), Robert Fabricant (frog), and Jocelyn Wyatt (IDEO.org), and we are expecting 100 people from various fields to join us as participants, grappling with the questions to help build a better future for artists and designers. We will be part of the dialogue. The event will take place on Thursday, September 19- Saturday, Sept 21 where students will have the opportunity to draw, photograph, write, make comics, and sketch.
In this class, a select number of students will create an Illustration-driven publication about this new field of social innovation, addressing improved working conditions, education, and community development. The student team will create a downloadable PDF and print on demand visual journal that will be used to inspire social designers around the world.