Developing Citizen Designers

Elizabeth Resnick is a professor of graphic design Graphic Design at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA.

• Foreword, Bernard Canniffe, Iowa State University, USAIntroduction, Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USAGraphic Design Education and the Challenge of Social Transformation, Victor Margolin, design historian and writer, USAPart 1: Designing ThinkingSection 1: Socially Responsible Design1. Essay: Anatomy of the Socially Responsible Designer, Andrew Shea, designer, writer and educator, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Omar Vulpinari, IUAV University of Venice, Italy 3. Case Study: Apocalypsis Ante Portas – Exoteric City Competition, Dora Balla, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Hungary 4. Case Study: Señor John's BBQ Sauce, Antonio H Castro, University of Texas at El Paso, USA5. Case Study: Womens Exchange, Brockett Horne, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA6. Case Study: The Kelabit Highlands Community Development Project, Meghan Kelly, Deakin University, Australia7. Case Study: Fundación Mark, Gustavo Morainslie, Universidad Tecnológica de México campus Atizapán, Mexico8. Case Study: Greening the Mind (Matarkista Reykjavíkur), Massimo Santanicchia, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Iceland9. Case Study: together+, Robert Sedlack, University of Notre Dame, USA10. Case Study: Women of Istanbul Through Time, Basak Ürkmez, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, TurkeySection 2: Design Activism1. Essay: What Design Activism is and is Not: A Primer for Students, Natalia Ilyin, Cornish College of the Arts, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Harry Pearce, Pentagram, UK3. Case Study: Life is a Protest, Gulizar Cepoglu, London College of Communication, UK4. Case Study: Amen: Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse, Brenda Dermody and Clare Bell, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland5. Case Study: Bird's Eye View, Alice Drueding, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, USA6. Case Study: Sustainable, Joo Ha, Namseoul University, South Korea7. Case Study: Finding Your Way_De Grote Beek, Catelijne van Middelkoop, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands8. Case Study: Designing Police, Bernard Canniffe, Ringling College of Art and Design, USA9. Case Study: Communication Design for Social Issues, Hyunmee Kim, Samsung Art and Design Institute, South Korea10. Case Study: WASH Curriculum Redesign, Ken Visocky-O'Grady, Kent State University, USASection 3: Design Authorship1. Essay: Embracing the Notion of Design Authorship and Entrepreneurship, Steven McCarthy, University of Minnesota, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Juhan Sonin, Involution Studios, USA3. Case Study: Food for Good: Self-Initiated Project, Siân Cook, London College of Communication, UK4. Case Study: Packaged Pets, Maria Mordvintseva, Designer, Russia5. Case Study: SexSense, David Smith, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland6. Case Study: Culturally Appropriate Graphics, Audrey Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA7. Case Study: Entomo, David Smith, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland Part 2: Design MethodologySection 1: Collaborative Learning1. Essay: Collaborative Learning: The Social in Social Design, Teal Triggs, Royal College of Art, UK2. Interview: Five Questions of Jacques Lange, Bluprint Design, South Africa3. Case Study: Project Baltimore, Ryan Clifford, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA4. Case Study: Designing for Democracy, Christopher Hetherington, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Canada5. Case Study: Community Partnership with St. James School, Kelly Holohan, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, USA6. Case Study: European Street Design Challenge 2013, Sadna Jain, Chelsea College of Art, UK7. Case Study: The West End Workbook, Keith Owens and Michael Gibson, The University of North Texas, USA8. Case Study: ELISAVA 4 Walls Project, Raffaella Perrone, ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Spain9. Case Study: Welcome Home, Lisa Rosowsky, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA10. Case Study: The Brightmoor Farmway Project, Hannah Smotrich and Charlie Michaels, University of Michigan, USASection 2: Participatory Design1. Essay: Social Innovation through Participatory Design, Helen Armstrong, Miami University, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Astrid Stavro, Atlas Studio, Spain3. Case Study: Colors for Life/ Diego Giovanni Bermúdez Aquirre, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia4. Case Study: WhoNotWhat: A Photovoice Exploration, Mark Biddle, Weber State University, USA5. Case Study: InDEFYnable: Struggle Together, Stand Together, Audra Buck-Coleman, University of Maryland, USA6. Case Study: Designing Alteratives, Emma Gieben-Gamal and Sónia Matos, University of Edinburgh, UK7. Case Study: Family Van Wrap Redesign, Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA8. Case Study: Llagostera Youth Center, Ariel Guersenzvaig, ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Spain9. Case Study: The Human Story, Jackie Malcolm, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, UK10. Case Study: Dementia Lab (D-lab) Masters Module, Andrea Wilkinson, LUCA School of Arts, BelgiumSection 3: Service Design1. Essay: Designing from the End to the Beginning and Back Again: Introducing Students to Service Design Thinking, Michael Gibson, The University of North Texas, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Jake Barrow, George Patterson Y&R, Australia3. Case Study: Designing a Better Fly-In-Fly-Out Lifestyle in Western Australia, Christopher Kueh, Edith Cowan University, Australia4. Case Study: Creating an Identity for the Cahaba River Blueway, Doug Barrett, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA and Matt Leavell, both University of Alabama, USA 5. Case Study: Ballot: a Digital Resource to Assist Young Adults with the Voting Process, Paul Nini, The Ohio State University, USA6. Case Study: Prosperity Gardens, Brian Wiley and Eric Benson, University of Illinois, USA7. Case Study: Translating Happiness through Design, Stuart Medley, Christopher Kueh, and Hanadi Haddad, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaPart 3: Making a DifferenceSection 1: Getting Involved 1. Essay: Designing Sustainable and Equitable Relationships with Communities, Eric Benson, University of Illinois, USA2. Interview: Five Questions of Kenji Nakayama, artist, USA3. Essay: Teaching Social Literacy, Myra Margolin, Maryland Institute College of Art and Design, USA 4. Essay: Cultural Respect, Not Social Responsibility: The Seven Principles of Design Anthrology, Elizabeth Tunstall, Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaSection 2: Resources1. Essay: Assessment Considerations for Social Impact Design, Audra Buck-Coleman, University of Maryland, USA2. Essay: The Citizen Designer: A Cautionary Note, Cinnamon Janzer and Lauren Weinstein, designers, USA3. Essay: Making the Transition: A Personal Reflection, Penina Acayo, University of Notre Dame, USA4. Essay: Some Thoughts on Empathy, Gunta Kaza, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA5. Essay: All Together Now, Scott Boylston, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA6. ResourcesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgements

The urgency of the need for this book cannot be overstated. The culture of graphic design is now poised to catch up with the sea change within design already demanding holistic change. It provides clear examples of why this work matters especially as a serious area of research within design education and affecting industry.