Public Interest Design Education Guidebook

Lisa M. Abendroth is a professor in the Communication Design program at Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado, USA. She is a SEED Network founding member and a recipient of the SEED Award for Leadership in Public Interest Design. Her work focuses on the social, economic, and environmental impacts of design created within the contexts of underserved people, places, and problems. Abendroth is a coeditor of the Public Interest Design Practice Guidebook: SEED Methodology, Case Studies, and Critical Issues (2016). Bryan Bellfounded Design Corps in 1991 with the mission to provide the benefits of design for the 98 percent without architects. Bell has published three books on public interest design. His work has been supported by the American Institute of Architects Latrobe Prize and through a Harvard Loeb Fellowship. His designs have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Bell holds degrees from Princeton University, USA, and Yale University, USA. He teaches at North Carolina State University, USA.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword: Can Public Interest Design Be Taught?Rahul MehrotraIntroduction: Public Interest Design PedagogyLisa M. Abendroth and Bryan BellPart 1: Public Interest Design Curricula1. Whole-Systems Public Interest Design Education: Department of Landscape Architecture, University of WashingtonJeffrey Hou, Ben Spencer, and Daniel Winterbottom2. Educating the Next Generation of Social Innovators: Designmatters at ArtCenterMariana Amatullo, Dan Gottlieb, Penny Herscovitch, and Susannah Ramshaw3. Changing Practice, Practicing Change: The Graduate Certificate in Public Interest Design at Portland State UniversityR. Todd Ferry and Sergio Palleroni4. A Comprehensive Public Interest Design Curriculum: College of Design, North Carolina State UniversityBryan Bell, Robin Abrams, and Gene Bressler5. Connecting Classrooms and Publics: The University of California, Davis, Center for Design in the Public InterestSusan Verba, Sarah Perrault, and Tracy Manuel6. Design (Education) to Create Meaningful Change: The Design for Social Impact Masters Program at the University of the ArtsAnthony Guido with Jeremy Beaudry, Jamer Hunt, Sharon Lefevre, Michael McAllister, and Jonas Milder7. Collaborating for Change in New Orleans: Small Center for Collaborative DesignMaggie Hansen and Emilie Taylor Welty8. From the Ground Up: Envisioning an MFA in Public Interest Design at Metropolitan State University of DenverLisa M. Abendroth, Kelly Monico, and Peter Miles BergmanPart 2: Educating the Public Interest DesignerFundamental Skills9. Fundamental Skills: Developing Social Literacy through Practice-Based LearningLee Davis and Mike Weikert10. The Edge Effect: PROJECT RE_John Folan11. Preparing to Design With: IMPACT OrientationMegan Clark and Shalini Agrawal12. Democratic Civic Engagement: The USAER XXXIV Training Center for Special EducationPedro PachecoIntercultural Competencies13. Intercultural Competencies: Teaching the IntangibleUrsula Hartig and Nina Pawlicki14. Creating Design Leaders: The African Design CentreChristian Benimana 15. Teaching Intrapersonal Development, Improving Interpersonal and Intercultural Skill Sets: The Transforming Mindsets StudioLisa Grocott and Kate McEntee16. Addressing Air Pollution Impacts on Senior Citizens in Beijing, China: The International Urbanization SeminarDeland ChanEngaging the Field Experience17. Engaging the Field Experience: Integrated, Interdisciplinary, On-Site, EnduringBenjamin R. Spencer18. iZindaba Zokudla (Conversations about Food): Innovation in the Soweto Food SystemAngus Donald Campbell and Naudeì Malan19. Building Partnerships and Awareness: Healing an Urban StreamBrian Gaudio20. Advancing Resiliency: The Huxtable Fellowship in Civic Engagement and Service LearningBenjamin PetersonInclusive Iteration21. Inclusive Iteration: Participation as Method in Design Theory and PracticeEduardo Staszowski22. "Making" Change Together: Rust to Green’s Placemaking PraxisPaula Horrigan23. Building User Capacity through Iterative Processes: Ten Friends DinerEdward M. Orlowski and Julia Jovanovic24. Examining Collaborative Efforts to Visualize Community Transformation: Alexandra Youth Precinct ProjectChris HarnishEvaluating Student Learning25. Evaluating Student Learning: Engaging Experience to Create Agents of ChangeNadia M. Anderson26. Assessing Experiential Learning in Design Education: The Practice Department at The Boston Architectural CollegeBethany Lundell Garver 27. Merging Research, Scholarship, and Community Engagement: Roche Health CenterMichael Zaretsky28. Reflecting through Razor Wire: The Environmental Justice in Prisons ProjectJulie StevensPart 3: SEED Academic Case Studies 29. The SEED Process for AcademiaLisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell30. SEED Academic Case StudiesLisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell Design in Partnership with the Lama Foundation Pleasant Street Pedestrian Project A Social Approach to Design Cooperative Education at the Detroit Collaborative Design Center Com(m)a The Farm Rover On Site: Public Art and Design South of California Avenue With Sacramento31. Afterword: A Public Interest Design Educational PlatformThomas FisherPart 4: Appendix GlossaryBiographiesReading ListAppendix A: Learning Objective Index Appendix B: Program Considerations IndexImage CreditsIndex

"This book fills an important gap for Public Interest Design educators. It includes essays and case studies on design projects at a wide range of scales, prepared by designers that truly understand public interest work. It is likely to become required reading for anyone committed to serving the public through design."John Quale, Chair, Department of Architecture, University of New MexicoFounder and Director of the ecoMOD Project"The Public Interest Design Education Guidebook is a practical and detailed collection of essays, case studies, and critical assessment of community-engaged teaching methods and approaches in architecture and design. Faculty, administrators, students, and community members will find inspiration, lessons learned, and practical teaching and assessment techniques to inspire and challenge the learning and teaching of design for the public good."Liz Kramer, Associate Director, Office for Socially Engaged Practice, Washington University in St. Louis."Abendroth and Bell have provided an important and inspiring public interest design roadmap. They use case studies to help others understand the efficacy of diverse strategies in a variety of settings. Effective planning and design become far more impactful through engagement and empathy."Kenneth Schwartz, FAIAMichael Sacks Chair in Civic Engagement and Social EntrepreneurshipTulane University