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DFA’s Jerry the Bear: Unleashed!
Jerry the Bear, Design for America’s very first design for social impact project, is making the leap from product prototype to development and testing! He’s DFA’s own cuddly robotic and...
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Right Angle Tested and Approved to Reduce Water Use by Half
The results are in, the DFA Right Angle is able to reduce water use in cafeterias by half. After two days of testing, team lead, Thea Klein-Mayer galvanized a team of students to watch and observe...
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DFA Virginia Tech Promoting Alternative Transportation
We had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Kulikowski, a student founder of the DFA studio at Virginia Tech about a recent project of theirs, the BurgFinder. The BurgFinder is a series of town signs...
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DFA UO Improving Communication for Children with Autism
We interviewed the DFA Studio at University of Oregon about their project, which focuses on increasing interaction among children with non-verbal autism. One of their solutions, the Calm Wall, looks...
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Fruit Buddi Pushes on to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity
We interviewed the DFA team at Northwestern University about their project, Fruit Buddi, which works to deal with the issue of childhood obesity and promote healthier food choices. Read about the...
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Luna Lights: Preventing Falls for Older Adults
Luna Lights is a project that started at the DFA Summer Studio 2013 at Northwestern University. It focuses on providing a way for older adults to safely and conveniently navigate through their homes...
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DFA UIUC Works to Improve Medical Records
We interviewed our friends at DFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about their project, the Blue Button Narrative. The Blue Button re-envisions the patient’s medical record to make it...
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Promoting Biking in New Haven
The cozy, communal streets of New Haven have been amped up thanks to Yale University DFAers. Douglas Wong, Joel Sher and Cameron Yick have been creating “ArtRacks” to enhance the New Haven society....
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Adobe Sponsors DFA For the 3rd Year!
DFA is proud to announce sponsorship from Adobe for the third year in a row, giving hundreds of DFAers in our network a FREE Adobe Creative Cloud account for the year. DFA is very excited about...
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Design for America Northwestern Goes to China
In July 2015, DFA Northwestern members launched the first annual Jiang China Human-Centered Design Challenge. Created by DFA Northwestern student Jenny Wang and alumna Cassie Coravos, the Jiang China...
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Design for America: Designing for Democracy
DFA’s 6th annual national Leadership Studio in August brought together over 110 DFA student leaders with the support of community members, expert guests and DFA Alumni. The five day conference was...
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DFA Northwestern Redesign helps GCFD Provide Free Summer Meals
This summer, youth throughout Chicago received lunches from GCFD buses with the help of a Northwestern Design for America team. Before DFA NU engaged, the buses were decorated with smiling vegetables...
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Celebrating Another Year of Partnership With Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
DFA teams together at FCA Headquarters with DFA National and Curt Edgar, Michael Angelidis, and Prateek Gupta (DFA MSU'16) from FCA Design for America sponsored projects unite partnering companies and...
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DFA and Medline Partner to Innovate Independent Mobility for Older Adults
Design for America partnered to tackle mobility problems among older adults with Medline Industries, the largest privately owned medical manufacturing company in the US. Excited about the social...
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The James Dyson Award is Now Open!
We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the James Dyson Award, an international award that celebrates, encourages, and inspires the next generation of design engineers. The James...
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Summer Studio Teams Get to Test in Under 6 Weeks
DFA Summer Studio, a six week design intensive held at Northwestern, had a midterm review last week! DFA National staff along with members of Northwestern’s Delta Lab and other mentors came together to...
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Designing for Inclusivity and Access for All at DFALS17
DFA’s 7th annual Leadership Studio brought 106 student leaders from 33 different universities together with experts in social design, community members, mentors, and DFAlumni. DFA National has spent...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and DFA Drive the Future Forward
Somewhere in the world in the next decade or so, someone will cross the street unexpectedly in front of a self-driving vehicle. What will happen? How will the car stop before colliding with the...
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Behind the Scenes of Design Research: DFA partners with the Lab at OPM
By Lexi Schilf A unique partnership based on shared missions This Spring, Design for America commenced a unique project with the Lab at the United States Office of Personnel Management (Lab at OPM) to...
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