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What if we made design a viable career dream for all?
BACKGROUND
How can we engage and educate high school students in Chicago about the power, potential and possibilities of design? A group of Chicago-based graphic designers collaborated to answer this question.
We designed a newsprint piece where we illustrated and visualized eleven words that we felt best communicated and exemplified the meaning of design. Our newsprint project aimed to promote design, pique curiosity and encourage high school students to get involved—whether it was considering a career in design, learning about the design community or just knowing more about the design resources available in Chicago.
We then took our learnings to Project Osmosis, delivering the keynote speech and leading a student design workshop for their annual Design Youth Forum.
DEVELOP
CLIENT
Chicago Public School District high school students
TEAM
Monina Velarde, Diba Salimi, Kaity Li, Kelby Hawn, Darren Gennetten, Katy Dondzila, Buddy Boor, Amanda Amyx
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
AIGA Chicago Mentor Program
Project Osmosis Design Youth Forum
Big picture learning
Many high school seniors struggle with basic writing and grammar—skills that not only precede a design career, but overall self-expression and upward mobility.
This project would lead me to join an AmeriCorps teaching program to better understand Chicago's public education system.
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TEACH
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