Developing Citizen Designers

The aim of this book is to enable students, educators and designers in the early stages of their careers to learn and practise design in a socially responsible manner. It responds to the rise of academic debate and teaching in the areas of social design, sustainable design, ethical design and design futures. Citizen Designers is a practically and pedagogically focused book, with each chapter addressing a particular area or issue within design practice and education, with an overview framing essay, interviews with practitioners and educators, and assignment briefs through which the reader can understand the process by which a brief is set, met and critiqued.

Elizabeth Resnick is Professor and currently serving as Chair of the Graphic Design program at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA. She has also practised as a professional designer and has curated five major design exhibitions. She was made a Fellow of the AIGA in 2007.

Foreword, Bernard Canniffe, Iowa State University, USA
Introduction, Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
Graphic Design Education and the Challenge of Social Transformation, Victor Margolin, USA

Part 1: Designing Thinking
Section 1: Socially Responsible Design
1. Essay: Anatomy of the Socially Responsible Designer, Andrew Shea, designer, writer and educator, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Omar Vulpinari, IUAV University of Venice, Italy
3. Case Study: Apocalypsis Ante Portas - Exoteric City Competition, Dora Balla, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
4. Case Study: Señor John's BBQ Sauce, Antonio H Castro, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
5. Case Study: Womens Exchange, Brockett Horne, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
6. Case Study: The Kelabit Highlands Community Development Project, Meghan Kelly, Deakin University, Australia
7. Case Study: Fundación Mark, Gustavo Morainslie, Universidad Tecnológica de México campus Atizapán, USA
8. Case Study: Greening the Mind (Matarkista Reykjavíkur), Massimo Santanicchia, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Iceland
9. Case Study: together+, Robert Sedlack, University of Notre Dame, USA
10. Case Study: Women of Istanbul Through Time, Basak Ürkmez, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey

Section 2: Design Activism
1. Essay: What Design Activism is and is Not: A Primer for Students, Natalia Ilyin, Cornish College of the Arts, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Harry Pearce, Pentagram, UK
3. Case Study: Life is a Protest, Gulizar Cepolgu, University of the Arts London, UK
4. Case Study: Amen: Supporting male victims of domestic abuse, Brenda Dermody and Clare Bell, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
5. Case Study: Birds Eye View, Alice Drueding, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, USA
6. Case Study: Sustainable, Joo Ha, Namseoul University, South Korea
7. Case Study: Finding Your Way_De Grote Beek, Catelijne van Middelkoop, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
8. Case Study: Designing Police, Bernard Canniffe, Iowa State University, USA
9. Case Study: Communication Design for Social Issues, Hyunmee Kim, Samsung Art and Design Institute, South Korea
10. Case Study: WASH Curriculum Redesign, Ken Visocky-O'Grady, Kent State University, USA

Section 3: Design Authorship
1. Essay: Embracing the Notion of Design Authorship and Entrepreneurship, Steven McCarthy, University of Minnesota, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Juhan Sonin, Involution Studio, USA
3. Case Study: Food for Good: Self-Initiated Project, Siân Cook, University of the Arts London, UK
4. Case Study: Packaged Pets, Maria Mordvintseva, Designer, Russia
5. Case Study: SexSense, David Smith, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland
6. Case Study: Culturally Appropriate Graphics, Audrey Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
7. Case Study: Entomo, David Smith, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Ireland

Part 2: Design Methodology
Section 1: Collaborative Learning
1. Essay: Collaborative Learning: The Social in Social Design, Teal Triggs, Royal College of Art, UK
2. Interview: Five Questions of Jacques Lange, Bluprint Design, South Africa
3. Case Study: Project Baltimore, Ryan Clifford, Maryland Institute College of Art, USA
4. Case Study: Designing for Democracy, Christopher Hetherington, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Canada
5. Case Study: Community Partnership with St. James School, Kelly Holohan, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, USA
6. Case Study: European Street Design Challenge 2013, Sadna Jain, Chelsea College of Art, UK
7. Case Study: The West End Workbook, Keith Owens and Michael Gibson, The University of North Texas, USA
8. Case Study: ELISAVA 4 Walls project, Raffaella Perrone, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Spain
9. Case Study: Welcome Home, Lisa Rosowsky, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
10. Case Study: The Brightmoor Farmway Project, Hannah Smotrich and Charlie Michaels, University of Michigan, USA

Section 2: Participatory Design
1. Essay: Social Innovation through Participatory Design, Helen Armstrong, Miami University, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Astrid Stavro, Astrid Stavro Studio, Spain
3. Case Study: Colors for Life/ Diego Giovanni Bermúdez Aquirre, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia
4. Case Study: WhoNotWhat: A Photovoice Exploration, Mark Biddle, Weber State University, USA
5. Case Study: InDEFYnable: Struggle Together, Stand Together, Audra Buck-Coleman, University of Maryland, USA
6. Case Study: Designing Alteratives, Emma Gieben-Gamal and Sónia Matos, University of Edinburgh, UK
7. Case Study: Family Van Wrap Redesign, Elizabeth Resnick, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
8. Case Study: Llagostera Youth Center, Ariel Guersenzvaig, Escola Superior de Desseny, Spain
9. Case Study: The Human Story, Jacqueline Malcolm, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, UK
10. Case Study: Dementia Lab (D-lab) Masters Module, Andrea Wilkinson, LUCA School of Arts, Belgium

Section 3: Service Design
1. Essay: Designing from the End to the Beginning and Back Again: Introducing Students to Service Design Thinking, Michael Gibson, The University of North Texas, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Jake Barrow, George Patterson Y&R, Australia
3. Case Study: Designing a better Fly-In-Fly-Out Lifestyle in Western Australia, Christopher Kueh, Edith Cowan University, Australia
4. Case Study: Creating an Identity for the Cahaba River Blueway, Doug Barrett, University of Alabama at Birmingham, UK
5. Case Study: Ballot: a digital resource to assist young adults with the voting process, Paul Nini, The Ohio State University, USA
6. Case Study: Prosperity Gardens, Brian Wiley and Eric Benson, University of Illinois, USA
7. Case Study: Translating Happiness through Design, Stuart Medley, Christopher Kueh, and Hanadi Haddad, Edith Cowan University, Australia

Part 3: Making a Difference
Section 1: Getting Involved
1. Essay: Designing Sustainable and Equitable Relationships with Communities, Eric Benson, University of Illinois, USA
2. Interview: Five Questions of Kenji Nakayama, artist, USA
3. 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, Australia

Section 2: Resources
1. Essay: Assessment Considerations for Social Impact Design, Audra Buck-Coleman, University of Maryland, USA
2. Essay: The Citizen Designer: A Cautionary Note, Cinnamon Janzer and Lauren Weinstein, designers, USA
3. Essay: Making the Transition: A Personal Reflection, Penina Acayo, University of Notre Dame, USA
4. Essay: Some Thoughts on Empathy, Gunta Kaza, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA
5. Essay: All Together Now, Scott Boylston, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA
6. Resources

Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements