Impact design for social change: projects are meaningful when they’re about people’s needs, participation and deep transformation.
Design/Relief.
A graphic design and creative placemaking initiative aimed to boost community revitalization and create a sense of place, in response to the lingering effects of the natural disaster of Superstorm Sandy.
Identity+DesignAction.
This design-led, multi-partners platform used design as a tool to connect community voices and economic development at a time when the neighborhood’s future was threatened by rezoning and rapid gentrification.
EmpathiCITY.
The exhibition and colloquium EmpathiCITY: “Making our City Together” explored empathy to illustrate the power of designers as facilitators of urban social cohesion. It activated the UNESCO Creative Cities of Design network at the 11th Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale.
Unsitely! Quel chantier!
An international colloquium and workshop for the City of Montreal’s municipal services to rethink construction sites, as opportunities for urban regeneration, public space activation, design innovation, community engagement.