A specific example sometimes says more than 1000 descriptives. Here is a selection of projects that shares a closer look at Isabella Gady’s approach and experience what Design for Social Innovation can look like.
Why design public services?
For this project, we asked the question how public libraries in the New York borough of Brooklyn can use their role as social hubs and expand their services according to their target audience. Together with the stakeholders, we organized a workshop at the Bedford Branch, where we analyzed the status quo and collaborated on developing services which could be offered by libraries going forward.
Inclusion enables Innovation
There is creative and innovative potential in an inclusive approach. In big and small things. An example for this is the UN Fund for Gender Equality’s Rethink.Experiment. Over the span of a year, we assisted nine civil society organizations in turning innovative ideas into prototypes.
Design makes futures
Having a vision for the future is a good first step. But it’s also a step towards yourself, as you begin to understand your own part in the grand scheme of things. In a world where climate change, the expansion of urban spaces, unregulated migration, a digital revolution and humanitarian crises are ubiquitous topics, it’s sometimes difficult to find your place as an individual or an organization. Together with the Fund for Gender Equality, we have developed helpful scenarios and prototypes with a focus on women’s rights organizations.
“Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees – and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.”
— Michael Ende “The Neverending Story”