Design for America - DFA at UCLA Anderson

07/16/2014

Design that would be embraced by LA...https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152282223598721&id=19440638720

05/16/2014

http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/kayak-co-founder-raises-20m-for-design-focused-incubator-blade/?utm_campaign=fb&ncid=fb

Kayak co-founder Paul English is revealing more details about his Boston-based startup incubator, Blade. The new company has raised $20 million in new funding..

04/16/2014

Simon Berry is the founder of Cola Life, which is a charity that aims to use Coca Cola's distribution channels to provide remote communities in third world c...

04/14/2014

Design drives returns to shareholders: http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/04/design-can-drive-exceptional-returns-for-shareholders/

But only if it's an integrated part of a company's strategy.

04/09/2014

03/31/2014

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20791083,00.html?xid=outbrain_sandbox

Her body-heat-powered flashlight could illuminate thousands of lives in developing countries

03/29/2014

Small change, big impact: http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/living/student-money-saving-typeface-garamond-schools/index.html?c&page=1

A teen's science fair project led him to realize that changing fonts could save the U.S. government millions of dollars.

03/03/2014

A new boarding pass, designed for people: http://petesmart.co.uk/rethink-the-airline-boarding-pass/

You're in a hurry and just want to make your connection. Unfortunately, your boarding pass doesn't make it easy to quickly see the information you need. A British designer has an answer.

02/26/2014

Design-thinking and innovation in CPG: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/disappearing-product-packaging-will-blow-your-mind

For his senior thesis, Pratt Institute student Aaron Mickelson found a way to fix America's trash problem.

02/11/2014

DFA Roundtable with Design Director Sami Nerenberg

02/06/2014

Experimentation and rapid iteration is a key element of the design process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vA6Bsuew0&feature=youtu.be

http://inktalks.com At INK2013, founder and chairman of financial software giant Intuit, Scott Cook, in conversation with Lakshmi Pratury, shares fascinating...

01/28/2014

Join Design for America & Design Director Sami Nerenberg on 2/6 from 4 - 5pm
(food will be provided)

Lean about design and the social impact DFA members are making all of the country!



As a director of Design for America (DFA), Sami Nerenberg has helped DFA grow into a national organization with 400 active team members among 17 campuses using
design to tackle local and social challenges. Securing DFA sponsors such as Chrysler and Adobe, Sami's work, students and DFA have been discussed in publications and blogs
such as Fast Company(cover story), Inc Magazine, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal and more. Wearing many hats,
Sami has once been an extra in a Nepalese film, a model in Mexico while also apprenticing as a wood-worker, and currently calls Chicago home.


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Regards,

Anderson DFA Team

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