Design Ignites Change
The Designers Accord will develop and implement the 2010 Design Ignites Change mentoring initiative, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio.
Design Ignites Change promotes and encourages talented high school and college students across the country to use design thinking and innovation to create messages for, and solutions to, pressing social problems.
A brief will be created to address the project theme of sustainability and will be designed to be multidisciplinary and multicultural, engaging a wide variety of design disciplines from around the world. This initiative is the first of its kind, unique in scope and scale around the issue of sustainability. The project will tap into an army of creatives ready to actively focus on the complex environmental and social issues facing our world today. The initiative will elevate the conversation and provide a higher order directive to the next generation of leaders.
The Biomimicry Institute
The Designers Accord believes in the power of biomimicry to radically rethink how to approach design and business challenges with a new perspective. We have partnered with the Biomimicry Institute for a series of projects to encourage designers to Ask Nature for new solutions to design challenges.
The Designers Accord is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. The Designers Accord is supported with a grant from the Summit Foundation, personal donations, and through the help of volunteers. To contribute to the vision of the Designers Accord through a tax-deductible donation, please email 