Solving Social Problems One Design at a Time
BY Jessica McKenzie | Monday, January 19 2015
Some of the designs featured in "Fix!" (Photo: Maia Kaufman)
Picture “a screwdriver that could turn back the effects on climate change” or a “level for leveling social injustice.” Science fiction? No: the inspiration for an exhibit at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The artists, all first-year MFA students in the Design for Social Innovation program, were asked to create tools to solve social problems.
Read MoreCommenters Chew Over Fed's Mortgage Form Mock-Ups
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, May 20 2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking citizens and industry to design a new simplified single mortgage disclosure form. Earlier this week, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched an innovative ... Read More
Citizens, Lend CFPB Your Design Chops
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, May 18 2011
Over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that agency-in-the-works headed up by Elizabeth Warren, they're rolling out a especially creative approach to citizen feedback. Over on ConsumerFinance.gov, they're ... Read More
2012, Now with More Serifs
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, May 12 2011
The Obama campaign's new Gotham font, which has serifs that its 2008 version didn't. In a roundup of their tour of Obama '12's Chicago headquarters, Politico's Ben Smith and Byron Tau bring us back this on the ... Read More
This New House.gov
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, April 21 2011
The new House.gov, now in a public testing period. The House of Representatives is previewing what its online home will soon look like. Out with the old, in with the new House.gov. After a period of public feedback, the ... Read More
Energy.gov Gets a Facelift for the Short Term
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, January 10 2011
A facelifted Energy.gov, unveiled today. Read More
The Morale Boost of a Website Reboot
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, September 8 2010
Last June, Peter Levin was pulled from the private sector into the Department of Veterans Affairs (a.k.a. the VA) to figure out how the agency could harness technology to better serve the country's many veterans. Read More