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Overview
If you're thinking about using design in the social sector, this collection will help you get started with learning about core methodologies, stories from practitioners’ in the field, and a couple activities that you can apply towards your own work. If you’re curious to learn even more in depth, check out the d.school’s Designing for Social Systems program page.
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ResourceIntegrative Design for Systems Change
Human-centered design offers useful and powerful tools, and it is not enough. A design practice needs to integrate various methods to be most effective. Here’s a collection of readings, case studies, and tools to learn about the core methodologies of INTEGRATIVE DESIGN that you can begin to apply towards complex challenges in the social sector.
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ResourceIntegrative Design: A Practice to Tackle Complex Challenges
How can social sector organizations integrate human-centered, systems-minded, strategy-aligned, and equity-driven approaches for greater impact?
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Design in ActionDesign in Action Case Studies
Collection of practitioners’ work in the social sector. See what design looks like in action and how people are making an impact in their communities.
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ResourceStrategy + Design: A programmatic strategy investigation
This is a guide to investigate your strategy.
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ResourceSee Beyond: A Systems + Design Investigation
This is a short workbook to investigate your work with a systems lens.