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Good Design: Principles for Advancing Equity
Co-founder Sara Cantor speaks to Design for Social Innovation students as part of the Fall 2018 Global Guest Lecture Series.
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Designing Everything But The Food
Co-founder Sara Cantor shares the story of redesigning a public school cafeteria around the needs of staff and students.
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The Designer’s Weakness: Understanding the Role of Power
Co-founder George Aye presents his thoughts on how design work is shaped by invisible power asymmetries.
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Rethinking Six Management Mantras for Better Innovation
GGS is featured in this starting point for social sector leaders looking to develop their organizations’ innovation capacity.
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How a new design process helps communities create their own health programs
The GGS project Raising Places is highlighted as a new approach to community wellbeing.
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To Build Healthy Communities For Kids, Ask Kids What They Need
This article tells the story of Raising Places, a GGS project to create healthy places for kids to thrive.
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Can these two ‘pissed-off optimists’ fix America?
This article profiles co-founders Sara and George as innovators in Chicago. (Note: subscription required to read)
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Starting Small to Improve Health
Co-founder Sara Cantor shares lessons from our Raising Places project, which aims to create child-centered communities.
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Graphic Designers: Here’s How To Make a Difference Right Now
When people hear “design for social impact,” it’s often design thinking or human-centered design practices that come to mind: research,…
November 22, 2016
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Embracing a Faster Path to Changemaking
Most of us here at Greater Good Studio came from a design background rooted in product development. In that world,…
January 6, 2017
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Design Education’s Big Gap: Understanding the Role of Power
Conventional design education believes that by training the mind and the hand, a designer can solve just about any problem.…
June 2, 2017
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Operationalizing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in your Nonprofit
Let’s say that you work in operations / administration for a non-profit, and let’s say you’re already aware of what…
August 30, 2017
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What Do You Call Your People?
A question for designers, and the clients that hire them.
November 9, 2017
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A Perspective of Abundance
After having the pleasure of hearing environmentalist and economist Winona LaDuke speak at the Newberry Library in 2016, I started…
March 22, 2018
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The Only Competitors That Matter
“Who else does this?” At Greater Good Studio, we get the question all the time. From designers and researchers looking…
March 29, 2018Sara Cantor -
Allies: What They Are and How To Be One
The word ally comes from the Latin word, alligare, to bind. This “binding” has transformed from its military associations to mean…
August 5, 2018
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Relational Recruiting: How We Learn from Hard-to-Reach People
A big part of our human-centered design process at Greater Good Studio involves talking to people — particularly potential users…
July 16, 2018
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Human-Centered Design: Bringing Humanity into the Built Environment
With my experience entrenched in the built environment, I came to Greater Good Studio (GGS) curious to learn more about…
January 25, 2019
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‘Portraits of Color’ As Told By George Aye of Greater Good Studio
This article takes us behind the scenes at co-founder George Aye’s first-ever photo shoot providing headshots for people of color.
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The Gut Check
We founded Greater Good Studio out of a strong desire to align our work with our values. We knew we…
May 27, 2016Sara Cantor -
Built environment projects are often not set up to support deep learning
On project after project, something always felt a little skewed about where the emphasis of the work was placed. Many…
February 1, 2019Kareeshma Ali -
There is an imbalance between lived and learned experience
I often hear a criticism from peers in the industry — and have experienced it myself — that while we…
February 8, 2019Kareeshma Ali -
The pressure to produce high-fidelity products conflicts with an openness to feedback
I can recall back to architecture school, on the days leading up to a design review, pulling all-nighters, putting the…
February 21, 2019Kareeshma Ali -
It’s Time to Define What “Good” Means in Our Industry
Co-founder George Aye explores a potential shared definition for what good design looks like in the social sector.
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Why designers write on the walls (and why you should, too)
We get lots of compliments on our design studio — and we’re proud of our space. It’s sunny and bright,…
March 5, 2016George Aye -
Live Inclusive Design
Co-founder George Aye is interviewed about his experiences working across multiple social issues, and his analysis of power and privilege.
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Creating a public design team
Co-founder George Aye shares the story of Designing Chicago, a GGS project to collectively envision new tools for public transit.
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4 Ways To Create A Human-Centered Workplace, Notes From An Operations Manager
From my first day last summer it was obvious that Greater Good Studio has a very intentional and distinct approach…
April 9, 2019
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Designing with Empathy: What Inclusive Design Means for Education and Workplace Architecture
This article recaps a panel discussion moderated by co-founder George Aye about challenges often neglected by designers.