Design and
Social Impact: A cross-sectoral agenda for design education, research and
practice chronicles the 2012 Social Impact Design Summit which brought
together a diverse group of leading practitioners and educators explored the
gaps, challenges, strategies to advance the burgeoning field of socially
responsible design.
The summit was organized by Cooper-Hewitt, The Lemelson Foundation, and the
National Endowment for the Arts, with support from the Surdna Foundation. The
day-long event was held in February 2012 at The Rockefeller Foundation offices in New York.
This white paper, based on the aforementioned Summit, was published by The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts and The Lemelson Foundation.