The Design Academy, Inc

The Democratizing Design (DD)Team did an amazing job telling our project story and meeting with students and design professionals in 2 workshops to co-create design definitions for our Playbook at the National Design Encounter in Ensenada hosted by CETYS Universidad and emceed by Diana Robinson The DD project is a World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 Impact project. Michèle Morris, Michelle Woodhouse, Joan Gregor

Thanks to the World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 entire team for creating a successful kickoff for the WDC2024 Design Experience kickoff!

Great kickoff to WDC2024 Design Experienced powered by San Design Week. Mike Chapman from By Design Tv show was there filming designers Bennett Peji Máximo Escobedo, Chuck Pelly, Joan Gregor, David R. Woodhouse and others. Thanks Mai Thi Nguyen for showing By Design how WDC2024 is impacting our region through Design. Hope you join the Democratizing Design's team Co-Creating Together in person event tonight 5:30 at the Mingei.

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We got the grant! We are thrilled to announce that we received the WDC 2024 and The City of San Diego? Community-Driven Design Grant! The Design Academy, Inc is part of the 17 incredible organizations and businesses that will receive a total of $550,000 in grant funding!??? This program was developed to support local organizations and businesses in delivering community-driven design activities that engage diverse communities across the city. Each recipient demonstrated the use of humanity-centered design in their work and activities, which benefit youth and children in some way, and offer unique engagement opportunities for people from both sides of the San Diego-Tijuana cultural and economic ecosystem! This grant program is a partnership of WDC 2024 and the City of San Diego, and funding for the grant program is made possible by the City of San Diego. We are grateful and honored for this grant and look forward to using these funds for advancing our work on the Democratizing Design project and for building on our global experience in scaling design. We recognize all the hard work from our team and all our partners' contributions to this amazing project.?UC San Diego Design Lab CETYS Universidad Join us in our celebration of these incredible recipients: Casa Familiar INSITE Art Practices in the Public Sphere Our Worlds The Design Academy Art Produce Blindspot Collective California Lawyers for the Arts California Poetic Justice Project BLANK San Diego Jazz Ventures The Art of Jazz The David's Harp Foundation, Inc. Berry Good Food Here & There/ Aquí y Allá Outside The Lens San Diego Craft Collective San Diego Environmental Film Festival

We are excited that our submission, Measuring the Value of Design in the Tijuana- San Diego Region,?has been selected for the Endorsed Community Initiative Program by?WDC?2024. Design has proven its’ economic value, competitive advantage and contribution to innovation for many cities and countries globally. Our vision is the demystification of design, and illustration of its significant value in successful innovation and economic growth in our region. We aim to elevates the design profession and provide a pathway for civic, community and industry leaders to infuse design and design-driven innovation into their work and decision making. Highlights design’s contributions to economic and social growth. Can bring in more revenue for the design industries in our region. Can't wait to get started. We are always open top grants and funding opportunities. https://lnkd.in/gT3M59dq Shout out to our team: Michelle Woodhouse, Diana Robinson, Michèle Morris, Joan Gregor

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO HEALTH EQUITY. Michelle Woodhouse and Joan Gregor recently facilitated a 'human-centered' workshop to kick off the co-design of the CalFresh Healthy Living Equity Strategic Framework spearheaded by Adrienne Markworth and her team at Leah's Pantry. Over 35 amazingly talented participants mapped the stakeholders, where better decisions were made and visioned a framework. Can't wait to see how how this develops! Health Equity is a state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. (CDC). Health inequities are…”health differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, and unjust.” (Margaret Whitehead) Great to be part of such a worthwhile and meaningful initiative!