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		<title>Design Education for Social Impact: Why it Matters, What it Takes.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Design Talks Guest speaker: Mariana Amatullo Respondent: Lorraine Gamman, Central Saint-Martins View Website May 29, 2012 The Young Foundation London]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-education-for-social-impact-why-it-matters-what-it-takes/</link>
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		<title>John Ryan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNICEF Innovation Unit New York, NY Summer 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/john-ryan/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Peru Projects, Balde a Balde and GiraDora Showcased at the 2012 NCIIA Open Minds Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua Peru&#8217;s Giradora and Balde a Balde teams did a fantastic job pitching at two Open Minds events, during the annual NCIIA Open Minds Conference in San Francisco. Kim Chow, Alex Cabunoc, and Ji A You demonstrated their prototypes at the Hub&#8211;a center for innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship in the San Francisco Chronicle Building, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2012/04/19/safe-agua-peru-projects-balde-a-balde-and-giradora-showcased-at-the-2012-nciia-open-minds-conference/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters Featured in New Jon Kolko Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters Vice President Mariana Amatullo is quoted in Jon Kolko&#8217;s new book entitled Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving. In the book, Kolko discusses the idea of involving end users in the entire design process and how this could affect the overall design solution. Jon Kolko is the founder and director of Austin Center for Design, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-featured-in-new-jon-kolko-book/</link>
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		<title>Design for Development and the Base of the Pyramid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave Foster (Advertising ’05) is a social innovation designer, focused on creating solutions for social and environmental benefit based on deep understanding of issues and communities in need.  His expertise is in social enterprise, sustainability and, increasingly, development and appropriate technologies.  He is the founder and editor of BoP Designer, a website and blog dedicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2012/03/30/design-for-development-and-the-base-of-the-pyramid/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Peru Project Selected as a Semi-Finalist in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua Peru project Vitamigos has moved on to the Semi-Finals of the  Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC).  As a  semi-finalists, Vitamigos designers Cora Neil and Thomas Kong will receive mentoring from a DSIC-Certified Mentor to help refine their project page and required finals materials. They will also be in the running for 1 of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-peru-project-selected-as-a-semi-finalist-in-the-dell-social-innovation-challenge/</link>
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		<title>ARTMATTERS at Art Center College of Design: Curricular Notes on Art Practice, Place, and Social Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Bailey, Laurence Dreiband and Mariana Amatullo Cumulus Helsinki Conference 2012: Northern World Mandate Aalto University Helsinki, May 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/artmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design-curricular-notes-on-art-practice-place-and-social-engagement/</link>
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		<title>Core77 Interview with Mariana Amatullo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Mariana Amatullo &#8211; Educational Initiatives March 2012 Core77 interviews Mariana Amatullo, jury captain for the Educational Initiatives category, about her team members and also gets some insight into her thoughts on the critical crossroads facing design education. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/core77-interview-with-mariana-amatullo/</link>
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		<title>Northern World Mandate: Cumulus Conference Helsinki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Panel Presentation Mariana Amatullo, Dave bailey View Website May 24-26, 2012 Aalto University Helsinki, Finland]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/northern-world-mandate-cumulus-conference-helsinki/</link>
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		<title>Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network Features Designmatters Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Network (CIMTAN) features the Designmatters realworld studio, Project Coastal Crisis in it&#8217;s latest newsletter. The newsletter entitled &#8220;CIMTAN Snippets&#8221; showcases the work of  Project Coastal Crisis&#8217;  Aquateam with students German Aguirre, Derrick Tan, and Jessica Lee.  They developed an interactive display/game that illustrates the benefits of IMTA ( Integrated Multi-Trophic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/canadian-integrated-multi-trophic-aquaculture-network-features-designmatters-project/</link>
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		<title>UnCool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this two-term Transdisciplinary studio supported by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, students created a violence and gun prevention campaign designed to serve a diverse population of at-risk youth. This project is a collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Health Education Programs, HIV/AIDS Prevention Unit. &#8220;None of us that undertook [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/uncool/</link>
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		<title>Art Center Students Create Nationwide Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A mixed media campaign to promote colorectal cancer screening, spearheaded by Art Center College of Design, The American Cancer Society and the Mayo Clinic Center for innovation, has been adopted by more than 60 organizations affiliated with the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable and launched in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Family PLZ! is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-center-students-create-nationwide-colorectal-cancer-awareness-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving: A Handbook &amp; A Call to Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Kolko Austin Center for Design, 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/wicked-problems-problems-worth-solving-a-handbook-a-call-to-action/</link>
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		<title>2012 Core77 Design Awards, Educational Initiatives Jury Line-up Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 recently announced the jury panels for the upcoming 2012 Core77 Design Awards.   Designmatters Vice President, Mariana Amatullo was selected jury captain of the Educational Initiatives category.  Joining her are; Karen Hofmann, Director of Color, Materials and Trends Exploration Laboratory, Chair of Product Design, Art Center College of Design,  Alexandre Hennen, Director of Continuum Los [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2012-core-77-awards-educational-initiatives-jury-headed-by-mariana-amatullo/</link>
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		<title>A Bright Idea: Solar-Powered Lighting Gets Portable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GE: ecomagination February 2012 by Earnest Beck Mariana Amatullo featured in this GE: ecomagination blog entry about an innovative solar powered portable light designed by graduate architecture students at New York&#8217;s Columbia University to address the lack of electricity in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Read Blog]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/a-bright-idea-solar-powered-lighting-gets-portable/</link>
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		<title>Exposed Symposium 2012: Crossing Over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spaces in Between: Design Research, Practice and Social Innovation Vectors Mariana Amatullo, keynote and workshop lead View Website March 31, 2012 Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-spaces-in-between-design-research-practice-and-social-innovation-vectors/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Peru Presentations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open 2012: NCIIA&#8217;s Annual Conference Team GiraDora: Alex Cabunoc and Jia A You,  Balde a Balde:  Kimberly Chow,  Faculty Advisors: Penny Herscovitch and Dan Gottlieb View Website March 22-24, 2012 San Francisco, California Safe Agua Peru will also be featured in a special exhibit at the HUB March 22, 6:30PM Click here for more info.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-peru-presentations/</link>
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		<title>Social Design Impact  Workshop in collaboration with the Fondo Estatal Indigena de Guadalajara</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sueños Indígenas, Diseño mínimo” Taller Vertical 2012  Diseño Industrial Lideres Academicos Series Mariana Amatullo View Website March 12-17, 2012 University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/social-design-impact-%c2%a0workshop-in-collaboration-with-the-fondo-estatal-indigena-de-guadalajara/</link>
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		<title>Social Impact Design Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A one-day gathering focused on the future of socially responsible design made possible by the Lemelson Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Surdna Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Mariana Amatullo, invited participant View Website February 27, 2012 The Rockefeller Foundation NY, New York]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/social-impact-design-summit/</link>
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		<title>Pedal Power Brings Clean Clothes to Poor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earth Techling February 2012 by Jeanne Roberts A short article about award winning Safe Agua Peru project GiraDora designed by Alec Cabunoc and Ji A You. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/pedal-power-brings-clean-clothes-to-poor/</link>
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		<title>Win win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MásDeco/La Tercera February 2012 by Soledad Garcia-Huidobro An article that features Designmatters frequent collaborators Un Techo para mi País Chile, whose Innovation Center was recently selected to be 1 of 7 finalists in the ICSID World Design Awards for the ongoing Safe Agua Project. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/win-win/</link>
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		<title>Picturing a Better Day for Bad-Weather Shelter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Sun February 2012 by Adolfo Flores An article highlighting the recent Friends of the Bad Weather Shelter Campaign, a collaboration between Designmatters and the City of Pasadena. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/picturing-a-better-day-for-bad-weather-shelter/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Wins Big at the 2011 Spark International Design Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 Spark Awards had a total of 445 top notch entries.  Six out of six Safe Agua projects were finalists. The Safe Agua team walked away with the highest honor, the Spark! Award for GiraDora, as well as a Gold Award for Balde a Balde and a Bronze Award for VitAmigos. GiraDora (design team, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-wins-big-at-the-2011-spark-international-design-awards/</link>
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		<title>GradID Student Siddharth Vanchinathan Awarded Prize, Along with Caltech and SaintGITS Team Members</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The past year GradID student Siddharth Vanchinathan along with other select Art Center students participated in a joint project with Caltech and SaintGITS that took them all the way to Kerala, India to conduct field research. The Caltech class entitled Design for Development was led by visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ken Pickar.  Instructor Nathan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/gradid-student-siddharth-vanchinathan-awarded-prize-along-with-caltech-and-saintgits-team-members/</link>
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		<title>2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spark Award Spark! Highest Award, Alex Cabunoc &#38; Ji A You for GiraDora: Safe Agua View Spark Awards Review View Project Gold, Kimberly Chow for Balde a Balde: Safe Agua View Spark Awards Review View Project Bronze, Cora Neil &#38; Thomas Kong for VitAmigos: Safe Agua View Spark Awards Review View Project Finalist, Carlos Vides [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2012/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Ducha Halo, Selected for a Design Ignites Change Implementation Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua &#8211; Ducha Halo has been selected by the jury for a Design Ignites Change Implementation Award.  The awardees are given a financial grant to help fund the implementation of student initiatives with powerful and provocative solutions.  In addition to the grant, Ducha Halo is also featured on the Design Ignites Change website. Ducha [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-ducha-halo-selected-for-a-design-ignites-change-implementation-award/</link>
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		<title>2012 Open Minds Conference to Feature Safe Agua Peru Projects Balde a Balde and GiraDora</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua Peru project&#8217;s Balde a Balde and GiraDora are part of a select group of student design projects that will be showcased at the NCIIA 2012 Open Minds Conference,  March 22-23 in San Francisco. Open Minds is the acclaimed annual exhibition of cutting-edge innovation from NCIIA&#8217;s best student teams. The exhibition takes place each [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2012-open-minds-conference-to-feature-safe-agua-peru-projects-balde-a-balde-and-giradora/</link>
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		<title>Ezio Manzini, Founder of DESIS to Lecture at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters, Graduate Media Design and the Humanities and Design Sciences Departments﻿ are hosting a guest lecture by Ezio Manzini, Founder of DESIS (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability). Ezio Manzini is a professor at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Parsons, the New School for Design, in New York. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/ezio-manzini-founder-of-desis-to-lecture-at-art-center/</link>
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		<title>GiraDora is Going to Texas!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the onset of 2012, select members from the Safe Agua Peru team made their way to the University of Texas at Austin to participate in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge Sustainable Vision Venturelab, with the goal of sharing preliminary design outcomes as well as learning business strategies to move their projects forward.  In the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2012/01/27/giradora-is-going-to-texas/</link>
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		<title>Friends of the Bad Weather Shelter Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this collaboration between Designmatters and the City of Pasadena, Illustration Department Chair, Ann Field was given the challenge to art direct a series of compelling bus shelter posters along with, recent graduate, Patrick Hruby (Illustration &#8217;10) to help raise awareness for the Pasadena Bad Weather Shelter. &#8220;Art Center’s Designmatters group is such a wonderful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/friends-of-the-bad-weather-shelter-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Jonathan Augustavo, Jorge Sandoval and Olaolu Jegede</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Broadcast Cinema and Undergraduate Film Acacia Foundation National Tropical Botanical Gardens Kauai, Hawaii Spring 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/jonathan-augustavo-jorge-sandoval-and-olaolu-jegede/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Peru</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Building on the investigations and experiences of the successful and award-winning 2009 SAFE AGUA Chile, Designmatters at Art Center College of Design once again partnered with the Latin American NGO, Un Techo para mi Pais and its Innovation Center to co-create innovative design solutions to overcome water poverty with families living in Cerro Verde, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/safeaguaperu/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Peru Projects in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua Peru projects Balde A Balde, GiraDora and Vitamigos are in the running for a Peoples Choice Award from the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. Balde a Balde designed by Kim Chow (Product Design) and Carlos Vides (Environmental Design),  is a portable faucet that delivers pipeless running water from any bucket, alleviating many of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-peru-project-in-the-dell-social-innovation-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Daniel Young</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic Design Interactive Ashoka Changemakers Washington, DC Spring 2012]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/daniel-young/</link>
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		<title>Ducere/To Lead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Designmatters December/January blog entry, it has become sort of a tradition to take a beat to reflect about milestones, while jotting down some thoughts about what may lay ahead with the start of the New Year. Our graduation ceremony for the class of December 2011 triggered that reflective mode for me in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2012/01/11/ducereto-lead/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Team to Particpate in DSIC Venturelab at University of Texas, Austin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As NCIIA Sustainable Vision Grantees, key members from the Safe Agua Peru team will be attending the Dell Social Innovation Challenge Sustainable Vision Venturelab to share preliminary design outcomes from the course and continue learning strategies to move the projects further. The VentureLab is an intensive, five-day, highly experiential and immersive workshop designed to enhance the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-team-to-particpate-in-dsic-venturelab-at-university-of-texas-austin/</link>
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		<title>Demythologizing Design: Another View of &#8220;Design with the Other 90%: CITIES&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Change Observer December 2011 by David Stairs David Stairs shares his thoughts about the &#8220;Design with the Other 90%: CITIES&#8221; Exhibit at the United Nations, where the Safe Agua Chile project was recently showcased. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/demythologizing-design-another-view-of-design-with-the-other-90-cities/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Designmatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays and Season&#8217;s Greetings from Designmatters.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/happy-holidays-from-designmatters/</link>
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		<title>Desis Exhibition Presented in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In September, Mariana Amatullo and Eduardo Strakowskij curated a special Desis Exhibition at the Denver Cumulus Conference.  In October, this same exhibit was presented at The Tao of Sustainability Conference in Beijing along with special case studies from China.  The Desis Exhibition is an outcome of the Desis Network and aims to encourage discussion on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/desis-exhibition-presented-in-china/</link>
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		<title>Pasadena Foothills Magazine 50 Creative People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most recent issue of Pasadena Foothills Magazine&#8217;s 50 Creative People features several of Art Center&#8217;s best and brightest. Click here to read the full magazine online.  Download PDF here.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-pasadena-foothills-magazine-50-creative-people-list-includes-art-center-students-faculty-and-staff/</link>
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		<title>Lily of the Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alumnus Daniel Lee (Graphic Design 07)  recently returned home to New York City after completing six weeks of volunteer work at Lily of the Valley, an orphanage in South Africa that has been providing love and care to children abandoned or orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic for over 20 years. In this blog post, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/12/05/lily-of-the-valley/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Featured on Smithsonian Channel Mini-Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Smithsonian Channel is currently airing the  Design with the Other 90% documentary mini-series which includes interviews with faculty and students from the  Safe Agua project as well as documentary footage from Broadcast Cinema alumna Elizabeth Bayne&#8217;s Safe Agua Documentary. Click here for showtimes]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-featured-on-smithsonian-channel-mini-series/</link>
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		<title>Tedx Event at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Impact • Design for Social Change (student organization) headed by Mariana Prieto (Product Design) and Erik Molano (Graphic Design) has been busy organizing Art Center&#8217;s very own Tedx event that will address design&#8217;s important role in social impact.  The event will take place June 9, 2012.  Students can participate by enrolling in the TEDx [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/tedx-event-at-art-center/</link>
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		<title>Students Travel to Lima, Peru to Test Safe Agua Peru Midterm Concepts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students Mariana Prieto (Product Design) and Erik Anderson (Graduate Broadcast Cinema) recently completed a return trip to Lima, Peru as part of the Fall term Safe Agua Peru studio. This was their second trip to Lima, following the initial field research trip in August when the entire team (faculty and students) conducted community interviews and preliminary research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/11/18/safe-agua-peru-midterm-concepts/</link>
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		<title>Sixth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Participatory Design Education and Societal Drivers: Designmatters Case Studies Mariana Amatullo View Website January 22, 2012 UCLA Los Angeles, California]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/sixth-international-conference-on-design-principles-and-practices/</link>
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		<title>Simple Gadgets for Fresh, Clean Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashoka, Changemakers November, 7  2011 by Kristie Wang Product Design Alumni Jessica Yeh and Narbeh Dereghishian&#8217;s award winning Safe Agua, Ducha Halo project is featured in Ashoka&#8217;s Changemakers  Idea ExChange blog with other socially innovative products focused on helping people around the world access clean water and use it more efficiently. Read blog]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/simple-gadgets-for-fresh-clean-water/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Chile Project at the United Nations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outcomes from the award winning Safe Agua Chile project are being featured in the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s “Design with the Other 90%: Cities” Exhibition at the United Nations (October 15, 2011-January 9, 2012.)  Guest bloggers Penny Herscovitch (Environmental Design faculty), Dan Gottlieb (Environmental Design faculty),  Liliana Becerra (Product Design faculty) and Elizabeth Bayne [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/11/01/safe-agua-chile-project-at-the-united-nations/</link>
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		<title>Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Final Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Change Observer October 2011 by William Drenttel and Julie Lasky An update on what transpired at the Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/winterhouse-second-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-final-report/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Project Included in National Level Showcase with Design with the Other 90%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua Chile projects Gota a Gota (students &#8211; Stella Hernandez, Nubia Mercado, Diane Jie Wei), reLAVA (students &#8211; KC Cho, Jacqueline Black) and Research Methodology Cards (faculty &#8211; Penny Herscovitch, Dan Gottlieb, Liliana Becerra) will be featured in the Smithsonian&#8217;s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum&#8217;s &#8220;Design with the Other 90%: Cities&#8221; Exhibition at the United [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-project-included-in-national-level-showcase-with-design-for-the-other-90/</link>
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		<title>Art Center&#8217;s New Media Design Matters Program Featured in Change Observer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Change Observer October 2011 by Julie Lasky Introduction to Art Center&#8217;s Media Design Matters program, a new graduate track in social design that combines communications strategies with field work. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-centers-new-media-design-matters-program-featured-in-the-change-observer/</link>
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		<title>Teen Art Park: A Place for Artistic Expression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this two-term Environmental Design-led class, students addressed the day-to-day challenges and aspirations of greater Pasadena’s at-risk teenagers and set out to design an art park to foster safe, artistic expression. “This project is important because it touches really close to home. There is such a diversity of people that live in Pasadena; learning more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/teen-art-park-a-place-for-artistic-expression-2/</link>
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		<title>THE OUTSIDE INSIDER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the facilitation of Designmatters and the Provost&#8217;s office, students Siddharth Vanchinathan, Byron Wilson and Jasen Mehta (Graduate Industrial Design) conducted field research in Kerala, India, over the summer as part of a student and faculty team from Caltech, Saintgits College of Engineering and Saintgits Institute of Management.  The field research has informed and grounded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/10/12/the-outside-insider/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the facilitation of Designmatters and the Provost&#8217;s office, students Siddharth Vanchinathan, Byron Wilson and Jasen Mehta (Graduate Industrial Design) conducted field research in Kerala, India, over the summer as part of a student and faculty team from Caltech and Saintgits College of Engineering and Saintgits Institute of Management.  The field research has informed and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-center-caltech-and-saintgits-collaborate/</link>
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		<title>Aquarium of the Pacific Brochure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This brochure was developed as part of, Project Coastal Crisis a design-led studio focusing on public education and action strategies to address the crisis of sea level rise, in partnership with the Aquarium of the Pacific.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/aquarium-of-the-pacific-brochure/</link>
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		<title>Mariana Amatullo Featured in Taped Interview for Diseñadores+1 in Santiago, Chile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿Designmatters own Mariana Amatullo is featured in a taped interview for Diseñadores+1 and El Diario Diseño.  Mariana discusses design education, social change and how Designmatters at Art Center College of Design is making a difference through our groundbreaking, award winning and socially innovative project outcomes. Click here to watch the interview.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/mariana-amatullo-featured-in-taped-interview-for-disenadores1-in-santiago-chile/</link>
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		<title>Design, Social Innovation, and Graduate Design Education Panel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mariana Amatullo will be a featured panelist alongside esteemed colleagues Anne Burdick, Chair, Graduate Media Design Program &#8211; Art Center College of Design,  Alan Chochinov, Chair, MFA Products of Design &#8211; School of Visual Arts, and Jamer Hunt, Director, MFA Transdisciplinary Design &#8211; Parsons the New School for Design. With an introduction by Manuel Toscano, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-social-innovation-and-graduate-design-education-panel/</link>
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		<title>Herron School of Art and Design &#8211; Guest Lecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designing the Future We Want: Designmatters Case Studies Mariana Amatullo View Website October 26, 2011 Herron School of Art and Design Indianapolis, Indiana]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/herron-school-of-art-and-design-guest-lecture/</link>
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		<title>Design, Social Innovation and Graduate Design Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Panel Presentation Mariana Amatullo, Anne Burdick, Jamer Hunt, Alan Chochinov Introduction by &#8211; Manuel Toscano Moderator &#8211; Cameron Tonkinwise Special guest &#8211; Christopher Fabian Presented by Design for Good, an AIGA initiative Hosted by the US Fund for UNICEF View invite here October 19, 2011 U.S. Fund for UNICEF New York City, NY]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-for-good-an-aiga-initiative/</link>
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		<title>Project U/ HIV-AIDS Awareness Campaign with LAUSD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this Graphic Design class, students created a peer-to-peer awareness campaign to reinvigorate HIV/AIDS prevention efforts and condom use, targeting at risk African-American and Latino youth from the LGBTQ community. The project is a collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD), Health Education Programs, HIV/AIDS Prevention Unit. “I wanted our target audience to understand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/project-u-hiv-aids-awareness-campaign-with-lausd/</link>
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		<title>Rethinking the Food Label</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of four Art Center students from three design majors were challenged to redesign the nutrition food label and related packaging to help consumers make more educated decisions about what, and how, they eat. “I’ll admit, I used to eat food based on its taste alone. This project has opened my eyes to good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/rethinking-the-food-label/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Chile Ducha Halo Featured in New York Times Article</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times September 2011 by Donald G. McNeil Jr. An article about recent Art Center Alumni Narbeh Dereghishian and Jessica Yeh&#8217;s award winning Ducha Halo portable shower system, which was an outcome of the Designmatters Safe Agua Chile Project in partnership with the Innovation Center, Un Techo Para mi Pais. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-chile-ducha-halo-featured-in-new-york-times-article/</link>
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		<title>The Designmatters Program Profiled by Design Ignites Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design Ignites Change recently began profiling college and university design programs that are integrating a socially responsible agenda into their curriculum and dedicating resources to support students in their creative efforts to make a positive impact  around the world. Designmatters at Art Center College of Design is the first to be featured in this new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-designmatters-program-profiled-by-design-ignites-change/</link>
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		<title>Cerro Verde</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters Vice President, Mariana Amatullo reflects on her time spent in Cerro Verde,  a community on the outskirts of Lima, Peru where Art Center students have been conducting  field research in collaboration with the Innovation Center of Un Techo Para Mi Pais, as part of the Safe Agua Peru project. I am just back from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/09/07/cerro-verde/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters, UNICEF and Frog featured Panelists at SOCAP11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters own Mariana Amatullo will be featured along side esteemed colleagues; Rajesh Anandan &#8211; US Fund for UNICEF,  Erica Kochi &#8211; UNICEF Tech Innovation, and Robert Fabricant &#8211; Frog.  They will be holding a panel at SOCAP11 entitled&#8230; Things that Work: Amplifying Impact Through Effective Partnership Fostering effective and efficient innovation requires best-in class thinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-unicef-and-frog-featured-panelists-at-socap11/</link>
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		<title>Core77 Design Award 2011: Safe Agua, Notable for Design for Social Impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe Agua addresses quotidian challenges of safe water access for families living in Latin American slum developments. Driven by field research in Santiago, Chile, the team designed innovative water solutions, implemented by the NGO client: 10 Mila community laundries, Relava kitchen workstations, and 1000s of Ducha Halo portable showers. Click here to read more.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/core77-design-award-2011-safe-agua-notable-for-design-for-social-impact/</link>
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		<title>Sustainable Vision Teaching Lab NCIIA Colorado State University, June 13  &#8211; 17, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest Blogger Liliana Becerra (Product Design, Faculty) shares her experiences participating in the National Collegiate of Inventors and Innovators Alliance&#8217;s (NCIIA) first Sustainable Vision Teaching Lab held at Colorado State University. About a month ago I was offered the opportunity to attend and participate in the first Sustainable Vision Teaching Lab hosted and organized by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/08/03/sustainable-vision-teaching-lab-nciia-colorado-state-university-june-13-17-2011/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua &#8211; Exhibitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Safe Agua Exhibition captures the outcomes of the social innovation collaboration for Bottom of the Pyramid Markets between the Innovation Center of Un Techo Para Mi País based in Santiago, Chile, and Designmatters.  The exhibition was conceived to tour internationally as an important public educational resource to illustrate the impactful outcomes of the Safe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/safe-agua-exhibitions/</link>
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		<title>Cumulus Conference Denver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transforming Purpose into Action: Why Social Impact Design Matters Mariana Amatullo View Website September 30, 2011 Hyatt Regency Downtown Denver, Colorado]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/cumulus-conference-denver/</link>
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		<title>The Colombia Experience: Design is a Two Way Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest Blogger Mariana Prieto di Colloredo (Product Design, 6th term) is the lead contact of Art Center&#8217;s social impact student organization, Mustard;  a member of the sustainability-focused student organization Eco-Council; and a candidate for the Designmatters Concentration in Art and Design for Social Impact. Sustainability is more often than not linked to the responsible use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/07/12/the-colombia-experience-design-is-a-two-way-street/</link>
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		<title>Transform Symposium 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Impacting Healthcare: Transformative Design Education Mariana Amatullo, Greg Holderfield, Helen Walters, Tom Fisher View Website September 12, 2011 Mayo Clinic: Center for Innovation Rochester, Minnesota]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/transform-symposium-2011/</link>
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		<title>Socap Conference 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things that Work: Amplifying Impact Through Effective Partnership Mariana Amatullo, Rajesh Anandan, Erica Kochi, Robert Fabricant View Website September 6-9, 2011 Fort Mason Center San Francisco, CA]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/socap-conference-2011/</link>
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		<title>William Tang (PROD &#8217;10) featured in Alumni Spotlight from May to July 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following was featured in our Alumni Spotlight section from May to July. For the most current feature, please visit the Resources page and scroll to the bottom. Alumni Spotlight Designmatters partners with Art Center Alumni on an ongoing basis. This section is updated regularly with stories and highlights of their engagement. Visit often, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/07/07/william-tang-prod-10-featured-in-alumni-spotlight-from-may-to-july-2011/</link>
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		<title>Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mariana Amatullo View Website August 14-16 The Hotchkiss School Lakeville, Connecticut]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/winterhouse-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change-2/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters in the running for ICSID World Design Impact Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Design Impact Prize established by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) is an innovative and interactive design prize dedicated to stimulating socially responsible design projects and initiatives around the world.  Designmatters has been nominated for this prestigious prize. To learn more click here.  Make sure you spread the word by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-in-the-running-for-icsid-world-design-impact-prize/</link>
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		<title>ACCD Library Creates Designmatters Resource Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 2011 The James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library at Art Center College of Design has created a library source guide to support the Designmatters Concentration, focusing on the four core themes: Sustainable Development, Global Health, Public Policy and Social Entrepreneurship. The resource guide can be accessed directly here (or though the Designmatters Resource page below).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/accd-library-creates-designmatters-resource-guide/</link>
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		<title>IDB hosts Safe Agua Exhibit in Washington, DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 2011 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is hosting an exhibit on innovative and affordable designs to provide safe water, internet solutions and entrepreneurship opportunities for people living in poverty.  Six different safe water solutions developed by Designmatters at the Art Center College of Design in partnership with the Innovation Center of Un Techo Para [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/idb-hosts-safe-agua-exhibit-in-washington-dc/</link>
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		<title>Thinking Beyond Boundaries: Art Center’s Designmatters Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post May 2011 by Alla Kazovsky Introduction to Art Center&#8217;s Designmatters department as the first design institution to be declared a partner of United Nations as a NGO and its recent projects, including Mpala, Es Tiempo and Safe Agua. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/thinking-beyond-boundaries-art-centers-designmatters-program/</link>
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		<title>‘The Graying of AIDS’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Weekly by Carl Kozlowski April 2011 Art Center exhibit focuses on America&#8217;s largest group of people living with HIV/AIDS. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-graying-of-aids/</link>
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		<title>Open Minds: A meeting of the minds in DC highlights student innovations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be the Change: Save a Life March 2011 Brilliant minds and their game changing innovations gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on Saturday March 26th. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/open-minds-a-meeting-of-the-minds-in-dc-highlights-student-innovations/</link>
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		<title>Can Schools Teach Designers How to Solve the World’s Problems?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good Magazine by Ernest Beck March 2011 An article about the fast growing trend of social design education at Art Center and other top design schools. Read Article]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/can-schools-teach-designers-how-to-solve-the-worlds-problems/</link>
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		<title>Art Center Students to showcase work at Open Minds Exhibition in Washington D.C.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open Minds is NCIIA&#8217;s (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance)  annual exhibition showcasing innovative products and designs by students from some of the top universities and colleges in the country. Narbeh Dereghishian (Product Design) and Jessica Yeh (Environmental Design) are one of only 15 student teams selected by the NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-center-students-to-showcase-work-at-open-minds-exhibition-in-washington-d-c/</link>
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		<title>Intelligent Design: Art Center Students work to create innovative solutions to real word problems.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Magazine January 2011 by Claire Standish Interview with Environmental Design student Stephanie Rose Stalker,  designer of  SAFE AGUA community laundry center Mila. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/intelligent-design-art-center-students-work-to-create-innovative-solutions-to-real-word-problems/</link>
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		<title>Le design social n’est pas si simple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Le Monde October 29, 2010 By Hubert Guillaud Designmatters Safe Agua Project is featured in the French Le Monde. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/yet-another-post-in-recognition-section/</link>
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		<title>The (Limited) Power of Good Intentions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metropolis Magazine October 2010 By Julie Lasky View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-limited-power-of-good-intentions/</link>
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		<title>Art Center College of Design’s student creations/inventions are hits around the world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angeleno Magazine by Lisa Sweetingham An article on the products designed by students to help those in need.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-center-college-of-design%e2%80%99s-student-creationsinventions-are-hits-around-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Art Center College of Design’s student successes catalyze social innovation with “Safe Agua.”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) Newsletter The Safe Agua project is profiled by ICSID in the council’s newsletter. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-center-college-of-design%e2%80%99s-student-successes-catalyze-social-innovation-with-%e2%80%9csafe-agua-%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>The Designmatters Concentration at Art Center College of Design: Q&amp;A With Mariana Amatullo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core 77 By Core Jr Mariana Amatullo interviews with Core77 regarding Designmatters Concentration. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-designmatters-concentration-at-art-center-college-of-design-qa-with-mariana-amatullo/</link>
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		<title>Camel Mobile Clinic Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ChangeObserver by Ernest Beck An article updates Camel Mobile Clinic filed-testing in Kenya and Ethiopia. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/camel-mobile-clinic-update/</link>
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		<title>How to Run a Design Firm for Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ChangeObserver by Ernest Beck An article that updates Camel Mobile Clinic filed-testing in Kenya and Ethiopia. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/how-to-run-a-design-firm-for-social-change-2/</link>
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		<title>Es Tiempo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ChangeObserver by Ernest Beck A campaign to protect the health of Southern California&#8217;s Latinas overturns conventional assumptions of why these women fail to seek preventive measures. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/es-tiempo/</link>
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		<title>The Design Innovation Aspects of a Camel Saddle System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The design innovation aspects of a camel saddle system that integrates solar technology for mobile clinics in Africa (a Designmatters ongoing collaboration with Princeton and Nomadic Communities Trust) was profiled in several articles since December, 2009: Solar Powered Camel Clinics Deliver Vaccines to Kenya Wired UK/News Culture By Michael Conroy Using Camels to Deliver Health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-design-innovation-aspects-of-a-camel-saddle-system/</link>
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		<title>After Shelter, Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despues del Techo, Agua Interview to the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio and its week-end design magazine edition that featured the project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/after-shelter-water/</link>
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		<title>Six Solutions for Saving Water and Saving Lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fast Company By Alissa Walker Article introduces the outcomes of Designmatters &#8220;Safe Agua Chile&#8221; project. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/six-solutions-for-saving-water-and-saving-lives/</link>
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		<title>Reflections: The Designers Accord Global Summit on Sustainability &amp; Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 By Andrea Mangini An article about global summit activities and reports focused on sustainability and education, which was held by Designers Accord. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/reflections-the-designers-accord-global-summit-on-sustainability-education/</link>
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		<title>Aspen Design Summit: Designmatters Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DesignObserver Mariana Amatullo reports on the Aspen Design Summit. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/aspen-design-summit-designmatters-report/</link>
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		<title>The First Drop to a Life-Changing Story: Safe Agua Chile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ashoka Tech By Diana Corrales Ashoka Tech blog profiles Safe Agua Chile Project and student process with weekly series. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-first-drop-to-a-life-changing-story-safe-agua-chile/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Chile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Articles highlighting the Designmatters Fall 2009 &#8220;Safe Agua Chile&#8221; project, conducted in partnership with the Santiago-based humanitarian organization &#8220;Un Techo Para Chile.&#8221; The studio is focused on products and environmental interventions to help slum-dwellers transport, store, efficiently, conserve and re-use water in their daily lives. Gota a gota: La lucha por el agua en un [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-chile/</link>
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		<title>Reinventing the Wheel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design21 By Paul Young Article about the IMI porject and the Designmatters/Caltech Collaboration in the class &#8220;Engineering Design of Products for the Developing World.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/reinventing-the-wheel/</link>
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		<title>Art School Confidential</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Print Magazine By Monica Racic The Designmatters program is highlighted as one of the best philanthropy programs in design education.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/art-school-confidential/</link>
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		<title>A Conversation with Mariana Amatullo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oberholtzer Visual Culture An interview with Mariana Amatullo regarding &#8220;The Los Angeles Earthquake: Get Ready&#8221; project. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/a-conversation-with-mariana-amatullo/</link>
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		<title>Book Review: The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 By Robert Blinn A review of The LA Earthquake Sourcebook, which was released in collaboration with &#8220;The Great Southern California ShakeOut.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/book-review-the-l-a-earthquake-sourcebook/</link>
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		<title>Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Earthquakes, But Were Afraid To Ask</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curbed L.A. By Marissa Gluck Art Center is referenced here in this article about &#8220;The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-earthquakes-but-were-afraid-to-ask/</link>
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		<title>Posters that Redeclare Human Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Print Magazine By Paul Morris This article describes the poster exhibition &#8220;Images from Human Rights: Student Voices&#8221; at Pasadena&#8217;s Central Library,  designed by sixteen Art Center students.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/posters-that-redeclare-human-rights/</link>
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		<title>5 W’s: Art Center College of Design’s Designmatters Initiative Helps Southern California Get Ready for the Big One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STEP Inside Design By Tom Biederdick Art Center is featured in this article about Designmatters and &#8220;The L.A. Earthquake: Get Ready&#8221; project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/5-ws-art-center-college-of-designs-designmatters-initiative-helps-southern-california-get-ready-for-the-big-one/</link>
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		<title>Students Let Their Voices Be Heard in Poster Exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Star News By Janette Williams This article features Art Center&#8217;s &#8220;Human Rights: Stuent Voices&#8221; exhibit at the Pasadena Central Library. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/students-let-their-voices-be-heard-in-poster-exhibit/</link>
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		<title>The Writing on the Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Weekly By Joe Piasecki Art Center&#8217;s exhibit &#8220;Human Rights: Student Voices&#8221; was featured in the Pasadena Weekly. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-writing-on-the-wall/</link>
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		<title>Rehearsing for California’s Big Earthquake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Time Magazine By Amanda Ripley Mariana Amatullo an Art Center are mentioned in this article about the Southern California Shakeout. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/16-rehearsing-for-californias-big-earthquake/</link>
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		<title>Crying Wolf About the ‘Big One’ Hasn’t Worked, So Let’s Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal By Gabriel Kahn This article references Designmatters&#8217; role in organizing the &#8220;Get Ready Rally.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/crying-wolf-about-the-big-one-hasnt-worked-so-lets-party/</link>
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		<title>L.A. Preps for the Big One With Massively Multiplayer Earthquake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wired By Alexis Madrigal This post showcases the earthquake response game &#8220;Aftershock.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/l-a-preps-for-the-big-one-with-massively-multiplayer-earthquake/</link>
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		<title>When Designers Anticipate the Next Big One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 By Mark Vanerbeeken This article places Aftershock within the context of the larger design initiative &#8220;The Los Angeles Earthquake: Get ready.&#8221; View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/when-designers-anticipate-the-next-big-one/</link>
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		<title>Get Ready for the Big ShakeOut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design21 By Mariana Amatullo Mariana Amatullo outlines the Great Southern California ShakeOut. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/get-ready-for-the-big-shakeout/</link>
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		<title>A Brighter Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEED Magazine, Issue 5 By Meghan Garrity The Mpala project is profiled in this article on solar energy in the developing world. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/a-brighter-future/</link>
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		<title>Deserve Your Dream: Design Education and Advocacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core77 By Mariana Amatullo Mariana Amatullo, Vice President of Designmatters, speaks about design education for social change. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/deserve-your-dream-design-education-and-advocacy/</link>
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		<title>Blowing Competitions Up, and Other Acts of Good Citizenship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design-Altruism-Project By David Stairs Designmatters mentioned in this article on education as good citizenship. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/blowing-competitions-up-and-other-acts-of-good-citizenship/</link>
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		<title>Design for the Other 90 Percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ping Mag By Aroldo Cardoso Jr. The Katrina Furniture Project is featured in this interview with Cynthua E. Smith, curator of the &#8220;Design for the Other 90%&#8221; exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-for-the-other-90-percent/</link>
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		<title>Design Education: Designmatters at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project H Design A post highlighting Designmatters.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-education-designmatters-at-art-center/</link>
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		<title>Cihuame Project: The Art of Helping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[La Opinion By Pablo Baler An article featuring the Cihame photography project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/cihuame-project-the-art-of-helping/</link>
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		<title>Real World Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design21 By Sarah Lidgus Designmatters program and projects profiled in Design21, a social design network in partnership with UNESCO. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/5-real-world-education/</link>
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		<title>Projects &amp; Principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metropolis By Stephen Sacks The Color Guard Mosquito Net developed in the GE Healthcare: Anywhere studio is featured in this article on product and industrial design work by students in the U.S. and Europe. View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/projects-principles/</link>
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		<title>Friends for 80 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Star News By Larry Wilson This article highlights the &#8220;Action: Art Center and the United Nations&#8221; exhibit at South Campus.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/friends-for-80-years/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters: Let artists and intellectuals be an antidote to the consistent barrage of ‘what doesn’t work’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pasadena Weekly By Ellen Snortland An article profiling the Designmatters initiative.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-let-artists-and-intellectuals-be-an-antidote-to-the-consistent-barrage-of-what-doesnt-work/</link>
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		<title>Playing for Keeps: A Design Competition Kick-Starts AIDs Education in South African Town</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I.D. Magazine By Jessie Scanlon This article features the work done in the Nyumbani Village project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/playing-for-keeps-a-design-competition-kick-starts-aids-education-in-south-african-town/</link>
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		<title>INSPIRED PURPOSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mariana On my plane ride back from D.C. to LA last week, I kept marveling about yet another first for us at Art Center: the opportunity to have a public showcase for our collaboration with the Innovation Center of Un Techo Para Mi Pais at the atrium lobby of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/06/13/inspired-purpose/</link>
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		<title>Art Center student wins Art Directors Club Gold and Cannes Award with Zambia Film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest Blogger John X. Carey (Film Department, 8th term) is the recipient of the 2011 Young Director&#8217;s Award from the Cannes Film Festival as well as the Art Director&#8217;s Gold Cube Award for his film, &#8220;Voices from the Field&#8221;. Designmatters put me and two of my fellow classmates at Art Center College of Design into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/06/02/art-center-student-wins-art-directors-club-gold-and-cannes-award-with-zambia-film/</link>
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		<title>SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises): Awareness Campaign Directions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A studio hosted by the Illustration department, in collaboration with SHE (Sustainable Health Enterprises),  to raise awareness and motivate action in the U.S. to address a critical lack of access to affordable, eco-friendly sanitary products for many women in developing countries such as Rwanda. &#8220;Menstruation is one of those things that people don&#8217;t really want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/she-sustainable-health-enterprises-awareness-campaign-directions/</link>
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		<title>The ARkStorm Initiative: California’s Other “Big One”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Designmatters multi-faceted collaboration with USGS engaged decision-makers in potent design-led strategy sessions and produced public awareness tools for the ARKstorm scientific scenario. &#8220;We think this event happens once every 100 or 200 years or so, which puts it in the same category as our big San Andreas earthquakes. The ARkStorm is essentially two historic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-arkstorm-initiative-california%e2%80%99s-other-%e2%80%9cbig-one%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Aquarium of the Pacific: Project Coastal Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Product design-led studio focusing on public education and action strategies to address the crisis of sea level rise, in partnership with the Aquarium of the Pacific. “The public is often deaf, confused or misinformed about the science of climate change and sea level rise. This has stalled a collective response to and preparation for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/aquarium-of-the-pacific-project-coastal-crisis/</link>
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		<title>The Graying of AIDS: Off the Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students from the Illustration Department at Art Center College of Design created this exhibition that speaks to the topic of older adults and HIV/AIDS awareness. With studies projecting that by the year 2015 more than half of all people living with HIV in the United States will be over age 50, New York based team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-graying-of-aids-off-the-wall/</link>
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		<title>Design Education for Sustainable Development and Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Educational Track Session #5: Embedding Sustainability into Existing Curriculum Mariana Amatullo Part of the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, July 10-13, 2011. View Website July 12, 2011 CSU Long Beach Long Beach, California]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-education-for-sustainable-development-and-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Disaster Communication and Impacts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Academies Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters Mariana Amatullo, Lucy Jones (Chief Scientist of U.S. Geological Survey), Javier Moreno &#38; Barbara Andersen (Orfalea Foundations), and representative from the Emergency Preparedness and Response, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health. View Website May 24, 2011 Beckman Center of the National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/disaster-communication-and-impacts/</link>
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		<title>2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How Self-Promotion Design Awards Category of Student Promotions &#8211; Merit View Award View Project Core 77 Design Awards Category of Design for Social Impact for Safe Agua &#8211; Professional Notable View Award View Project ICSID World Design Impact Prize for Safe Agua &#8211; Finalist View Award Project Page View Project AIGA 365: Design Effectiveness Award [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2011/</link>
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		<title>Dee Kim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNICEF Innovation Unit New York, NY Summer 2011 View Dee&#8217;s Blog]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/dee-kim-2/</link>
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		<title>Ducha Halo showcase at NCIIA&#8217;s Open: Catalyzing Innovation Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bright and brilliant minds gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on Saturday, March 26th, for Open Minds 2011, the student exhibition organized by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) in conjunction with the organization&#8217;s 15th Annual Conference, Open: Catalyzing Innovation. The conference was attended by more than 380 faculty and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/04/06/ducha-halo-at-nciia/</link>
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		<title>IDSA 2011 Western Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating Shared Value: The Designer as a Catalyst for Social Change Mariana Amatullo IDSA 2011 Western Conference Guest Speakers May 6-7 San Jose State University San Jose, California]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/idsa-2011-western-conference/</link>
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		<title>AFLA Presents: &#8220;Salon for New Voices&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why Design Matters: Art Center at the Crossroads of Social Innovation Mariana Amatullo View Website April 28, 2011  6pm Santa Monica Public Library Santa Monica, California]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/afla-presents-salon-for-new-voices/</link>
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		<title>A Great Wave of Transformation: One Student&#8217;s Journey in South Sudan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Reprinted in part from Art Center's blog The Dotted Line] Teed ["in waiting"]: Portraits of South Sudanhighlights portraits and images captured while Graphic Design student Tyler Paulson served local missionaries in the region during parts of 2008 and 2010. Paulson&#8217;s journey captures a sensitive, yet exciting transition for a generation of people that have only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/03/26/a-great-wave-of-transformation-one-students-journey-in-south-sudan/</link>
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		<title>Include 2011 &#8211; The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Safe Agua: Design to Overcome Water Poverty&#8221; Panel Presentation Mariana Amatullo, Penny Herscovitch, Daniel Gottlieb, David Mocarski Include 2011 Conference April 18-20, 2011 Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Royal College or Art, London, UK]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/include-2011the-role-of-inclusive-design-in-making-social-innovation-happen/</link>
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		<title>USGS Wildfire Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an ongoing partnership with USGS, this Graphic Design studio was asked to design a visual identity and branding strategy for the Wildfire Scenario, a set of scientific data foretelling the natural disaster that is both devastating and a reality of life in Southern California. &#8220;The USGS Wildfires studio has been yet another wonderful partnership [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/usgs-wildfire-studio/</link>
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		<title>Non-Profit Photography Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This studio highlights the collaboration between Photography + Imaging students and several local Pasadena organizations to explore and support the important work of our neighbors in the non-profit sector. “The biggest achievement students accomplished at the end of the term was getting the organizations quality images that they can use in their everyday work. Also, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/non-profit-photography-studio/</link>
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		<title>Case Studies for Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This trans-disciplinary seminar examined the history, aesthetics and underpinning of community-based art and design practices through a collaboration anchored in the historic Watts Art Towers district of Los Angeles. This project has been such a wonderful collaboration between Art Center, the Watts community and St. John’s church. We are so very honored to have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/case-studies-for-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Aging Desires: Designing for Transition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A collaboration with Tama Art University/Pacific Rim 6 This Environmental Design-led studio developed visionary solutions to address the Graying of the Baby Boom Generation. The collaboration between Art Center and Tokyo’s Tama Art University reaches back to the early 1980s, when a group of exchange students from Tama came to Art Center. The exchange of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/aging-desires-designing-for-transition-tama-art-university-and-art-center-college-of-design-pacific-rim-6/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters Case Studies: Design Education Methodologies as a Tool for Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mariana Amatullo, Liliana Becerra, Steven Montgomery Art Center College of Design, NCIIA, 2010 view NCIIA conference site here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-case-studies-design-education-methodologies-as-a-tool-for-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>The ARkStorm, a short film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Art Center alumnus Theo Alexopoulos for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) this short motion graphic film explores the very real potential for a catastrophic winter storm in California, which scientists are calling The ARkStorm. The film was featured in January 2011 at the opening of the USGS ARkStorm Summit in Sacramento, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/the-arkstorm-a-short-film/</link>
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		<title>Voices from the Field</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by John Carey (FILM)  for PCI (Project Concern International) in celebration of their 50th Anniversary Campaign &#8211; November 2010 PCI is a San-Diego based international health and humanitarian aid organization dedicated to saving lives and building healthy communities.  They work around the world to prevent disease, improve community health and promote sustainable development. Winner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/voices-from-the-field/</link>
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		<title>Exposing the Magic of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Kolko Oxford University Press, 2011]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/exposing-the-magic-of-design/</link>
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		<title>In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Thackara The MIT Press, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/in-the-bubble-designing-in-a-complex-world/</link>
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		<title>The Harry Gota Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enter the world of “Harry Gota” and step into a journey that took a multidisciplinary team of students and Art Center faculty from their green hillside campus in Pasadena to the slums of Chile’s Compamento San Jose, as part of the Safe Agua Project. Produced in collaboration with the non-profit organization Un Techo para mi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-harry-gota-story/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua documentary film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Safe Agua Chile documentary profiles the unique social impact design methodologies and project solutions behind the collaboration between Chilean-based NGO Un Techo para mi Pais and Art Center College of Design&#8211;an educational partnership dedicated to bringing water access solutions to Chile&#8217;s poorest communities. Directed by Elizabeth Bayne, Student, Broadcast Cinema Faculty Advisor: Monte  Bramer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/safe-agua-documentary-film/</link>
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		<title>Through Their Eyes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A short film directed  documenting the creation of an awareness campaign for UNFPA celebrating the fifteen year mark of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+ 15) Directed by Robert McLendon Produced by Elisa Ruffino]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/through-their-eyes/</link>
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		<title>The Mobile Health Clinic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mobile Health Clinic film developed from the Project Concern International: Tijuana Health Outreach Clinic project. Directed by Robert McLendon and produced by Elisa Ruffino]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-mobile-health-clinic/</link>
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		<title>2022 Eco-friendly Fabric Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2022 Eco-friendly Fabric Care developed from a Graduate Industrial Design studio in collaboration with Whirlpool that explored an environmentally friendly fabric care system for the future. Designed by Ludmil Trenkov]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/2022-eco-friendly-fabric-care/</link>
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		<title>2016 Healthcare Anywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2016 Healthcare Anywhere developed from The GE Healthcare: Healthcare Anywhere project. Designed by Sebastian Bettencourt]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/2016-healthcare-anywhere/</link>
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		<title>The Mpala Camel Clinic Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mpala Camel Clinic Project film developed from the Mpala Integrated Health Mobile Clinic for Remote Communities in Kenya project. Directed by James Mann and produced by Elisa Ruffino]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-mpala-camel-clinic-project/</link>
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		<title>Jonathan Goldman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertising The Organization of American States (OAS) Museum of the Americas Washington, DC Spring 2011]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/jonathan-goldman/</link>
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		<title>Dustin York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNICEF New York Summer 2010 View Dustin&#8217;s film]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/dustin-york/</link>
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		<title>Jaime Lopez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic Design Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Washington, DC Spring 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/jaime-lopez/</link>
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		<title>Dawn Kim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertising International Rescue Committee New York City Fall 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/dawn-kim-2/</link>
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		<title>Nicole Rife Chan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangkok, Thailand Summer 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/nicole-rife-chan-2/</link>
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		<title>Luke Johnson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design Academy of Educational Development (AED) Social Change Design Unit Washington, DC Spring 2009 VIEW MORE]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/luke-johnson-2/</link>
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		<title>Mari Nakano</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNFPA New York Media and Communications Fall 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/mari-nakano-2/</link>
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		<title>Design Education in the Humanitarian Sphere: Designmatters Best Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mariana Amatullo GE/Innovate 2011 View Website April 16-17, 2011 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-education-in-the-humanitarian-sphere-designmatters-best-practices/</link>
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		<title>Where Designers and Geo-Scientists Converge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest blog by Bianca Fuchs, student, Graphic Design Department Designers and geo scientists? That seemed to be the unasked question on the minds of the engineers, policy makers, meteorologists, emergency managers, and other participants at the  US Geological Survey’s ARkStorm Summit in Sacramento on January 13 and 14, 2011. As you might have heard, Designmatters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2011/01/14/where-designers-and-geo-scientists-converge/</link>
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		<title>4th Biennial of Design, Santiago, Chile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovation to Impact: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design Mariana Amatullo Santiago, December 9, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/4th-biennial-of-design-santiago-chile/</link>
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		<title>The Safe Agua Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Safe Agua book, focusing on water innovation solutions for slum dwellers, captures a collaboration with the Chilean-based NGO, Un Techo Para Mi Pais. The book is available for purchase here]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-safe-agua-book/</link>
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		<title>Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winterhouse Institute October 17-19, 2010 Participants Bios Case Studies Read Symposium Report in Change Observer]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/winterhouse-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Es Tiempo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Es Tiempo book chronicles the processes and outcomes of the “Es Tiempo” studio, which created a cervical cancer prevention campaign for Latinas in Los Angeles. Designed by Maria Moon]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/es-tiempo/</link>
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		<title>Para Nuestras Hijas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students help spread the word about the HPV vaccine to Latinas throughout LA by creating informative works of art &#8220;For some students, this class was the first time they had thought about cervical cancer. They&#8217;ve come a long way. This group is exceptionally self-motivated, spirited and inquisitive. For Allison and me, this class was less [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/para-nuestras-hijas/</link>
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		<title>Social Capital Markets Conference 2010 (SOCAP10)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Formalizing Educational Strategies that Leverage Design Mariana Amatullo with Jon Kolko, (Austin Center for Design), Erica Estrada (Standford d. School, and Dennis Littky (Big Picture). Panel with 4 speakers, representing alternative educational models at various levels, present their views of the biggest challenges facing higher education, followed by workshop session. Fort Mason Center in San [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/social-capital-markets-conference-2010-socap10/</link>
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		<title>The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook was published in conjunction with The Great Southern California ShakeOut. Designed by Stefan Sagmeister]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-l-a-earthquake-sourcebook/</link>
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		<title>PCI 50th Anniversary Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating their 50th anniversary, students help promote the work of international development organization PCI through visual communication projects. &#8220;There is a different level of engagement when you are working with design students—their enthusiasm and energy are palpable. Their perspective on this project, as well as our organization, was both refreshing and inspiring. You can&#8217;t find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/pcianniversary/</link>
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		<title>Images Speak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Images Speak developed from the Mpala Integrated Health Mobile Clinic for Remote Communities in Kenya project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/images-speak/</link>
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		<title>PCI Rebranding Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The goal of this studio was to conceive and develop a multi-component branding and communication strategy for the international NGO, Project Concern International. Art Center and PCI are ideal partners. We have been consistently awed and surprised by the energy, intelligence and creative output of the students here. - George Guimaraes, President and CEO, PCI [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/pci-rebranding-project/</link>
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		<title>DESIS USA, AMPLIFY Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters joins DESIS USA Parsons The New School for Design, Aug 5, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/desis-usa-amplify-workshop/</link>
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		<title>From Hi-Fi to Lo-Fi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Hi-Fi to Lo-Fi developed from the UNICEF: Sharing Stories in the Developing World project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/from-hi-fi-to-lo-fi/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua: A Collaboration between Un Techo Para Mi Pais and Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Penny Herscovitch, Daniel Gottlieb, Liliana Becerra, Mariana Amatullo and David Mocarski Cumulus Shanghai Conference 2010: Young Creators for Better City &#38; Better Life Tongji University, School of Design and Innovation, Shanghai, September 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/safe-agua-a-collaboration-between-un-techo-para-mi-pais-and-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Creating Social Value Through Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The students in Creating Social Value Through Design were challenged to bring their unique skills and approaches to formulate a concept designed to restore and sustain Lake Atitlan and its people. &#8220;Lake Atitlán is an incubator, a test bed, a microcosm of what responsible commercial growth can be &#8211; it&#8217;s of a size that we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/creating-social-value-through-design/</link>
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		<title>The Nyumbani Village Concept Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nyumbani Village Concept Cards developed from the Nyumbani Village project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-nyumbani-village-concept-cards/</link>
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		<title>World Health Day 2010: Urbanism and Healthy Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Health Day 2010 campaign envisions a healthier city now and into the future. Weaving together complex urban issues, students address key health factors affecting megacities across the Americas. &#8220;Students came together from Illustration, Graphics, Motion, and Advertising; their success was due to collaboration and teamwork, as well as to their individual talents.&#8221; - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/world-health-day-2010-urbanism-and-healthy-living/</link>
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		<title>Leading Change for Social Impact: Case Studies from Designmatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Parsons The new School for Design, New York, New York, May 12, 2010 View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/leading-change-for-social-impact-case-studies-from-designmatters/</link>
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		<title>The Driven Environment in 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Driven Environment in 2015 developed from Johnson Controls Interiors Driven Environment in 2015 project.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-driven-environment-in-2015/</link>
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		<title>Sustainable Development Through Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island May 6, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/sustainable-development-through-design-2/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua: Using Design to Improve Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Through the collaboration between Designmatters at Art Center College of Design and Latin American NGO, Un Techo para mi País, The Safe Agua Project addresses the quotidian challenges of safe water access for Chile&#8217;s poorest families living in slum developments (or campamentos) on the outskirts of Santiago. &#8220;Rosita, the community leader of Campamento San Jose, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/safe-agua/</link>
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		<title>Stigma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stigma book developed from Stigma: A Collaboration Between The Agency @ Art Center and The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health project]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/stigma/</link>
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		<title>FamilyPlz! Cancer Prevention Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mixed Media Campaign to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic/Innovation Unit and The American Cancer Society. &#8220;The most compelling part of this experience for me was learning how to affect people in a positive way. The challenge was to spur people to take action, and this isn&#8217;t an easy thing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/colorectal-cancer-campaign-studio/</link>
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		<title>Design and Disaster Preparedness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Pasadena City College, Geology Class April 27, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/design-and-disaster-preparedness/</link>
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		<title>The Organization of American States Centennial Rebranding Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The goal of this transdisciplinary studio was to conceive and develop a multi-component branding and communications strategy for the OAS Centennial in 2010. &#8220;Up to this point, I hadn&#8217;t really experienced design beyond the businesslike framework of concept proposals and deliverable applications. That is why the OAS Centennial TDS was such a game changer for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-organization-of-american-states-centennial-rebranding-project/</link>
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		<title>Improving Cancer Prevention and Communication: Two Case Studies from the Portfolio of Designmatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esomar Global Healthcare 2010 Research Papers By Mariana Amatullo and Elena Salij Esomar Global Healthcare 2010: Trends and Innovation Booster, New York March 2nd, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/improving-cancer-prevention-and-communication-two-case-studies-from-the-portfolio-of-designmatters/</link>
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		<title>Vato Verde</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded. &#8211; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon&#8217;s opening address to the sixty-second Annual DPI/NGO Conference: &#8220;For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!&#8221; in Mexico City, September 9, 2009 Design Brief Students were challenged to create public awareness through a provocative and multimedia campaign aiming to reach a generation of children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/vato-verde/</link>
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		<title>Images for Human Rights: Student Voices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article written by Mariana Amatullo.  A model design education and public outreach project. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2009, 1-9. Routledge, Taylor, and Francis]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/images-for-human-rights-student-voices/</link>
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		<title>Leading Change for Social Impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perspectives from Prominent Innovators by Mariana Amatullo, Jonathan Greenblatt and Rhys Newman]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/leading-change-for-social-impact/</link>
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		<title>Es Tiempo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A multi-faceted campaign raising awareness and support for prevention and treatment of cervical cancer The Es Tiempo campaign was produced in partnership with the in partnership with the University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Design Brief / Challenge Students were challenged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/es-tiempo/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua: A Case study for Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summit Innovación Tecnológica para la Base de la Pirámide, coorganized by Un Techo Para Chile and the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IADB) Mariana Amatullo and Julian Ugarte, Centro Social de Innovacion, Un Techo Para Mi Pais, Santiago, Chile, December 14 and 15, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/safe-agua-a-case-study-for-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>UNFPA: A Campaign Celebrating Population and Development ICPD+15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With half of the world&#8217;s population under the age of 25, the focus of the class was to generate a call to action that would be youth-oriented and capture fresh perspectives about the interconnectedness between population dynamics, reproductive health rights, and economic and social development. We are in a unique position as artists and designers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/unfpa-a-campaign-celebrating-population-and-development-icpd15/</link>
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		<title>Aspen Design Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Participation by Mariana Amatullo, Aspen Design Summit 2009, Aspen, Colorado, November 10, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/aspen-design-summit/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keynote presentation given by Mariana Amatullo and Elisa Ruffino at The Designers Accord Global Summit on Design Education and Sustainability , San Francisco, October 24, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-ar-art-center/</link>
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		<title>The Ark Project: A Winter Storm Campaign for USGS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a culture of alarm fatigue, how to find innovative ways to provoke readiness without causing fear or panic? How to turn preparedness for a natural disaster of large scale into a broad-based cultural value? &#8220;The task of the Winter Storm Scenario is to elevate the very real threats to human life, property and even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-ark-project-a-winter-storm-campaign-for-usgs/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters Case Studies: Design Education Methodologies as a Tool for Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mariana Amatullo, Liliana Becerra and Steven Montgomery View Event Info Open 2011: NCIIA 15th Annual Conference View Website March 24-26, 2011 Washington, DC]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-case-studies-design-education-methodologies-as-a-tool-for-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>The Organization of American States: Rebranding Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Development of a logo and identity system for the Organization of American States (OAS) and the OAS&#8217; Art Museum of the Americas for internal and external communications. A project like this, involving engagement with an actual client, is a great reminder to students that the reality of graphic design practice is public communication on behalf [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-organization-of-american-states-rebranding-project/</link>
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		<title>Research for a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Campaign in the Asia-Pacific Region</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study in branding solutions for materials to support a positive role modeling campaign to counteract gender-based violence in the Asia-Pacific region In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Designmatters and Art Center&#8217;s Graphic Design program led a Fall 2008 studio to develop research directions in support of messaging for the &#8220;Partners for Prevention&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/research-for-a-gender-based-violence-prevention-campaign-in-the-asia-pacific-region/</link>
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		<title>Not Another Year in Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I sit down to write the final blog entry of the year, I am making a conscious decision to resist compiling another trite “year in review” about what we have been up to with Designmatters at Art Center. The truth is that the collective milestones we hit in 2010 are many in number, vast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/12/31/not-another-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>Designing Water&#8217;s Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transdisciplinary strategies and systems to raise awareness and help solve the global water crisis. This transdisciplinary studio, involving environmental design, product design, and graphic design students, is in answer to the 2008-2009 international Aspen Design Challenge, an outgrowth of the Aspen Design Summit, which asks students to develop actionable design solutions that will raise awareness of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/designing-waters-future/</link>
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		<title>The Los Angeles Earthquake: Get Ready</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A multimedia public safety campaign and sourcebook initiative to increase earthquake preparedness and recovery strategies throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. “The history of humanity has always been a race between learning and disaster.” —H.G. Wells The Los Angeles Earthquake: Get Ready was a multimedia public safety campaign and sourcebook initiative created and led by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-los-angeles-earthquake-get-ready/</link>
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		<title>Human Rights Public Education Exhibition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visual communication campaign on human rights in commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary. “I believe that art can serve to create awareness and open a dialogue about topics that people wouldn&#8217;t talk about otherwise.” –Sharon Levy, Product Design student In continuing partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/human-rights-public-education-exhibition/</link>
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		<title>OAS 100 COMMON VALUES ON COMMON GROUND</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Jonas Mayabb and David Beglin, Fall 2009. Directed by Jonas Mayabb. Produced for the Organization of American States (OAS) 100th Anniversary celebration, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/coala-assassin/</link>
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		<title>Jonathan Jarvis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNICEF Youth Section, Communication Division New York Summer 2008 View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/serial-killer-coala/</link>
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		<title>Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Open Architecture Challenge: Namaste &#8211; A Telemedicine Center in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The design of a sustainable, low-cost health and technology facility in Nepal. This project was conceived as part of the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Open Architecture Challenge. This international design competition conceived by Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity challenged the design community to develop sustainable, multi-purpose, low-cost facilities for developing world regions. Three students, Jeff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/advanced-micro-devices-amd-open-architecture-challenge-namaste-a-telemedicine-center-in-nepal/</link>
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		<title>UNICEF: Sharing Digital Stories in the Developing World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Providing platforms that enable youth journalist groups to connect about critical world issues and interact with other youth via easily accessible technology. In Spring 2008, the Innovation and Development team from the Youth Section of UNICEF&#8217;s Communication Division in partnership with video broadcast company mDialog, collaborated with the department of Graduate Media Design and Designmatters to explore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/unicef-sharing-digital-stories-in-the-developing-world/</link>
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		<title>Designing Interventions and Innovative Messages for a More Resilient Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo for &#8220;Natural Disasters&#8221; class led by Sue Perry, Staff Scientist, Multi-Hazard Demonstration Project for Southern California, United States Geological Survey, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, March 25, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designing-interventions-and-innovative-messages-for-a-more-resilient-community/</link>
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		<title>Project Concern International (PCI): Tijuana Mobile Health Outreach Clinic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Integrated solutions for mobile healthcare operations, as well as communications strategies to support mobile clinic outreach in Tijuana, Mexico. “I was very impressed by the students&#8217; ability to grasp the need and the reality of the vulnerable communities PCI serves in Tijuana, and to translate that information into realistic yet creative and much needed ideas. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/project-concern-international-pci-tijuana-mobile-health-outreach-clinic/</link>
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		<title>Flintridge Operating Foundation: Gang Violence Prevention Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Communication strategies to promote positive messages and empower disenfranchised youth. “These projects can actually have an impact on a kid’s life and steer him or her in the right direction.” –Brian Biery, Program Director, Flintridge Operating Foundation In Spring 2008, Designmatters and the Department of Advertising partnered with Flintridge Operating Foundation for a transdisciplinary studio in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/flintridge-operating-foundation-gang-violence-prevention-campaign/</link>
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		<title>GE Healthcare: Future Healthcare Solutions for the Aging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Systems and products that improve the quality of life for the elderly in multiple environments. &#8220;Global aging requires an aggressive and inclusive design response. The creative passion displayed by Art Center&#8217;s students has convinced me that a future free from fear about tomorrow is more than a possibility, but clearly a probability, by design!&#8221; –Patricia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/ge-healthcare-future-healthcare-solutions-for-the-aging/</link>
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		<title>AGUA PURA: Providing Access to Clean Water in rural Guatemala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Agua Pura Project started with field research in rural Guatemala in summer 2007 as part of a student team project developed in Professor Ken Pickar’s “Design for Development/Product Design for the Developing World”. These projects are beyond our scope of vision, I think every design student should see what is on the other side. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/agua-pura-providing-access-to-clean-water-in-rural-guatemala/</link>
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		<title>United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Safe Motherhood Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In continuing partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Designmatters facilitated a Summer 2007 studio to develop an integrated multi-media awareness campaign in support of the 2007 Safe Motherhood Initiative. In continuing partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Designmatters facilitated a Summer 2007 studio to develop an integrated multi-media awareness campaign in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/united-nations-population-fund-unfpa-safe-motherhood-initiative/</link>
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		<title>Justin Cram</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic Design Doctors Without Borders Communications Department New York Summer 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/test-fellow/</link>
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		<title>Jackson Wang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNESCO Culture and Design Sector Paris Summer 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/mari-nakano/</link>
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		<title>Jana Frieling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graphic Design Pan American Health Organization World Health Regional Office for the Americas Washington, D.C. Spring 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/luke-johnson/</link>
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		<title>Miya Osaki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design UNICEF Communication Division New York Spring 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/nicole-rife-chan/</link>
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		<title>The Cihuame Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In April 2007, the Designmatters initiative at Art Center College of Design and CENTRO de diseño, cine y televisión in Mexico City began a project collaboration to document the work of nonprofit group Cihuame based in Veracruz, Mexico. Since 1995, Cihuame has been providing community assistance in the region through projects that promote economic development, environmental and sustainability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-cihuame-project/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Elisa Ruffino at &#8220;A Better World By Design&#8221; on the panels, &#8220;Social Design in Academia&#8221; and &#8220;Graphic Design for Activism,&#8221; Providence, Rhode Island, November 7 &#38; 8, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>GE Healthcare: Healthcare Anywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens when a global company meets a small design school? In the case of GE HealthCare and Art Center College of Design, a collaborative effort with tremendous real-world applications. In fall 2006, GE Healthcare funded an educational project at the College that yielded a series of innovative design-based solutions to an urgent challenge: to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/ge-healthcare-healthcare-anywhere/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg at Association of Independent Schools of Art and Design (AICAD) symposium on Artists and Designers as Agents for Change, Los Angeles, November 7, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design-2/</link>
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		<title>YouOrleans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spearheaded by the Graphic Design Department, in collaboration with the Designmatters initiative in its vital advocacy role for promoting Art Center as an educational laboratory for best practices and social engagement, the YouOrleans branding initiative represents a significant commitment from our creative community to contribute to the moral and physical reconstruction of New Orleans. Conceived [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/youorleans/</link>
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		<title>Images for Human Rights: Student Voices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mariana Amatullo Counseling Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2009, 1-9. Routledge, Taylor, and Francis]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/images-for-human-rights-student-voice/</link>
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		<title>Know How Talk at IDEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo, Erica Clark, and Richard Koshalek. Presentation on International Initiatives and Designmatters at IDEO as part of the Know How Talks in Palo Alto, on July 31, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/know-how-talk-at-ideo/</link>
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		<title>Sebastian Bettencourt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graduate Media Design United Nations DPI Media and Broadcast Division New York Summer 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/fellow/dawn-kim/</link>
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		<title>STIGMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Collaboration between Designmatters, The Agency @ Art Center and The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. The Stigma publication is the result of a singular collaboration between a remarkable group of individuals and institutions brought together by a common objective: to address from a broad educational perspective the complex issue of stigma surrounding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/stigma-a-collaboration-between-designmatters-the-agency-art-center-and-the-los-angeles-county-department-of-mental-health/</link>
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		<title>Design Education as a Change Agent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo, and presented at the Changing the Change conference, in Torino, Italy, July 11-12, 2008, also published by Allemandi Conference Press.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/design-education-as-a-change-agent/</link>
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		<title>Integrated Mobile Health Clinics for Remote Communities in Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An ongoing multi-level project which begin with Designmatters partnership with the Community Health Africa Trust (CHAT) in Kenya, to develop an innovative design project to improve health services for remote Kenyan communities. Overview The Community Health Africa Trust (CHAT) is a Kenyan registered Community Based Organisation (CBO), which is located in the Laikipia region of Northern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/integrated-mobile-health-clinics-for-remote-communities-in-kenya/</link>
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		<title>Design Education for International Engagement: Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Presentation at CUMULUS Kyoto 2008&#8211;International Educational Exchange Forum, in March 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/design-education-for-international-engagement-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>American Cancer Society Awareness Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to raise awareness of cancer in 18-24 year olds, the American Cancer society worked alongside Art Center in the Summer 2006 to create a hip and effective messaging campaign aimed at young people. Teaming with The Agency—a small group of advertising students who take on real world clients—four campaigns were designed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/american-cancer-society-awareness-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Design Education for International Engagement: Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo, Erica Clark, and Richard Koshalek. Published in Journal of the World Universities Forum, and presented at The Inaugural International Forum on World Universities: The Role And The Future of The University In A Changing World, in Davos, Switzerland, January 31-February 2, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/design-education-for-international-engagement-art-center-college-of-design-2/</link>
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		<title>International Organization for Migration (IOM) Animated PSA Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Animated Public Service Announcements developed for the International Organization for Migration and the AIDS Institute addressing HIV/AIDS, Spring 2006 In an effort to curb the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean, the International Office of Migration (IOM) and the AIDS Institute in Washington, D.C., commissioned Art Center College of Design to collaborate in the design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/international-organization-for-migration-iom-animated-psa-project/</link>
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		<title>Rebuilding New Orleans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of their seventh terms of academic study at Art Center, and in the wake of the devastation left by hurricane Katrina, Product Design students Wakako Takagi and Chris Favela developed a multi-phased research-based independent study project focused on renewed urban planning strategies for the City of New Orleans. Designmatters is pleased to endorse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/rebuilding-new-orleans/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters: Shared Perspectives for Inclusive Communication Strategies and Global Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo, Erica Clark, and Ann Field. A workshop presentation atInclude 2007: designing with people, a biennial international design conference on inclusive design at the Royal College of Art, in London, April 1-4, 2007.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-shared-perspectives-for-inclusive-communication-strategies-and-global-engagement/</link>
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		<title>Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) PSA’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to combat the powerful influence of alcohol advertisements that appeal to under-aged drinkers throughout the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) commissioned Art Center to design and develop anti-drinking Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and an accompanying print campaign for international distribution. Art Center Advertising and Film students worked together to design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/pan-american-health-organization-paho-psa%e2%80%99s/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design: Design Advocacy and Global Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Published as part of the Cumulus Working Papers, Nantes, and presented at the Ethics: Design, ethics, and humanism Cumulus conference in Nantes, France, June 15-17, 2006.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/designmatters-art-center-college-of-design-design-advocacy-and-global-engagement/</link>
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		<title>The Driven Environment in 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Funded Educational Project Sponsored by Johnson Controls Interiors, Fall 2004. The Fall 2004 Johnson Controls Funded Educational Project asked students from Transportation Design, Product Design, Environmental Design, Graphic Design, and Film departments to examine the long-range future of the interface between the vehicle and its occupants. The demographic focus for each design team encompassed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-driven-environment-in-2015/</link>
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		<title>The Development of International PSAs and Break-through Messaging about Under-aged Alcohol Drinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Didra BrownTaylor, Mariana Amatullo, Elisa Ruffino, Laura Krech, and Maristela Monteiro, and presented at the Kettil Bruun Society 31st Annual Symposium, in Riverside, California, May 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/the-development-of-international-psas-and-break-through-messaging-about-under-aged-alcohol-drinking/</link>
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		<title>Millennium Development Goals PSA Commissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the center of the partnership between Art Center and the UN is a commitment to the global agenda for development represented by the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, also known as the MDGs, or a blueprint for building a better world by 2015. These eight markers for development — cutting extreme poverty in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/millennium-development-goals-psa-commissions/</link>
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		<title>Design as a Platform for Diplomacy: Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Erica Clark. Presentation at Include 2005 hosted by the Royal College of Art, in London, April 5-8, 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/pub/design-as-a-platform-for-diplomacy-designmatters-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Toys as Tools for Peaceful Conflict Resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conflict is at the root of human nature, and an aspect of all social relationships. Yet conflict can also foster a powerful, transformative journey when we are equipped to resolve it with a positive outcome. This publication highlights the essential role of design in enabling toys and games to become tools for peaceful conflict resolution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/toys-as-tools-for-peaceful-conflict-resolution/</link>
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		<title>4th Biennial of Design, Santiago, Chile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mariana Amatullo View Website December 9, 2010 Santiago, Chile]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/4th-biennial-of-design-santiago-chile/</link>
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		<title>UNIFEM PSAs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) holds its 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, an influential campaign that calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women. In 2004, UNIFEM joined forces with Art Center and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to produce a campaign addressing violence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/unifem-psas/</link>
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		<title>The Nyumbani Village: A Community Response to the AIDS Pandemic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more than 70 years, Art Center College of Design has been a world-wide leader in art and design education. The work produced in many of the College’s disciplines — graphic design, transportation design, photography, illustration, film, environmental design, advertising, and product design—is internationally renowned for its peerless standards, and over many decades has had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/the-nyumbani-village-a-community-response-to-the-aids-pandemic/</link>
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		<title>American Red Cross PSA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Art Center College of Design film student Cody Heller, challenged with the idea of creating a public service announcement as a part of her studies, thought first of the American Red Cross. &#8220;I knew I wanted to focus on blood donation, a true form of charity,&#8221; said Heller, who was a student the Art Center [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/american-red-cross-psa/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua Gets Top Spark Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last October, our class of 12 students was still busily refining concepts, building mockups, and preparing for midterm presentations for Safe Agua, a sponsored project focused on addressing water issues in the campamentos, or slums, of Santiago, Chile. Since then, six projects were developed, including a shower solution, dishwashing station, and community laundromat being field-tested by Un [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/11/06/safe-agua-gets-top-spark-award/</link>
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		<title>Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winterhouse Institute Participants Bios Case Studies Read Symposium Report in Change Observer October 17-19, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/winterhouse-symposium-on-design-education-and-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Better City, Better Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Art Center’s fall term started for us on the heels of an extraordinary week in Shanghai. Highlights included the opportunity to experience first hand the pageantry and wondrous scale of the 2010 World Expo; A spectacular day at TEDx Shanghai at the invitation of local curator extraordinaire Richard Hsu in which the theme that characterizes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/10/08/better-city-better-life/</link>
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		<title>Social Capital Markets Conference 2010 (SOCAP10)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Formalizing Educational Strategies that Leverage Design Mariana Amatullo with Jon Kolko, (Austin Center for Design), Erica Estrada (Standford d. School, and Dennis Littky (Big Picture). Panel with 4 speakers, representing alternative educational models at various levels, present their views of the biggest challenges facing higher education, followed by workshop session. Fort Mason Center in San [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/social-capital-markets-conference-2010-socap10/</link>
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		<title>Just add water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who needs an alarm clock when you can wake to the sound of a choir of monks? NikolausKloster, a 600 year-old monastery in Germany has an atmosphere that I would describe as a charming castle mixed with a frat house. This special place was home to me and 23 others for a week as we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/09/20/just-add-water/</link>
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		<title>Cumulus Shanghai Conference 2010: Young Creators for Better City &amp; Better Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tongji University, School of Design and Innovation, Shanghai Cumulus 20th Anniversary Exhibition Paper and Panel Presentations: Penny Herscovitch, Daniel Gottlieb, David Mocarski, Mariana Amatullo, Stephanie Stalker (Art Center College of Design) Andres Iriondo and Ignacio Gonzalez, (Un Techo Para Mi Pais) Download Herscovitch Cumulus Paper here. September 8-11, Shanghai, China]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/cumulus-shanghai-conference-2010-young-creators-for-better-city-better-life/</link>
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		<title>DESIS USA, AMPLIFY Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters joins DESIS USA Parsons The New School for Design, Aug 5, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/desis-usa-amplify-workshop/</link>
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		<title>How to Run a Design Firm for Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ChangeObserver by Ernest Beck This article presents an overview of new business model for social impact design.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/how-to-run-a-design-firm-for-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Leading Change for Social Impact: Case Studies from Designmatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Parsons The new School for Design, New York, New York. May 12, 2010 View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/leading-change-for-social-impact-case-studies-from-designmatters/</link>
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		<title>Spring Pathways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This famous verse from the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado kept echoing in my head during the events that marked the end of Spring term at Art Center two weeks ago—the college’s 80th anniversary and formal inauguration of Art Center President Buchman, and the graduation of the Spring 2010 class. “Caminante, son tus huellas el [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/05/10/spring-pathways/</link>
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		<title>Sustainable Development Through Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island May 6, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/sustainable-development-through-design/</link>
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		<title>Design and Disaster Preparedness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo Pasadena City College, Geology Class April 27, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-and-disaster-preparedness/</link>
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		<title>IMPROVING CANCER PREVENTION AND COMMUNICATION: Two Case Studies from the Portfolio of Designmatters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Esomar Global Healthcare 2010 Research Papers By Mariana Amatullo and Elena Salij Esomar Global Healthcare 2010: Trends and Innovation Booster, New York March 2nd, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/improving-cancer-prevention-and-communication-two-case-studies-from-the-portfolio-of-designmattersesomar-global-healthcare-2010-research-papers-by-mariana-amatullo-and-elena-salij-esomar-global-heal/</link>
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		<title>From the Field: Lake Atitlán, Guatemala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tradition still holds sway over the contemporary mores and every-day logic of the western world in the diverse villages that make up the Lake Atitlán watershed in Guatemala. “We all have the power to go and see and feel and share what we felt. When we do this we often say we’ve been moved. Taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/02/28/from-the-field-lake-atitlan-guatemala/</link>
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		<title>Global Design. International Perspectives and Individual Concepts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Museum of Design Zurich, Lars Muller Publishers, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/global-design-international-perspectives-and-individual-concepts/</link>
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		<title>Why Design Now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cara McCarty, Ellen Lupton, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia Smith Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/why-design-now/</link>
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		<title>The Designed World: Images, Objects, Environments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Buchanan, Dennis Doordan, and Victor Margolin Berg Publishers, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-designed-world-images-objects-environments/</link>
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		<title>The Necessary Revolution: Working Together to Create a  Sustainable World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Senge]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-necessary-revolution-working-together-to-create-a-sustainable-world/</link>
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		<title>The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jacqueline Novogratz Rodale Books, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-blue-sweater-bridging-the-gap-between-rich-and-poor-in-an-interconnected-world/</link>
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		<title>The Endless City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ricky Burdett, Deyan Sudjic Phaidon Press, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-endless-city/</link>
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		<title>Dead Aid. Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dambisa Moyo Douglas &#38; Mcintyre Ltd, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/dead-aid-why-aid-is-not-working-and-how-there-is-a-better-way-for-africa/</link>
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		<title>Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity&#8217;s Most Pressing Needs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Muhammad Yunus Public Affairs, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/building-social-business-the-new-kind-of-capitalism-that-serves-humanitys-most-pressing-needs/</link>
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		<title>Business Model Generation:  A Handbook for Visionaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur Wiley, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/business-model-generation-a-handbook-for-visionaries/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Goldsmith, Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn Burke, and Michael R. Bloomberg. Jossey-Bass, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-power-of-social-innovation-how-civic-entrepreneurs-ignite-community-networks-for-good/</link>
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		<title>Social Entrepreneurship. What Everyone Needs to Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Bornstein and Susan Davis Oxford University Press, 2010]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/social-entrepreneurship-what-everyone-needs-to-know/</link>
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		<title>Leading Change for Social Impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perspectives from Prominent Innovators by Mariana Amatullo, Jonathan Greenblatt and Rhys Newman]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/leading-change-for-social-impact/</link>
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		<title>2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spark Award Multiple Bronze, Silver, Gold and Spark Awards. Design Team for Safe Agua. View Spark Awards Review View Project ID-Mag.com Best in Category &#8220;Es Tiempo&#8221; View Project]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2010/</link>
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		<title>The Haiti Earthquake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Haiti Earthquake is a natural and man-made disaster of catastrophic proportions with tragic loss of life, immense heartbreak and widespread devastation. Hard to comprehend that this long-suffering and impoverished island nation would have to be the one, of all places, to endure the wrath of such an event. A quake that experts already anticipate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2010/01/25/the-haiti-earthquake/</link>
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		<title>Spark Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 Multiple Bronze, Silver, Gold and Spark Awards won by the Design Team. To view Safe Agua entrée click here. sparkawards.com]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/spark-award-2010/</link>
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		<title>ID-Mag.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 &#8220;Es Tiempo&#8221; Best in Category View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/id-mag-com/</link>
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		<title>Back in Santiago: the Delivery of a Special Gift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I write the last post of the year from Santiago, Chile, where a workshop on social innovation co-organized by the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IADB) and our partners from the Innovation Center of Un Techo para Mi Pais brought together a handful of educators in business, engineering and design from universities across Latin America (Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/12/25/back-in-santiago-the-delivery-of-a-special-gift/</link>
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		<title>Safe Agua: A Case study for Social Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summit Innovación Tecnológica para la Base de la Pirámide, coorganized by Un Techo Para Chile and the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IADB) Mariana Amatullo and Julian Ugarte, Centro Social de Innovacion, Un Techo Para Mi Pais, Santiago, Chile, December 14 and 15, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/safe-agua-a-case-study-for-social-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Aspen Design Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m back from glorious snowed-in Aspen Meadows, where AIGA and Winterhouse Institute staged the Aspen Design Summit. This meeting was focused on complex, real world problems that can be addressed through the ingenuity and “progressive reach of design’s influence,” in the words of AIGA’s Richard Grefé.With the support of Rockefeller Foundation — which is keen to see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/11/24/aspen-design-summit/</link>
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		<title>My IDDS Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to call it a conincidence that my IDDS experience started with butterflies and ended with butterflies. The picture that documents my arrival at Tek Credit Union Hostel at KNUST, Kumasi does not capture the butterflies that were in my stomach.It is hard to believe that I could grin so wide after spending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/11/23/my-idds-experience/</link>
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		<title>Aspen Design Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Participation by Mariana Amatullo, Aspen Design Summit 2009, Aspen, Colorado, November 10, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/aspen-design-summitparticipation-by-mariana-amatullo-aspen-design-summit-2009-aspen-colorado-november-10-2009/</link>
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		<title>“Agua Pura”- A Low Cost Solar Water Distiller</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It all started due to one startling statistic, that 98% of the water in Guatemala is contaminated. That compelling statistic was one of many motivating statements derived from the research in Dr. Ken Pickar’s incredibly relevant Caltech class, “Product Design for the Developing World” otherwise known as ME-105. One of the many attributes of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/10/26/%e2%80%9cagua-pura%e2%80%9d-a-low-cost-solar-water-distiller/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keynote presentation given by Mariana Amatullo and Elisa Ruffino at The Designers Accord Global Summit on Design Education and Sustainability , San Francisco, October 24, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-at-art-center/</link>
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		<title>Beyond Good Intentions: Design Making A DifferencePresentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Elisa Ruffino at Art Center New York alumni event, hosted by Johnson &#38; Johnson Global Strategic Design, New York City. September 16, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/beyond-good-intentions-design-making-a-differencepresentation-by-elisa-ruffino-at-art-center-new-york-alumni-event-hosted-by-johnson-johnson-global-strategic-design-new-york-city-september-16-2/</link>
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		<title>From the field: En Busca de un Sueño</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of our fall project collaborations were launched this past month of August with several days of immersive field research in rural villages outside Antigua, Guatemala, and slum communities in the southern outskirts of Santiago, Chile. An upcoming post will provide a closer window into the work of the five Art Center students and Photo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/09/14/from-the-field-en-busca-de-un-sueno/</link>
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		<title>Diseñando un Mundo Mejor: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seminario Diseño e Innovación Social Presentation on Designmatters by Mariana Amatullo by invitation of Un Techo Para Chile, in Santiago, Chile. August 27, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/disenando-un-mundo-mejor%e2%80%a8designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Influential Conversations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters was part of the Big City Forum program recently–Leonardo Bravo’s “creative speakeasy” as he sometimes informally refers to it, a truly present-day LA salon that engages an eclectic group in conversation about the multiple layers (urban, civic, social, economical, design-driven) that make up the fragmented reality of our city. It was thrilling to be invited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/07/13/influential-conversations/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters introduction of Project H Design Guest Lecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction given and event hosted by Elisa Ruffino, Art Center’s LA Times Auditorium. July 10, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-introduction-of-project-h-design-guest-lecture/</link>
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		<title>Design as a Catalyst for Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo at “Big City Forum #5,” June 30, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-as-a-catalyst-for-change/</link>
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		<title>The Citizen Designer, Glass House Conversations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Participation by Mariana Amatullo,Phillip Johnson’s Glass House, New Canaan Connecticut. June 8, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-citizen-designer-glass-house-conversations/</link>
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		<title>Does Design Matter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reflections on self-validation; what is the role of “Social Design”? Clearly I’m trying to outsmart myself by playing off the name of my blog host; but I’m hoping this invitation will allow me to explore some questions that have dogged me –and possibly others as well? — for quite a while now. What’s a picture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/06/06/does-design-matter/</link>
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		<title>Winning at the Art Directors Club Awards, New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring time in New York, cocktails, delicious food and two major awards – all in one night! I had the honor of representing the “Images Speak” team during the 88th Art Directors Club gala party in New York. The event took place in the charismatic Manhattan Art Gallery District at the ADC gallery. I came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/06/06/winning-at-the-art-directors-club-awards-new-york/</link>
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		<title>The Impact of Social, Demographic, and Technological Change on Industry and Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo as part of a panel discussion led by Professor Jeremy Myerson. Cumulus Conference, London, Confronting Challenge with Change. May 28, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-impact-of-social-demographic-and-technological-change-on-industry-and-education/</link>
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		<title>About Creativity and Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are well midway into spring. The past several weeks for me have been marked by encounters and events that brought home, and together, in more than one instance, the elusive meaning of words such as “creativity” and “hope” &#8211; which can otherwise pepper language and conversation in pretty banal ways. At the University of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/05/11/about-creativity-and-hope/</link>
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		<title>Change Through Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a part of a group working on a project for Human Rights was one of the most amazing experiences for me at Art Center. I had always wanted to make a change through art and was continuously looking for ways to apply my artistic skills where there was a need for change. I thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/05/11/change-through-art/</link>
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		<title>Compostmodern Conference ‘09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I approached Designmatters with an interest in attending Compostmodern, a one-day conference in San Francisco built around the topics of Sustainability, Design, and Business. With the support of Designmatters, I was able to attend the event along with fellow student Yana Kramskaya, which overall helped me gain an idea of what the conversation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/05/11/compostmodern-conference-%e2%80%9809/</link>
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		<title>Diseñando un mundo mejor: la propuesta de Designmatters, Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo, April 17, 2009, Quertaro, Mexico.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/disenando-un-mundo-mejor-la-propuesta-de-designmatters-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Designing Interventions and Innovative Messages for a More Resilient Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo for &#8220;Natural Disasters&#8221; class led by Sue Perry, Staff Scientist, Multi-Hazard Demonstration Project for Southern California, United States Geological Survey, Pasadena City College, Pasadena. March 25, 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designing-interventions-and-innovative-messages-for-a-more-resilient-community/</link>
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		<title>Believe You Can Fly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to spend some face time recently in New York with Cynthia E. Smith and Matilda McQuaid who are part of the curatorial team behind the upcoming Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Triennial scheduled for spring 2010 (check out their blog to submit ideas.) The Triennial will be focusing heavily on this conversation about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/03/06/believe-you-can-fly/</link>
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		<title>Images for Human Rights: Student Voices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article written by Mariana Amatullo. A model design education and public outreach project. Counseling Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 2009, 1-9. Routledge, Taylor, and Francis]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/images-for-human-rights-student-voices/</link>
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		<title>MIXED-USE LIVING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Matt Vandruff, Christina Song, Sharry Lai, Spring 2010. Animation and Additional Art Direction by Theo Alexopoulos. Produced on the topic of urban health for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Day, April 7-10, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/sample-psa-post/</link>
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		<title>GREEN CITY INFRASTRUCTURE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Troy Galluzzi and Joo Ho, Spring 2010. Animation and Additional Art Direction by Theo Alexopoulos. Produced on the topic of urban health for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Day, April 7-10, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/green-city-infrastructure/</link>
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		<title>TRANSPORTATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Junyi Wu and Itsuka Kobayashi, Spring 2010. Animation and Additional Art Direction by Theo Alexopoulos. Produced on the topic of urban health for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Day, April 7-10, 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/transportation/</link>
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		<title>Preparedness Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USGS commissioned film director and motion graphic designer Theo Alexopoulos, an Art Center alumnus from the Graduate Media Design program, to bring the ShakeOut scenario to life in this short film that draws viewers into a visceral journey that also amounts to a potent call to action.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/preparedness-now/</link>
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		<title>Forest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Patrick Hruby, Yana Kramskaya, Grace Jihye Lee, Mike Payne and Daniaelle Persall, Spring 2009. Animation and Post-Production by SDF-1. Produced for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the International Parliamentarians Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+15) in Cairo, Egypt, November, 2009, and for broadcast on CNN International, Fall 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/forest/</link>
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		<title>The Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Tom Borowski, Tess Donohoe, Linda Kim, Gem Padamada and Beril Toka, Spring 2009. Animation and Post-Production by SDF-1. Produced for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the International Parliamentarians Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+15) in Cairo, Egypt, November, 2009, and for broadcast on CNN International, Fall 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/the-wall/</link>
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		<title>Rewind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Johnny Chang, Amy Kim, Da Hae Kim, Anne Lin, Diana Liu and Ashley Park. Animation and Post-Production by SDF-1. Produced for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the International Parliamentarians Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+15) in Cairo, Egypt, November, 2009, and for broadcast on CNN International, Fall 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/rewind/</link>
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		<title>5 Gallons a Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Olivier Agostini (Film), Summer 2008 Produced on the topic of water conservation. Awards * Second Place, 2009 Cannes Film Festival Young Director Award (Non-european film school category) * Consideration by the 2009 Academy of Television Arts &#38; Sciences College Television Blue Ribbon Panel * 2009 Silver Telly Award, Commercial Category * 2009 Gold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/5-gallons-a-day/</link>
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		<title>Sweaty Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Jason Kim (Film), Summer 2008 Produced on the topic of water conservation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/sweaty-man/</link>
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		<title>Circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by David Beglin (Film), Summer 2008 Produced on the topic of water conservation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/circle/</link>
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		<title>Blowing Smoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Jonas Mayabb (Film), Summer 2007 Produced for premiere at the United Nations DPI/NGO Conference. September 2007. Distributed throughout 2008 by the Film Society at Lincoln Center “Green Screens” PSA program, launched during the Live Earth world concerts simulcast. Awards: * 2008 Academy of Television Arts &#38; Sciences’ College Television Award, First Place, Outstanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/blowing-smoke/</link>
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		<title>Apathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Hugo Stenson (Film), Summer 2007 Produced for premiere at the United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, September 2007.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/apathy/</link>
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		<title>Moving Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Gregg Casson (Film), Summer 2007 Produced for premiere at the United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, September 2007 * 2007 Mobius Award, Student Category, Television * 2008 Clio Award, Student Category, Television/Cinema/Digital * 2008 Silver ADDY Award (Student Category, Los Angeles city level) * Three 2008 Bronze Telly Awards, Commercial Category]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/moving-day-2/</link>
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		<title>The G.G. Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Alice Park (Film), Summer 2007 Produced for premiere at the United Nations DPI/NGO Conference, September 2007. Distributed throughout 2008 by the Film Society at Lincoln Center “Green Screens” PSA program, launched during the Live Earth world concerts simulcast. * 2008 Silver ADDY Award (Student Category, Los Angeles city level) * 2008 Gold ADDY [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/the-g-g-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Look at Her Before it&#8217;s Too Late</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Janete Chun (Advertising), Yvonne Kang (Graphic Design), Maria Moon (Graduate Media Design), and Miya Osaki (Graduate Media Design), Summer 2007 Campaign included environmental and print design, motion graphic PSAs. Premiered at the Women Deliver Conference, London,]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/look-at-her-before-its-too-late/</link>
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		<title>When Mother Died, the Family Fell Apart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Ji Eun Kan (Graphic Design), Kris Wong (Graphic Design), Emerson Velazquez (Graphic Design), Summer 2007 Campaign included environmental and print design, motion graphic PSAs. Premiered at the Women Deliver Conference, London, October 2007. Distributed in international viral campaign led by UNFPA.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/when-mother-died-the-family-fell-apart/</link>
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		<title>Every Minute, a Mother is Dying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Hosan Lee (Advertising) and Paul Roberts (Advertising), Summer 2007 Campaign included environmental and print design, motion graphic PSAs. Premiered at the Women Deliver Conference, London, October 2007. Distributed in international viral campaign led by UNFPA.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/every-minute-a-mother-is-dying/</link>
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		<title>Brick Showdown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Tyler Hymanson (Film), Spring 2007 To address earthquake preparedness in Los Angeles. Produced for English and Spanish-speaking audiences. Licensed to the Earthquake Country Alliance of southern California. Distributed regionally in Southern California on network TV channels.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/brick-showdown/</link>
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		<title>Seismograph</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Hemant Verma (Film), Spring 2007 to address earthquake preparedness in Los Angeles. Produced for English and Spanish-speaking audiences. Licensed to the Earthquake Country Alliance of southern California.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/seismograph/</link>
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		<title>Dominos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Kevin Cheng (Film), Spring 2007  to address earthquake preparedness in Los Angeles. Produced for English and Spanish-speaking audiences. Licensed to the Earthquake Country Alliance of southern California.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/dominos/</link>
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		<title>Say Something</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Ian MacLeod (Film), Summer 2006  to advocate speaking out against domestic violence.  Licensed to the YMCA’s Anti-Domestic Violence Programs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/say-something/</link>
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		<title>Fat Lane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Jonas Mayabb (Film), Summer 2006 To address family nutrition and obesity. Licensed to Participant Productions in support of the marketing campaign for the film, “Fast Food Nation,” November 2006. AWARDS Student Gold 2007 Los Angeles Student ADDY®competition Student Gold 2007 AAF District 15 ADDY®Competition Student Gold 2007 National ADDY® Award First Place, 2007 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/fat-lane/</link>
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		<title>Condom News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by James Fish and Bob Nybe, Spring 2006 For the AIDS Institute, by Ryan Bitinis, Robin Kuruz, and Randy Korompis, with additional animation]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/condom-news/</link>
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		<title>Condom Carnival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Created by Caitlin Berry, Hermineh Yahiayan, and Jungmin Koh, with additional animation by James Fish (Illustration/1991) and Bob Nybe (Fine Art /1993), Spring 2006  for the AIDS Institute]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/condom-carnival/</link>
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		<title>Aids Affects Us All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative Direction and Development by Ryan Graeff, Daniel Park, and Georghes Scurtu (Illustration); Animated by James Fish (faculty) and Bob Nybe, Spring 2006 Commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). To address HIV/AIDS prevention among youth in the Caribbean.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/aids-affects-us-all/</link>
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		<title>Snapshots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative Direction and Development by Karen Davison and Rory MacLean (Illustration); Animated by James Fish (faculty) and Bob Nybe, Spring 2006 Commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). To address HIV/AIDS prevention among youth in the Caribbean.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/snapshots/</link>
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		<title>Pharmacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative Direction and Development by Eli Sipsas and Aaron Thomas (Illustration); Animated by James Fish (faculty) and Bob Nybe, Spring 2006 Commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). To address HIV/AIDS prevention among youth in the Caribbean. Distributed by the Kaiser Foundation. Translated into a full-page color advertisement for Caribbean Beat magazine, receiving wide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/pharmacy/</link>
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		<title>MY FIRST EXPERIENCE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Cody Heller (Film/6th term) produced for the  American Red Cross, Fall 2005  (Awarded the Gold status by the 2006 Summit Creative Awards)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/my-first-experience/</link>
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		<title>Helping Humanity Heal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Tadeh Daschi (Film), Summer 2005 To raise awareness of the progress of the Millennium Development Goals. Presented at the United Nations DPI/NGO Annual Conference, September 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/helping-humanity-heal/</link>
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		<title>A Stand for Dignity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Roman Wyden (Film), Summer 2005  Presented at the United Nations DPI/NGO Annual Conference, in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations. September 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/a-stand-for-dignity/</link>
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		<title>Seeing One Thing, Hearing Another</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please turn on javascript to view the media. Directed by Darlene Phares (Film/6th term) Creative Direction by David Clark (Film/8th term), Shannon Pert (Advertising/6th term) and Frank Rivera (Advertising/6th term) for the Pan American Health Organization]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/seeing-one-thing-hearing-another/</link>
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		<title>Substance Hostage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Corey Stubbs (Film/5th term), for the Pan American Health Organization. Spring 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/substance-hostage/</link>
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		<title>Channel Surfer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Jennava Laska (Film/5th term) and Creative Direction by Seth Hadaway (Advertising/7th term), for the Pan American Health Organization. Spring 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/channel-surfer/</link>
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		<title>She Wishes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by James Mann (Film), Fall 2004 Commissioned by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to address violence against women. Distributed throughout the Americas by UNIFEM in collaboration with PAHO.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/she-wishes/</link>
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		<title>Protection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[for the United Nations Development Fund for Women, by John Sangjoon Park (Graduate Film/3rd term), Fall 2004]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/protection/</link>
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		<title>A Better Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Robert Harris (Film), Fall 2004 Commissioned by United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to address violence against women and HIV/AIDS prevention. Distributed throughout the Americas by UNIFEM in collaboration with PAHO.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/a-better-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Yin You (Film), and Creative Direction by ReneeSmith (Advertising), Summer 2004. Commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to celebrate women’s rights on the occasion of the International Parliamentarians’ Conference, Brussels, October 2004. Distributed on Euro News, Fall 2004.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/open/</link>
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		<title>Fencing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Peter Glanz and Daniel Muller (Film), Summer 2004 Commissioned by the United Nations Millennium Campaign. Finalist, Film Your Issue Competition, Musical Scoring Category]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/fencing/</link>
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		<title>What If?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Ron Tapia (Advertising), Summer 2004 Commissioned by the United Nations Millennium Campaign to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals. Also commissioned and distributed by the UN Millennium Campaign Project in 2004, the PSA was translated into an accompanying newspaper print campaign that was widely distributed across American college campuses to activate youth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/what-if/</link>
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		<title>Always Second</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Mandy Siu (Film); Creative Direction by Nico Ammann (Advertising), Summer 2004 Commissioned by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to address gender inequality. Distributed internationally on Euronews.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/always-second/</link>
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		<title>Cell Phone Driver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Ash Steffy (Film), Spring 2004 Distributed internationally by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to address cell phone use and road safety for World Health Day 2004.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/cell-phone-driver/</link>
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		<title>Helpless Victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Brian Wee (Film), Summer 2004 Distributed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to address the toll of domestic violence in health.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/helpless-victims/</link>
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		<title>Hurt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Geoffrey Chu (Film), Summer 2004 Distributed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to address the toll of domestic violence in health.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/hurt/</link>
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		<title>Why?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Will Wright Commissioned by the American Cancer Society to address smoking among youth ages 18-24. Distributed regionally in Southern California high schools.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/why/</link>
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		<title>Prelude #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Hoku Uchiyama (Film), Fall 2002 to address the topic of drunk driving among youth. Award Second Place, Cannes Film Festival, Young Directors Award 2003]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/psa/prelude-2/</link>
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		<title>Design for Social Impact: Designmatters at Art Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo on February 19, 2009 at the Pratt Institute Graduate I.D. Seminar led by Allan Chochinov.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-for-social-impact-designmatters-at-art-center/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters with Mustard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m very excited to announce the pairing of our Designmatters initiative with the new student-led social impact design group at Art Center: Mustard. Now that discussion of design for social action has reached fever pitch, it only makes perfect sense that Art Center should have its own student-formed grassroots movement to further dialogue and action [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/02/18/designmatters-with-mustard/</link>
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		<title>Design Revolution Roadshow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Design Revolution Roadshow Metropolis Books, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-revolution-roadshow/</link>
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		<title>The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Martin Harvard Business School Press, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-design-of-business-why-design-thinking-is-the-next-competitive-advantage/</link>
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		<title>A Fine Line  (How Design Strategies are shaping the future of business)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hartmut Esslinger Jossey-Bass, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/a-fine-line-how-design-strategies-are-shaping-the-future-of-business/</link>
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		<title>Green jobs for a new economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jill C. Schwartz and Mark D. Snider Peterson&#8217;s, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/green-jobs-for-a-new-economy/</link>
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		<title>C-Lab Columbia University, The World of Giving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Inaba Lars Muller Publishers, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/c-lab-columbia-university-the-world-of-giving/</link>
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		<title>Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alastair Fuad-Luke Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-activism-beautiful-strangeness-for-a-sustainable-world/</link>
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		<title>The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeanne Liedtke Prestel Publishing, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-catalyst-how-you-can-become-an-extraordinary-growth-leader/</link>
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		<title>Clinton Global Initiative University 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the support of Designmatters, in March 2008 we had the privilege to attend the Clinton Global Initiative, a two-day event that took place at Tulane University in New Orleans. The conference brought together university students from every state and 15 countries. Each student proposed a Commitment to Action, which would tackle a global problem through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/01/27/clinton-global-initiative-university-2008/</link>
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		<title>ID Magazine Annual Design Review, Award of Distinction, Student Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2009 “Blowing Smoke”, PSA Directed by Jonas Mayabb (Film) View Website]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/id-magazine-annual-design-review-award-of-distinction-student-work/</link>
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		<title>Thinking About Earthquakes: A Panel Discussion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo, as part of a panel discussion on earthquake preparedness as part of the presitigious Aloud Series at the Los Angeles Central Public Library. Thursday, January 22, 2009]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/thinking-about-earthquakes-a-panel-discussion/</link>
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		<title>That’s a Wrap: Looking Back at 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the first A.D. signals the end of production on set with a triumphant “that’s a wrap folks!”, one can sense the very last, exhilarating peak of energy sweep through the cast and crew, with echoing cheers, smiles, and the collective satisfaction of a large job just completed. A frequent visitor to my husband’s sets, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2009/01/05/that%e2%80%99s-a-wrap-looking-back-at-2008/</link>
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		<title>2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award Images Speak. Publication developed as part of the Mpala project. Art Directors Club Award Silver Cube Images Speak. Publication developed as part of the Mpala project Art Directors Awards Broadcast Advertising Category, Merit Award Blowing Smoke, PSA directed by Jonas Mayabbl. View DM PSA Library ID Magazine Annual Design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2009/</link>
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		<title>Preparing (Optimistically) For Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You couldn’t pick a better time to host an international disaster preparedness conference. Staggering economic challenges, this historic U.S. election of Barack Obama, and fires in the L.A. hills. Change and volatility &#8211; both highs and lows &#8211; have ruled recent weeks. Fittingly, the International Earthquake Conference drew a highly engaged group of experts from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/12/09/preparing-optimistically-for-disaster/</link>
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		<title>Social Entrepreneurship Case Studies Through Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo on the Designmatters Initiative at Art Center College of Design, at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Society and Business Lab. December 1, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/social-entrepreneurship-case-studies-through-design/</link>
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		<title>Design Interventions in Earthquake Preparedness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation on Designmatters at Art Center College of Design by Mariana Amatullo, at the Los Angeles International Earthquake Conference. November 12,2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-interventions-in-earthquake-preparedness/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg at Association of Independent Schools of Art and Design (AICAD) symposium on Artists and Designers as Agents for Change, Los Angeles. November 7, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design-2/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation by Elisa Ruffino at &#8220;A Better World By Design&#8221; on the panels, &#8220;Social Design in Academia&#8221; and &#8220;Graphic Design for Activism,&#8221; Providence, Rhode Island. November 7 &#38; 8, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>A Global Crescendo, Photography Exhibit at United Nations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Global Crescendo: Women’s Voices from Conflict Zones, a collaboration between the International Rescue Committee and writer and photographer Ann Jones, is a special exhibit featuring women’s voices and photographs taken by survivors of conflict from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire. The exhibition was curated by Art Center alumna Stephanie Sigg (Environmental Design, 1998). Based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/10/23/a-global-crescendo-photography-exhibit-at-united-nations/</link>
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		<title>Seasonal Musings and Traveling Images</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we ready for the great intensity of midterm reviews at Art Center–seven full weeks into our fall academic term–I wanted to briefly revisit early September and note one of the recent highlights of the Designmatters program: an exhibition and workshop of student work “Images for Human Rights,” celebrating the Declaration of Human Rights, at UNESCO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/10/20/seasonal-musings-and-traveling-images/</link>
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		<title>Designing Water’s Future Studio, Guest Expert Presentation by Tara Lohan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designmatters recently welcomed guest speaker, Tara Lohan, Senior Editor at Alternet and editor of the book Water Consciousness, to Art Center to give a talk on the global water crisis in this term’s Designing Water’s Future transdisciplinary studio. The goal of this studio, involving Environmental Design, Product Design, and Graphic Design students, is to generate a public [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/10/17/designing-water%e2%80%99s-future-studio-guest-expert-presentation-by-tara-lohan/</link>
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		<title>TransLocalMotion–Summer School in Shanghai, China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is Gabriel Wartofsky, I’m currently a 7th term transportation design student at Art Center, and through sponsorship provided by Designmatters and the Art Center Sustainability Summit, I am am one of three Art Center students (along with Arthur Leung and Seon Young) who participated in “TransLocalMotion,” the international summer school initiative hosted by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/10/16/translocalmotion%e2%80%93summer-school-in-shanghai-china/</link>
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		<title>Images Speak Book Wins Silver Spark Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Images Speak, a Designmatters publication documenting the health education materials developed as part of the Mpala project, was just awarded a Silver Spark Award! The Spark Awards is an international design competition recognizing student and professional achievements in creating “designs that make a difference.” Some of the design categories included architecture &#38; interiors, product, digital, mobility, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/10/07/images-speak-book-wins-silver-spark-award/</link>
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		<title>Conclusion of the International Development Design Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are very proud that two Art Center Product Design students, Bryce Butcher and Nathan Cooke, were selected to participate in the second IDDS Summit hosted by MIT, Olin College, and Cooper-Perkins, and sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation and National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. We are very proud that two Art Center Product Design students, Bryce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/08/08/conclusion-of-the-international-development-design-summit/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters Presentation at IDEO “Know How” Series, July 31, 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While it was a thrill to connect and spend some time in the company of Tim Brown following his terrific keynote at Serious Play, Art Center’s Design Conference, his invitation to present the Designmatters program at IDEO’s celebrated Thursday “Know How” lectures series, was quite the unexpected gift. Tom Kelley once characterized the function of these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/08/04/designmatters-presentation-at-ideo-%e2%80%9cknow-how%e2%80%9d-series-july-31-2008/</link>
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		<title>Know How Talk at IDEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo, Erica Clark, and Richard Koshalek. Presentation on International Initiatives and Designmatters at IDEO as part of the Know How Talks in Palo Alto. July 31, 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/know-how-talk-at-ideo/</link>
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		<title>Project Developed in Designmatters Studio Wins IDEA Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that the Color Guard Moquito Net project developed in the Fall 2006 Designmatters transdisciplinary studio collaboration with GE Healthcare is the recipient of an award from the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) sponsored by Businessweek. This is an international competition and Art Center is the only U.S. design school to win awards (four [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/07/31/project-developed-in-designmatters-studio-wins-idea-prize/</link>
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		<title>Changing the Change Conference, Torino, July 11-12, 2008–A Call to Action for Design with Social Impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Being a designer is being a realistic optimistic,” this was one of Enzio Mazini’s key opening messages at the thought-provoking Changing the Change Conference that brought an international audience of educators, researchers, designers and practitioners among us to present our papers, share project case studies and ponder the state of design research today and into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/07/17/changing-the-change-conference-torino-july-11-12-2008%e2%80%93a-call-to-action-for-design-with-social-impact/</link>
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		<title>Update on the Flintridge Operating Foundation Spring 2008 studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s so exciting everytime we see Designmatters projects go from a final display on Art Center walls out into the community for real world application. Our project partner, Flintridge Operating Foundation, has recently added the Dilemmas Campaign, developed in our Spring studio collaboration, to their website for use and distribution by their partners. If you want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/07/03/update-on-the-flintridge-operating-foundation-spring-2008-studio/</link>
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		<title>Human Rights Posters Featured on Design 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The midterm work of this Summer’s transdisciplinary studies studio on human rights awareness is featured on Design 21, a social design network in partnership with UNESCO and Fellisimo. These human rights posters have been critiqued by Design 21 advisory board member Jacques Lange who is a design consultant to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Centre for Human [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/07/01/human-rights-posters-featured-on-design-21/</link>
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		<title>Art Center Students Win Southern California World Water Forum College Grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure of representing Designmatters at the Southern California World Water Forum College Grant Program Award Ceremony hosted by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on May 30, 2008. Art Center Product Design students Gabe la ‘O (Project Manager) and Armie Pasa, along with Caltech student Amit Gandhi and Landivar University (Guatemala) student [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/2008/06/03/art-center-students-win-southern-california-world-water-forum-college-grant/</link>
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		<title>Design Education for International Engagement: Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Presentation at CUMULUS Kyoto 2008&#8211;International Educational Exchange Forum, in March 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-education-for-international-engagement-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>International Development Studies: Theories and Methods in Research and Practice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr Andrew Sumner and Dr Michael A Tribe, Sage Publications Ltd, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/international-development-studies-theories-and-methods-in-research-and-practice/</link>
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		<title>Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Sachs]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/common-wealth-economics-for-a-crowded-planet/</link>
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		<title>Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Hawken Back Bay Books, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/natural-capitalism-creating-the-next-industrial-revolution/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tony Fry Berg Publishers, English Ed edition 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/1911/</link>
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		<title>Sustainability by Design:  A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John R. Ehrenfeld Yale University Press, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/sustainability-by-design-a-subversive-strategy-for-transforming-our-consumer-culture/</link>
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		<title>The Search for Social Entrepreneurship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Charles Light Brookings Institution Press, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-search-for-social-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan Harvard Business School Press, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-power-of-unreasonable-people-how-social-entrepreneurs-create-markets-that-change-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Design and the Elastic Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paola Antonelli, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Peter Hall, Ted Sargent The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-and-the-elastic-mind/</link>
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		<title>2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silver Spark Award World-Changing Category Images Speak. Publication developed as part of the Mpala project Southern California World Water Forum College Grant Agua Pura Solar water purifier designed to provide access to clean water in rural Guatemala Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award Color Guard Moquito Net. Developed in GE Healthcare Anywhere studio Academy of Television [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2008/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters at Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Presentation at CONNECTING &#8217;07 World Design Conference&#8211;Connecting to People and to Ideas hosted by the ICSID/ISDA World Design Congress in San Francisco. October 17-20, 2007.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-at-art-center-college-of-design-3/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters: Shared Perspectives for Inclusive Communication Strategies and Global Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo, Erica Clark, and Ann Field. A workshop presentation at Include 2007: designing with people, a biennial international design conference on inclusive design at the Royal College of Art, in London. April 1-4, 2007.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-shared-perspectives-for-inclusive-communication-strategies-and-global-engagement/</link>
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		<title>Design for the Other 90%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, NY, 2007 exh. cat.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-for-the-other-90/</link>
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		<title>Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur&#8217;s Odyssey to  Educate the World&#8217;s Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Wood Harper Paperbacks, 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/leaving-microsoft-to-change-the-world-an-entrepreneurs-odyssey-to-educate-the-worlds-children/</link>
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		<title>An Introduction to Sustainable Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal, John A. Boyd Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/an-introduction-to-sustainable-development/</link>
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		<title>The World We Want: New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Karoff with Jane Maddox AltaMira Press, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-world-we-want-new-dimensions-in-philanthropy-and-social-change/</link>
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		<title>The White Man’s Burden: Why the west’s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Easterly Penguin, 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-white-man%e2%80%99s-burden-why-the-west%e2%80%99s-efforts-to-aid-the-rest-have-done-so-much-ill-and-so-little-good/</link>
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		<title>Essentials of Public Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bernard J. Turnock Jones &#38; Bartlett Publishers, 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/essentials-of-public-health/</link>
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		<title>Global Healthcare Issues and Policies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carol Holtz Jones &#38; Bartlett Publishers, 2007]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/global-healthcare-issues-and-policies/</link>
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		<title>2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mobius Award Student Category, Television Moving Day, PSA directed by Gregg Casson View DM PSA Library]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2007/</link>
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		<title>Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design: Design Advocacy and Global Engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Published as part of the Cumulus Working Papers, Nantes, and presented at the Ethics: Design, ethics, and humanism Cumulus conference in Nantes, France, June 15-17, 2006.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/designmatters-art-center-college-of-design-design-advocacy-and-global-engagement/</link>
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		<title>Worldchanging : a user&#8217;s guide for the 21st century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alex Steffen foreword by Al Gore, Abrams, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/worldchanging-a-users-guide-for-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<title>Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephanie Smith Victor Margolin (Editor) Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/beyond-green-toward-a-sustainable-art/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bauhaus Archive and Magdalena Droste Taschen, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/1978/</link>
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		<title>Design Like you Give a Damn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Architecture for Humanity Metropolis Books, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-like-you-give-a-damn-2/</link>
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		<title>Who Owns the Water?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lars Müller, Klaus Lanz, Christian Rentsch, and René Schwarzenbach Lars Müller Publishers, 2006]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/who-owns-the-water/</link>
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		<title>2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gold status Summit Creative Awards, PSA Video Category My First Experience, PSA directed by Cody Heller View DM PSA Library Bronze Telly Awards Video Category My First Experience, PSA directed by Cody Heller View DM PSA Library]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2006/</link>
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		<title>The Development of International PSAs and Break-through Messaging about Under-aged Alcohol Drinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Didra BrownTaylor, Mariana Amatullo, Elisa Ruffino, Laura Krech, and Maristela Monteiro, and presented at the Kettil Bruun Society 31st Annual Symposium, in Riverside, California, May 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/the-development-of-international-psas-and-break-through-messaging-about-under-aged-alcohol-drinking/</link>
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		<title>Design as a Platform for Diplomacy: Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Erica Clark. Presentation at Include 2005 hosted by the Royal College of Art, in London, April 5-8, 2005.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/design-as-a-platform-for-diplomacy-designmatters-art-center-college-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Leadership by Design: Creating an Architecture of Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard N.Swett and Colleen M. Thornton Atlanta: Greenway Communications, 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/leadership-by-design-creating-an-architecture-of-trust/</link>
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		<title>The End of Poverty : Economic Possibilities of Our Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Sachs Penguin Books, 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-end-of-poverty-economic-possibilities-of-our-time/</link>
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		<title>Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jared Diamond New York; Viking Penguin, 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/collapse-how-societies-choose-to-fail-or-succeed/</link>
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		<title>Pathologies of Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Farmer Berkeley:University of California Press, 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/pathologies-of-power/</link>
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		<title>The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[C.K. Prahalad Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School of Publishing, 2005]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-fortune-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/</link>
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		<title>Studio at Large: Architecture in Service of Global Communities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sergio Palleroni and Christina Eichbaum Merkelbach Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/studio-at-large-architecture-in-service-of-global-communities/</link>
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		<title>The Face of Human Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walter Kalin Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers, 2004]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-face-of-human-rights/</link>
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		<title>Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bryan Bell Princeton Architectural Press, 2004 Princeton Architectural Press]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/good-deeds-good-design-community-service-through-architecture/</link>
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		<title>2004</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Second Place, Adobe Design Achievement Award Print Collaboration Category Nyumbani Village Concept Cards developed as part of the Nyumbani Village project]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2004/</link>
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		<title>Community Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Moos and Gail Trechsel, Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio Birmingham, Ala.: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2003]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/community-architecture/</link>
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		<title>2003</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Second Place, Cannes Film Festival Young Directors Award Prelude #2, PSA directed by Hoku Uchiyama View DM PSA Library]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/reco/2003/</link>
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		<title>Banker to the Poor  Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Muhammed Yunus New York: Public Affairs, 1999]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/banker-to-the-poor-micro-lending-and-the-battle-against-world-poverty/</link>
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		<title>Development as Freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amartya Sen Alfred A. Knoph, 1999]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/development-as-freedom/</link>
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		<title>The Idea of Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victor Margolin and Richard Buchanan The MIT Press, 1996]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/the-idea-of-design/</link>
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		<title>Bucky Works : Buckminster Fuller&#8217;s Ideas for Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[J.Baldwin New York: John Wiley &#38; Sons, 1996]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/bucky-works-buckminster-fullers-ideas-for-today/</link>
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		<title>Public Policy: The Essential Readings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stella Z. Theodoulou and Matthew A. Cahn Prentice Hall, 1994]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/public-policy-the-essential-readings/</link>
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		<title>Bauhaus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frank Whitford Thames &#38; Hudson, 1988]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/bauhaus/</link>
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		<title>Design for Human Scale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Papanek, Victor J. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1983]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/design-for-human-scale/</link>
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		<title>Critical Path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[R. Buckminster Fuller New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1981]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/critical-path/</link>
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		<title>How things don&#8217;t work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victor Papanek and James Hennessey Pantheon Books, 1977]]></description>
		<link>http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/resources/how-things-dont-work/</link>
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