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Design Education for Social Impact: Why it Matters, What it Takes.

Social Design Talks
Guest speaker: Mariana Amatullo
Respondent: Lorraine Gamman, Central Saint-Martins

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May 29, 2012
The Young Foundation
London

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Northern World Mandate: Cumulus Conference Helsinki

Panel Presentation
Mariana Amatullo, Dave bailey

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May 24-26, 2012
Aalto University
Helsinki, Finland

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Exposed Symposium 2012: Crossing Over

The Spaces in Between: Design Research, Practice and Social Innovation Vectors
Mariana Amatullo, keynote and workshop lead

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March 31, 2012
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

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Safe Agua Peru Presentations

Open 2012: NCIIA’s Annual Conference
Team GiraDora: Alex Cabunoc and Jia A You,  Balde a Balde:  Kimberly Chow,  Faculty Advisors: Penny Herscovitch and Dan Gottlieb

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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

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Social Design Impact  Workshop in collaboration with the Fondo Estatal Indigena de Guadalajara

Sueños Indígenas, Diseño mínimo”
Taller Vertical 2012  Diseño Industrial

Lideres Academicos Series
Mariana Amatullo

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March 12-17, 2012
University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico

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Social Impact Design Summit

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

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February 27, 2012
The Rockefeller Foundation
NY, New York

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Sixth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices

Participatory Design Education and Societal Drivers: Designmatters Case Studies
Mariana Amatullo

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January 22, 2012
UCLA
Los Angeles, California

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Herron School of Art and Design – Guest Lecture

Designing the Future We Want: Designmatters Case Studies
Mariana Amatullo

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October 26, 2011
Herron School of Art and Design
Indianapolis, Indiana

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Design, Social Innovation and Graduate Design Education

Panel Presentation
Mariana Amatullo, Anne Burdick, Jamer Hunt, Alan Chochinov

Introduction by – Manuel Toscano
Moderator – Cameron Tonkinwise
Special guest – Christopher Fabian

Presented by Design for Good, an AIGA initiative
Hosted by the US Fund for UNICEF

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October 19, 2011
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
New York City, NY

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Cumulus Conference Denver

Transforming Purpose into Action: Why Social Impact Design Matters
Mariana Amatullo

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September 30, 2011
Hyatt Regency Downtown
Denver, Colorado

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Transform Symposium 2011

Impacting Healthcare: Transformative Design Education
Mariana Amatullo, Greg Holderfield, Helen Walters, Tom Fisher

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September 12, 2011
Mayo Clinic: Center for Innovation
Rochester, Minnesota

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Socap Conference 2011

Things that Work: Amplifying Impact Through Effective Partnership
Mariana Amatullo, Rajesh Anandan, Erica Kochi, Robert Fabricant

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September 6-9, 2011
Fort Mason Center
San Francisco, CA

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Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change

Mariana Amatullo

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August 14-16
The Hotchkiss School
Lakeville, Connecticut

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Design Education for Sustainable Development and Social Innovation

Educational Track Session #5: Embedding Sustainability into Existing Curriculum
Mariana Amatullo

Part of the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, July 10-13, 2011.

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July 12, 2011
CSU Long Beach
Long Beach, California

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Disaster Communication and Impacts

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 & Barbara Andersen (Orfalea Foundations), and representative from the Emergency Preparedness and Response, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health.

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May 24, 2011
Beckman Center of the National Academies
Irvine, California

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IDSA 2011 Western Conference

Creating Shared Value: The Designer as a Catalyst for Social Change
Mariana Amatullo

IDSA 2011 Western Conference

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May 6-7
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

4-28 AFLA Salon invite

AFLA Presents: “Salon for New Voices”

Why Design Matters: Art Center at the Crossroads of Social Innovation
Mariana Amatullo

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April 28, 2011  6pm
Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica, California

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Include 2011 – The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen

“Safe Agua: Design to Overcome Water Poverty” 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

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Design Education in the Humanitarian Sphere: Designmatters Best Practices

Mariana Amatullo

GE/Innovate 2011
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April 16-17, 2011
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

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Designmatters Case Studies: Design Education Methodologies as a Tool for Social Innovation

Mariana Amatullo, Liliana Becerra and Steven Montgomery
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Open 2011: NCIIA 15th Annual Conference
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March 24-26, 2011
Washington, DC

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4th Biennial of Design, Santiago, Chile

Mariana Amatullo

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December 9, 2010
Santiago, Chile

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Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Change

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Participants Bios
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October 17-19, 2010

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Social Capital Markets Conference 2010 (SOCAP10)

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 Francisco, CA, Oct 4 – 6, 2010

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Cumulus Shanghai Conference 2010: Young Creators for Better City & Better Life

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)

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September 8-11, Shanghai, China

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Leading Change for Social Impact: Case Studies from Designmatters

By Mariana Amatullo

Parsons The new School for Design, New York, New York.

May 12, 2010
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Sustainable Development Through Design

By Mariana Amatullo

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
May 6, 2010

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Design and Disaster Preparedness

By Mariana Amatullo

Pasadena City College, Geology Class
April 27, 2010

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IMPROVING CANCER PREVENTION AND COMMUNICATION: Two Case Studies from the Portfolio of Designmatters

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

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Leading Change for Social Impact

Perspectives from Prominent Innovators
by Mariana Amatullo, Jonathan Greenblatt and Rhys Newman

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Safe Agua: A Case study for Social Innovation

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.

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Aspen Design Summit

Participation by Mariana Amatullo, Aspen Design Summit 2009, Aspen, Colorado, November 10, 2009.

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Designmatters at Art Center

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

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Beyond Good Intentions: Design Making A DifferencePresentation

Presentation by Elisa Ruffino at Art Center New York alumni event, hosted by Johnson & Johnson Global Strategic Design, New York City.

September 16, 2009

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Diseñando un Mundo Mejor:
Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Seminario Diseño e Innovación Social Presentation on Designmatters by Mariana Amatullo by invitation of Un Techo Para Chile, in Santiago, Chile.

August 27, 2009

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Designmatters introduction of Project H Design Guest Lecture

Introduction given and event hosted by Elisa Ruffino, Art Center’s LA Times Auditorium.

July 10, 2009

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Design as a Catalyst for Change

Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo at “Big City Forum #5,”

June 30, 2009.

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The Citizen Designer, Glass House Conversations

Participation by Mariana Amatullo,Phillip Johnson’s Glass House, New Canaan Connecticut.

June 8, 2009

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The Impact of Social, Demographic, and Technological Change on Industry and Education

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.

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Diseñando un mundo mejor: la propuesta de Designmatters, Art Center College of Design

Presentation by Mariana Amatullo, April 17, 2009, Quertaro, Mexico.

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Designing Interventions and Innovative Messages for a More Resilient Community

Presentation by Mariana Amatullo for “Natural Disasters” 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.

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Images for Human Rights: Student Voices

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

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Design for Social Impact: Designmatters at Art Center

Presentation given by Mariana Amatullo on February 19, 2009 at the Pratt Institute Graduate I.D. Seminar led by Allan Chochinov.

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Thinking About Earthquakes: A Panel Discussion

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

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Social Entrepreneurship Case Studies Through Design

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

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Design Interventions in Earthquake Preparedness

Presentation on Designmatters at Art Center College of Design by Mariana Amatullo, at the Los Angeles International Earthquake Conference.

November 12,2008.

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Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

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.

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Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Presentation by Elisa Ruffino at “A Better World By Design” on the panels, “Social Design in Academia” and “Graphic Design for Activism,” Providence, Rhode Island.

November 7 & 8, 2008.

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Know How Talk at IDEO

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.

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Design Education for International Engagement: Art Center College of Design

Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg. Presentation at CUMULUS Kyoto 2008–International Educational Exchange Forum, in March 2008.

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Designmatters at Art Center College of Design

Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Mark Breitenberg.

Presentation at CONNECTING ’07 World Design Conference–Connecting to People and to Ideas hosted by the ICSID/ISDA World Design Congress in San Francisco.

October 17-20, 2007.

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Designmatters: Shared Perspectives for Inclusive Communication Strategies and Global Engagement

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.

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Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design: Design Advocacy and Global Engagement

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.

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The Development of International PSAs and Break-through Messaging about Under-aged Alcohol Drinking

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.

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Design as a Platform for Diplomacy: Designmatters @ Art Center College of Design

Presenters: Mariana Amatullo and Erica Clark. Presentation at Include 2005 hosted by the Royal College of Art, in London, April 5-8, 2005.

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