Creativity holds enormous power to spark positive social change.

h3{color:red}.Design Ignites Change supports creative professionals, as well as high school and college students, who use design thinking – the combination of unleashed creativity and executable actions – to improve the lives of individuals and communities.

Our current programs include:

» Awards: Idea Awards and Fellowships for creative professionals and college students

» Scholarships: College scholarships for aspiring fine artists and designers from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds

» Fiscal Sponsorship: Non-profit 501(c)(3) status and business services for start-up social design organizations or projects

» Mentoring: Robust guides and support for design professionals or college students wishing to mentor high school students with social change design projects

» Workshops: Hands-on, personalized guidance and project incubation through the Funding Social Change Workshops and Impact! Design for Social Change, an annual six-week summer intensive offered in conjunction with the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Design Ignites Change was created in 2009 and is a result of a partnership between Adobe Foundation and Worldstudio Foundation. Through our Awards Program, to date we have granted over $72,000 in support of student projects that address social issues in communities around the globe and the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship Program has awarded $936,375 to 637 college students.