PROJECT OVERVIEW

A collaboration between a university design studio and local nonprofit to identify creative ways to engage a low-income neighborhood and address social and economic inequities.

PROJECT INFORMATION

TIMELINE: 2013
LOCATION: Oakland, CA
Partners: popuphood
Role: Instructor

STORY

Creative Disruption was an ENGAGE class at California College of the Arts.

Working with popuphood as the community partner, a cross-disciplinary group of students has worked in KONO this semester to leverage human-centered design to address larger issues around social and economic inequities. Through interactive interviews and creative engagement, student teams listened to and reflected on the voices of KONO’s varied stakeholders. The insights from these experiences inspired 5 tactical projects. In keeping with the class’ model of active engagement, these projects were launched as part of the May 2013 First Friday event to showcase what has been learned and open the door to the next phase of conversation around building a better KONO.