Our team of faculty, staff, fellows and students continue to lead in the growing and evolving space of social design education and practice.
MICA is one of the first design schools selected for the Clinton Global Initiative University; has been featured in Design Ignites Change, Design Observer, FastCompany, GOOD, Graphic Design USA, HOW Magazine, Metropolis, and Print; has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation and Sappi Ideas That Matter; and has received awards from Design Ignites Change, Core77, Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, and Ashoka U—Cordes Innovation Award recognizing our innovative work addressing complex social problems through design.
Awards & Recognition
- 2016 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Winner
- 2016 Core 77 Design Award
- 2015 Core 77 Design Award
- 2014 National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works Grant Recipient
- 2014 Ashoka U Cordes Innovation Award Winner
- 2013 First/only design school selected for Clinton Global Initiative University CGI U)
- 2013 Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant Winner
- 2013 Print Regional Design Annual
- 2012 Core 77 Design Award
- 2011 National Science Foundation Cyberinfrastructure Grant
- 2011 National Endowment for the Arts, Access to Artistic Excellence Grant
- 2011 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Nominee, Design Mind Category
Publications and Articles
- LEAP 2: Value of Design Symposium, Impact Design Hub
- LEAP Dialogues: Career Pathways in Design for Social Innovation, Designmatters
- Insight from Academia: The Evolving Profession of a Social Impact Designer, Design
Affects - Educating the Next Generation of Social Impact Designers, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- Mike Weikert: Designing Social Change, shareable.net
- A Mobile Farmers Market, Created By Design Students, Fast Company