For Whom Are We Making It?

At the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, we look at the world in new ways to create the change we hope to see in it.Since our founding by Bauhaus émigré László Moholy-Nagy in 1937, we’ve continually turned design into a powerful tool anyone can use to transform the systems that shape our lives—from cities, education, and finance to food, healthcare, and technology.We’re the only US design school devoted completely to graduate students, and the first to offer a PhD. Uniting science and rigor with creativity and rapid iteration, we’re recognized around the globe as pioneers in human-centered design, systems design, and other methods that apply design to the real world.It’s through these unique approaches that students, communities, and corporations learn to observe the systems they’re surrounded by—and envision the new worlds they can build from them.Here, learners and leaders discover what design makes possible. It enables us to adapt with the speed, scale, and complexity of life. To anticipate change and the impact of our actions. And, most importantly, to imagine—then create—brighter futures for us all.Learn more about ID atid.iit.edu.

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Panelists discuss creating new outcomes by working with and for the populations and audiences most affected by their designs.

The novel coronavirus has disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities around the country—affecting employment, mental health, and education, and highlighting that these systems were not designed with, or for, us all. In this <a href="https://id.iit.edu/latham-lecture-series/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">annual event series</a>, ID Instructor <a href="https://id.iit.edu/people/christopher-rudd/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chris Rudd</a> will moderate a conversation with Latham panelists <a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/rita.nguyen" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Rita Nguyen</a>, Assistant Health Officer and Chronic Disease Physician Specialist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF, and a founder of the <a href="http://med.stanford.edu/pacific.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pacific Free Clinic</a>; <a href="https://www.altspacechicago.com/team-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jon Veal</a>, Co-Founder and Creative Director of <a href="https://www.altspacechicago.com/our-story" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">alt_</a>; and <a href="https://healthywork.uic.edu/profiles/wallace-richard/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Richard Wallace</a>, Founder and Executive Director of <a href="http://eatchicago.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Equity and Transformation (EAT)</a>; about how designers are embracing new roles in society to create new outcomes with those most affected by their designs. Panelists: <ul><li><a href="https://profiles.ucsf.edu/rita.nguyen" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Rita Nguyen</a>, Chronic Disease Physician Specialist, SFDPH and Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF</li><li><a href="https://www.altspacechicago.com/team-1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jon Veal</a>, Co-Founder and Creative Director of <a href="https://www.altspacechicago.com/our-story" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">alt_</a></li><li><a href="https://healthywork.uic.edu/profiles/wallace-richard/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Richard Wallace</a>, Founder and Executive Director of <a href="http://eatchicago.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Equity and Transformation (EAT)</a></li></ul><a href="https://id.iit.edu/latham-lecture-series/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More about the Latham series</a>. <a href="https://id.iit.edu/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">About IIT Institute of Design (ID)</a>IIT Institute of Design (ID) builds responsible, cooperative, intelligent futures. Founded by László Moholy-Nagy as The New Bauhaus in 1937, ID is known for pioneering human-centered design and systems design. Today ID is home to the only US design school devoted completely to graduate students. But ID is more than a graduate school. ID is an international community of learners and practitioners who are addressing the biggest issues of our time by eliciting a power unique to humans: creativity. Learn more about ID at <a href="http://id.iit.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">id.iit.edu</a>.

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