MICA Center for Social Design

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Co-Design Lead
Multiscale RECIPES for Sustainable Food Systems
Center for Social Design
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

The Co-Design Lead will be an integral member of the MICA Center for Social Design team and work closely with the Center’s Co-Director on the Multiscale RECIPES for Sustainable Food Systems project funded through the National Science Foundation.

Multiscale RECIPES for Sustainable Food Systems is a national network of university and community partners, focused on creating knowledge that transforms our wasteful food system to promote sustainability, equity, and resilience. RECIPES is a multi-year initiative and the largest externally-funded research grant in MICA’s history.

The Co-Design Lead will lead on all aspects of MICA's role and team in this important national initiative, demonstrating the role of design in advancing the goals of the RECIPES network toward a more sustainable, equitable and resilient food system.

See the full position description and application requirements here:

Co-Design Lead Welcome to the official site for employment opportunities at MICA. At MICA, we value diversity and empower our employees to use their talent in a variety of ways. We are pleased that you are interested in career opportunities offered at MICA. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: The Co-Design Le...

Life-Centered Design: Beyond anthropocentrism and white supremacy in design (Thursday, November 17, 6-8pm EST) -

Life-Centered Design: Beyond anthropocentrism and white supremacy in design (Thursday, November 17, 6-8pm EST)

We would love some help to finish the Bee Safe Art Crosswalk! Meet us at Johnston Square Elementary School if you have time to paint a flower or two. We will be painting from 10am to 4pm on April 10 and April 11.

Thank you to all the volunteers who made the Bee Safe Art Crosswalk a reality this past weekend! We could not have done this install without you all! We counted 100 helping hands - so impressed by the turnout. Hurray!

Calling all volunteers!

The Made You Look project is getting ready to install the Bee Safe Art Crosswalk together with Re-Build Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization. They will be painting outside the Johnston Square Elementary School on March 26 and March 27.

Visit bit.ly/BeeSafeSignUp if you are interested in helping them paint! 🥳

Save the date for the 2022 Social Design Exchange!

Monday, April 18, 2022
6 PM – 9 PM

Featuring: Social Design MA Students Ellie Bazurto, Matt Coles, Thomas Cudjoe, Dejia Danhi, Elizabeth Emmett, Rhea Gupta, Larissa Hawkins, Allyson Kim, Kennedy McDaniel, Dhvani Shah, Allison Tomlinson, Tianqiao Xing, and Hannah Young.

More details to come at https://2022.micagradshow.com/

COVID didn’t stop our Made You Look initiative from making moves for pedestrian and bicyclist safety! Check out our new Year 3 publication for a recap of all that the team accomplished between July 2020-August 2021. 🚴🏽🚶🏽‍♂️👩🏻‍🦽👨🏼‍🦯

As always, huge shout out to all of our partners- Graham Projects Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective - BYKE Neighborhood Design Center + The BMORE Brand

(Image description: Black and white icons of a bicyclist, pedestrian, and person using a wheelchair with white type that says “Made You Look Year 3” on a pink background)

https://issuu.com/micasocialdesign/docs/myl_year_3_publication

Looking for a snowy weekend read to cozy up with? 📚☕️

Check out these hot-off-the-press articles by Center Co-Director Lee Davis, collaborator Bori Feher, and visiting faculty member Myra Margolin in the latest issues of Disegno, a design culture journal produced by MOME Budapest.

- Myra Margolin: Victor Margolin’s Early Years
- Lee Davis and Bori Fehér: Design for Life: Moholy-Nagy’s Holistic Blueprint for Social Design Pedagogy and Practice

https://disegno.mome.hu/lapszamok/disegno-2021-1-2/

Are you a Maryland Institute College of Art undergrad or grad student interested in breaking out of the MICA bubble and learning human-centered design?

Practice-Based Studio courses at the Center for Social Design bring MICA students from across disciplines together to work on a social challenge in Baltimore in collaboration with an outside partner. Past partners have included the Baltimore City Health Department, Maryland Department of Transportation, and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and topics have ranged from access to fresh food to reimagining the HIV testing process.

Email [email protected] for more information about enrolling in a Spring 2022 practice-based studio course!

TOMORROW! Indigenous Planning and PlaceKnowing | Series on “Race, Ecology, and Design” (Thursday, November 4, 12:00-1:00pm ET) -

TOMORROW! Indigenous Planning and PlaceKnowing | Series on “Race, Ecology, and Design” (Thursday, November 4, 12:00-1:00pm ET)

Huge thank you to Senator Van Hollen for visiting us to learn more about how were using human-centered design to support COVID-19 vaccination education + outreach (in collaboration with Baltimore City Health Department, International Vaccine Access Center at JHSPH, + Morgan State University) and pedestrian and bicyclist safety in Baltimore (in collaboration with Zero Deaths Maryland). Come back soon!

Join us next Thursday, November 4th for a conversation on Indigenous Planning and PlaceKnowing with Theodore (Ted) Jojola, PhD, and Founder and Director of the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute (iD+Pi).

Indigenous Planning and PlaceKnowing | Series on “Race, Ecology, and Design” (Thursday, November 4, 12:00-1:00pm ET)