GIRLZ by Design

This past weekend, we printed the second edition of “The Care and Well Being of You" a wellness brochure distributed to 500 D.C. students during 's third annual Back to School Bash!

During our summer workshop series at , we partnered with Serve Your City, Ward 6's mutual aid to create a design material that supports a community-identified need.

The project asked GBD students to apply methods of design thinking through experiential learning. By following the design thinking steps: empathize, define, brainstorm, prototype and test, students grew their understanding of the iterative design process and the importance of human-centered design. Dylan, Hannah, Morris, Nya, Sam and Treasure digitally and hand drew all of the illustrations and worked together to select the typefaces, color scheme, and layout. We met with our incredible client Miranda from SYC to understand her vision and brainstorm design ideas. The text was written by past SYC intern Hanya Pillai. Thanks to Hanya, Miranda and the whole Serve Your City team for their partnership and dedicated work in the DC
community!
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This past weekend, we printed the second edition of “The Care and Well Being of You" a wellness brochure distributed to 500 D.C. students
during 's third annual Back to School
Bash!

During our summer workshop series at , we partnered with
Serve Your City, Ward 6's mutual aid to create a design
material that supports a community-identified need.
The project asked GBD students to apply methods of
design thinking through experiential learning. By
following the design thinking steps: empathize, define,
brainstorm, prototype and test, students grew their
understanding of the iterative design process and the
importance of human-centered design. Dylan, Hannah, Morris, Nya, Sam and Treasure digitally and hand drew all of the
illustrations and worked together to select the
typefaces, color scheme, and layout. We met with our
incredible client Miranda from SYC to understand her
vision and brainstorm design ideas. The text was written by past SYC intern Hanya Pillai. Thanks to Hanya, Miranda and the whole Serve Your City team for their partnership and dedicated work in the DC
community!
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Week 2! We visited the National Gallery of Art and Renwick Gallery to explore exhibition design and heard from two incredible creative professionals working in animation and interior design. Thanks again and for joining us and sharing your portfolios/tips from the field! 💌

Students made small gifs using stop motion and digital flip books. They also experimented with to design an art exhibition of their own.

Sharing some stand out moments from week 1 of our summer design camp at this past month! From discussing hostile and beneficial designs in the community, to creating personal logos and printing them with linocut - we covered a range of design applications & fields ☀️💭

We had a blast today at our Space + Self design workshop! 🚀🪟Students experimented with to create a virtual space that reflects their identify. Thanks to and for hosting us! 💻

Join us this summer! We're hosting a digital design camp for high schoolers at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop from July 6th-15th at 2-6pm. Each day, students will attend a variety of introductory workshops on user experience and user interactive (UX/UI) design, animation, video game design, architecture, branding and logo design, and more! Students will have the opportunity to build their skills and get creative by experimenting with design softwares, collaborating on design thinking activities, learning about digital career paths, and crafting a final project that supports a community-identified need. Register here today 📲💻 https://reg.chaw.org/camp/1952

This Saturday! In collaboration with we invite students to discover the design thinking process and experiment with digital art softwares from 10 am to 1pm. The workshop fuses personal branding with interior design to lead students in creating a digital portfolio space they can use and share. Students will apply introductory digital design methods ranging from sketching and moodboarding to prototyping a personalized final product.
Registration in bio 🌠

This Summer! We’re hosting a design workshop series for teens at ☀️ from 2-6pm on 7/6-7/15. Stay tuned for registration details coming very soon!

Discover digital art fields and creative tech careers with ! Teens will hear from design professionals, experiment with digital softwares and lead a community arts project. 🫧 We hope to see you there!

Calling all high school students interested in digital design fields! On Thursday, 2/17 we're kicking off a 10-week digital arts and design program for D.C. high schoolers at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop! Register here: https://reg.chaw.org/class/1915 Scholarships are available.

Students will have the opportunity to build their skills and get creative by experimenting with design softwares, collaborating on design thinking activities, learning about digital career paths, and crafting a final project that supports a community-identified need. Check out these photos from some of the projects students created during our summer program!

📓Thinking about revamping your online portfolio this year?We’ve got a blog for you! Past GBD speaker and color designer, Sophia Ahmad, has been a creative professional for over ten years working with notable brands to identify, create and communicate key color and trend concepts. Ahmad is currently a color designer at NIKE, working in women’s apparel. She shared her expertise for how to improve your personal portfolio website with 21 tips on our site! (Link in bio)

Thank you for showing us the ropes!

~blog originally published on http://www.sophianahmad.com~

To kick off the new year, on Thursday, 1/20 we're starting a 10-week digital arts and design after school program for D.C. high schoolers at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop! There's still time to register here: https://reg.chaw.org/class/1915. Feel free to DM us or reach out via email [email protected] with any questions.

Students will have the opportunity to build their skills and get creative by experimenting with design softwares, collaborating on design thinking activities, learning about digital career paths, and crafting a final project that supports a community-identified need. Check out these photos from some of the projects students created during our summer program!