educational institution in Austin, Texas,
teaching Interaction Design and Social Entrepreneurship.
Austin Center for Design
Austin Center for Design exists to transform society through design and design education. This transformation occurs through the development of design knowledge directed towards all forms of social and humanitarian problems.
1 Year Course in Interaction Design & Social Entrepreneurship
We offer a one year course—held at nights and on weekends in Austin, Texas—that emphasizes creative problem solving in the context of social issues, like poverty and nutrition. Students learn about human behavior, humanizing technology, and business strategy. The program is ideal for designers, business/marketing professionals, artists, and technologists with several years of experience. We also encourage more established professionals who are looking to change the trajectory of their careers to apply.
Explore our Resource Library
We've made available dozens of lectures, readings, and worksheets from our curriculum - for free!
AC4D published a book called Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving. It's a handbook for becoming a social entrepreneur.
Meet Our Students
Ruby Ku is using design approach, appropriate technology and new business model to solve problems that are worth solving. She works at Thinktiv and splits her time between interaction design and program management. She loves good books, good conversations, and a good cup of coffee. She was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Toronto. Her heart beats equally for both places. I am not trying to “save the world”. I do, however, see it as my duty to leave the world a be... Keep Reading »
From Our Blog
Presenting the Graduating Class of 2013
Please join me in congratulating Austin Center for Design’s graduating class. These students have completed thirty-two weeks of intense training, reflection, and creative production. The results of their effort are five companies, each founded around principles of social entrepreneurship: these companies generate revenue, and simultaneously drive social impact, pursuing a humanitarian theory of change. The companies, and their founders, are presented below: Ad@pt, founded by Melissa Chapman and Willy Morgan Ad@pt provides illustrated adoption timelines, which are designed to give…
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Austin Center for Design is a not-for-profit corporation in Austin, Texas - 501(c)(3), under the status of the IRS.