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Program Overview
and Goals
W HO W E A R E :
Bringing Design to
the Community
Inneract
Project
In the Bay
Area, the arts
create more
than 31,000 jobs
and generate 1.2
billion dollars
in economic
activity every
year.
Overview:
Inneract Project (IP) is a professionally-supported program that provides free
design classes and initiatives to inner-city youth, in order to introduce them to the
field of design and channel their creativity into viable career paths. Our program
includes 1) a Youth Design Academy, which is one 8-week class session per year
that provides students with hands-on design exercises 2) Learning Labs, which are
one-day interactive design education events throughout the year, and 3) Designed.,
an ongoing video series documenting designers, celebrities and everyday peoples
stories about design.
Initiative
Overview:
California has
the most artists,
the largest
economy and
the least State
government arts
funding of any
state in the USA.
IP Learning Labs
Learning Labs are one-day educational events that feature
short lectures by design professionals, design-centric
workshops, and tours of design studios and museums. They
cater to everyone from students to their parents to the
broader community and aim to serve as an interactive and
engaging way to explore many facets of the design industry.
Learning Labs can supplement the Youth Design Academy
curriculum or be sampled on a standalone basis as an
introduction to the field.
Designed.
Design is all around us logos, architecture, furniture,
packaging, websites, technology, fashion, and endless other
places. The subject, however, is not taught in traditional K-12
education, so most peoples exposure to the field is limited
to their unknowing interaction with design in everyday
life. Inneract Project aims to educate the community about
design, the opportunity to pursue design as a worthwhile
and valuable profession, and how to leverage design to
solve real-world problems. IP is producing a series of short
videos documenting an ongoing conversation with designers,
celebrities and everyday people about the importance of
design and how much we rely on design in our everyday lives.
The videos aim to spark interest, spur conversation, and raise
awareness of the field of design. Videos will be available via
the Inneract Project website
Primary Goals
Inneract
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Inneract
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have had previous teaching roles before IP, but many have not. They come away
from the experience knowing how to lead a class of students and how to interact,
mentor, and guide kids through the learning materials and potential career
trajectories. Most students receive one-on-one tutorials during IP class sessions
and are given ample opportunity to actively participate and ask questions. Our
teacher volunteers have provided very positive feedback on the IP classroom
We must bring
design to the
community, and
you will see
more minority
representation
without having
to have a
special program
set aside.
The design
community
should probably
have more of
a presence
with youth at a
younger age.
Inneract
Projects
3 Primary
Goals