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We are a space for students to practice how to use design to better understand problems and explore ways to have a positive impact.
Design for America at Fordham meets at the Lincoln Center Campus but is open to all students across Fordham.
Fall 2023 – Thursdays 12pm @ Martino Hall (45 Columbus Ave) 7th Floor – 708
We use human-centered design to tackle community issues locally and globally. We are part of Design for America (DFA National), a national student network composed of more than 36+ studios across the US.
Step 1
Join the Slack group
- You can join at the start or during the semester.
Step 2
Join our weekly meetups.
- We meet at Martino Hall (45 Columbus Ave – 7th Floor) in the Lincoln Center Campus.
- Fall 2023 – Thursdays @ 12pm Martino Hall
- It’s a cool space to chill and do group work in the Comm and Media Studies dept.
Fordham DFA is supported by the Communication and Media Studies Department and the New Media and Digital Design program.
What do we do in the Fordham DFA studio?
Each semester the studio collectively decides on a semester project – working on a local community design challenge. We meet weekly at the Lincoln Center campus @ Fordham.
In weekly studio meetups, we go through the human-centered design process, conducting design research, prototyping, testing, and critiquing our designs.
There are no pre-requisite skills or courses, just show up and get involved.
Why should I get involved?
In short, Fordham DFA is a place you can apply some of the skills you’ve picked up at Fordham. Whether it’s communication design, marketing, programming, graphic design, user experience design, entrepreneurship, etc…
Our projects use a human-centered design process, which begins with user research (interviews, focus groups, surveys, etc.) followed by ideation and prototyping (visual design, coding, sketching, pitching, managing, etc.), and ending with testing (e.g., focus groups, interviews, think-alouds).
Get involved.
Join to see what’s going on in the studio.
For more info email: dfa [at] fordham.edu