DFA at Illinois

Design For America at University of Illinois. Students designing products and solutions that solve real world problems. Contact: [email protected].

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Learn about one of our Managing Co-Directors!

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Member Spotlight!
Mary Donlon is a senior in Art Education with a minor in Art History.
Read about why she chose to be a part of DFA!

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Registration is now OPEN for Social Hack! Apply today at https://t.co/SwSqxmgPvO by April 1

[Siebel Center for Design @SCDillinois]

We just launched the #SCDFellows program into the world - if you have your degree and you’re interested in one of these year-long appointments, visit the link for more details and a link to apply: https://t.co/ROupt8kCKf

#designthinking #workwithus

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

"...collaborative design can bring key stakeholders to contribute to the flourishing of our people and planet." How would you apply #DesignThinking to sustainability challenges?

[OpenIDEO @OpenIDEO]

It's time to put sustainability at the center of the way we live. Learn how open innovation + collaborative design can contribute to the flourishing of our people and planet by bringing key stakeholders together: https://t.co/zRo10vvPLx

[Siebel Center for Design @SCDillinois]

Reminder - mid-April will be here before you know it, so get this on your calendar. Registration opens March 1!

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Name your favorite design-related icebreakers! This one looks cool! 😍

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Winners of #DesignVentura 2019 are @TwynhamDT with Design Cubes, a dice game that helps people generate design ideas and combats creative block. Students will work with designers to develop Design Cubes - available @Design_Mus_Shop from Summer 2020.

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

The mindset we're excited to see and cultivate at Social Hack! See you all in April! https://t.co/gcUXUXiwiK

[IDEO @ideo]

"When you rely on the methods and processes of design thinking to find an unknown solution to a complex problem, you don’t know what you’re trying to build until you figure it out. CTFs work much the same way." – @mediumrehr + @derekmolson https://t.co/CqaQCrFgwH

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Check it out!! Dive into #humancentereddesign with @SCDillinois's Animal Health Hackathon! 🐶

[Siebel Center for Design @SCDillinois]

Plenty of time to get your teams together for this year's #HackForAnimalHealth on 2/27 - full info and registration here: https://t.co/S3hglqAIZb

Helping dogs + possible cash prizes, friends. What could be better? #PuppyHack #DogAnxiety cc: @VetMedIllinois @ScholCommons

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

For more information, here is the FB page for the event: https://t.co/zFLMRrjtcX

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

We're excited to announce...*drumroll*... SOCIAL HACK 2020!! DFA Illinois is hosting a conference that focuses on how we can approach climate change from a human centered perspective. Check it out: https://t.co/gcUXUXiwiK

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

We're excited to welcome our new members for Spring 2020! Our projects this semester will be exploring: voting 🗳️, plastic film ♻️, Urbana Park District 🏞️, and accessibility👩‍🦽!! Stay tuned!

[Design for America @design4america]

@DFAillinois found many people view lifeguarding as an easy summer job. They suggested rebranding the lifeguard position to "Aquatic First Responder" as a way to recognize and celebrate the skills and knowledge required to do the job!

[Design for America @design4america]

We're at our second expo of this week, this time with @ymca! Today, DFA JHU|MICA, @DFAillinois, @DFA_Rice, DFA UW, and DFA Tulane are tackling lifeguard retention in pools across the country.

[Design for America @design4america]

"We can't tackle food insecurity on our own. We need other organizations and partners to help build sustainable networks for students." @DFAillinois talking about building circles of trust and support system to tackle food insecurity on their campus. #DFACompass

[Design for America @design4america]

We’re here with our National Partner, @compassgroupusa. Today’s expo features teams at @DFAillinois, @DFA_Rice, @dfamsu, and @DFANorthwestern. Teams are presenting on how to address food insecurity on college campuses.

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

.@DFAillinois' Spring Expo is taking place this Wednesday in the NCSA building! Join us at 4 pm to hear about the projects that DFA has been working on all semester.

RSVP + more info here: https://t.co/qY8rSBmpZg

[NCSAatIllinois @NCSAatIllinois]

Join us at NCSA in just over a week for the 2019 @DFAillinois Spring Expo, where we get to hear from our Design for America students on what they've been working on all year!

The expo runs from 4-6 pm on Wednesday, April 17th. More info here: https://t.co/qY8rSBmpZg

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Time-lapse of Exec & New-Exec Retrospectives today before all-studio project retrospectives
using our favorite things: post-its & sharpies with our favorite mentor, Allie from… https://t.co/0x187CcSWX

[DFA at Illinois @DFAillinois]

Our EOH table is POPPIN’!
Come meet some members and learn about human-centered design! @ National Center for Supercomputing Applications - NCSA https://t.co/5bdhgjAjzz