Periphery Systems in Mexico City

March 7, 2017

by Tiffany Henschel I never studied abroad, let alone traveled south of Baja California, Mexico, so my seven-week field engagement in Mexico City at first felt a little daunting. Once I immersed myself…

Corporate Colonization: The U.S. Beer Industry’s Convolution of Locality

February 21, 2017

By Amanda Jensen There’s a battle going on amongst beer brewers. Corporate beer conglomerates have enforced cultural hegemony over the craft beer industry, leading to confusion for craft beer enthusiasts and consumers as to…

MDP/Field Collaborates With UNICEF in Mexico City

January 12, 2017

By Sean DonahueMexico City is the site for MDP/Field’s Spring Concept year studio. A multi-week engagement, the studio is part of a deep interrogation of design’s role in diverse, global contexts. Students will work with…

How Design Will Change the Future

December 6, 2016

by Bianca Nasser2016 Core77 Conference Designing Here/Now at the Vibiana, a former cathedral in Downtown LAIn late September, Core77 hosted an eclectic group of design practitioners, thought leaders, strategists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and business developers in…

2017 MDP Summer Design Residency Call for Proposals! The MDP…

November 22, 2016

2017 MDP Summer Design Residency Call for Proposals! The MDP Summer Design Residency is granted to a creative practitioner or team whose experimental design work engages emerging issues in science, technology, culture, and society. The…

What LA’s Mayor Taught Me About Being Mission Driven

October 21, 2016

by: RJ SakaiMayor Eric Garcetti at a monthly staff meetingAs a Designmatters Fellow sitting at an all-hands meeting held by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, I had a realization. For the longest time I’ve said…

Monsoons and Teaspoons

October 10, 2016

Chatting with a Myanmar farmer over some traditional green tea I arrived in Yangon at the very beginning of the monsoon season. It was dark, drab, and damp. I never thought I would get used…

Reflections on souvenirs, wooden disks, and traffic

January 27, 2016

Yesterday I got up early to figure out some sketches for my conversation object. Able to look like anything, and be made out of anything, this object is meant to facilitate a conversation with someone—to…

From Colonialism to Tourism: Maps in American Culture · DPLA Omeka

January 26, 2016

From Colonialism to Tourism: Maps in American Culture · DPLA Omeka: arejaysmiscellany

2015 Core 77 Design Award Winner in Social Impact Student Category

June 3, 2015

Field 2014 alumni, Tina Zeng won the Core77 Design Awards 2015 for Social Impact in the student category for her thesis project titles “The weDub Project.” #somdp to see personal thesis projects have so much…