Austin Center for Design

Design ServicesTexas, United States11-50 Employees

The Austin Center for Design is a design-oriented institution in Austin that seeks to transform society through education and knowledge about design. It focuses on addressing concrete social and humanitarian challenges, including homelessness and housing solutions, access to healthcare, nutrition and personal wellbeing, education and job placement, poverty, and sustainability. The center offers a curriculum that situates creative design education within public-sector problem-solving, training students in interdisciplinary methods to conceive and implement systems, services, products, and new business models for social issues.

Within the design services landscape, AC4D positions itself where education and civic design intersect, preparing learners to tackle complex cultural and societal problems through design-based thinking. Based in Austin, Texas, United States, the organization serves as a smaller-to-mid-sized entity focused on societal transformation through design and education.

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