DevPost is displaying the date incorrectly (Submission Date) officially the DesignJam will conclude on 10/3.

High School Students!

Be a part of the change! Are you interested in art and design? Are you competitive? Are you a high school student?

In conjunction with the TEDx Crenshaw youth event, the DesignJam Club and Designmatters at ArtCenter College of Design are organizing a creative event, SoLA DesignJam, for ArtCenter students to partner with the youth of South Los Angeles (SoLa). ArtCenter students will have the opportunity to mentor teens as they work together to come up with innovative solutions for local non-profits.

Homeboy Industries and The Ezrach Braintrust have created design briefs that cover a diverse range of projects from environmental design, interaction design, product design, and more! Over the course of the week from 9/26/2020 - 10/03/2020, high school students along with ArtCenter students will develop projects to meet the design brief. The projects will be judged by the non-profit organization, industry professionals, and leaders throughout the South Los Angeles community.

The winning group will win an ArtCenter ACX Scholarship and a virtual tour of the ArtCenter campus and swag! The deadline to apply is Friday, 9/25 by 5pm PDT. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Attention ArtCenter Students!

Be a part of the change! In conjunction with the TEDx Crenshaw youth event, the DesignJam Club and Designmatters at ArtCenter College of Design are organizing a creative event, SoLA DesignJam, for ArtCenter students to partner with the youth of South Los Angeles (SoLa). ArtCenter students will have the opportunity to mentor teens as they work together to come up with innovative solutions for local non-profits.

Homeboy Industries and The Ezrach Braintrust have created design briefs that cover a diverse range of projects from environmental design, interaction design, product design, and more! We are still looking for local non-profits to partner with and these are unconfirmed. Over the course of the week from 9/26/2020 - 10/03/2020, South Los Angeles High School students and ArtCenter students will develop projects to meet the design brief. The local non-profits will be judging the projects through a 5-7 minute video of student projects submitted the night before the TedX event, and judged by the non-profit organization, industry professionals, and leaders throughout the South Los Angeles community. All disciplines welcome to register! 

ArtCenter participants will be eligible for the Denhart Family Sustainability Scholarship and the winning team will receive a mentorship opportunity with Unity. The placing high school students will receive an ACX Scholarship and a virtual tour of the ArtCenter campus and swag! The deadline to apply is Friday, 9/25 by 5pm PDT. Contact [email protected] with any questions.

Schedule

All times listed in PDT

Saturday [9/26 10:00 - 3:00 PM PDT]

• Kickoff -15 minutes 

• 10:00 - 10:15 AM Introductions with Julian, Kimberly, Dillon and Susie 

• Speakers - 1 hour 40 minutes

• 10:15 - 10:45 AM Iddris Sandu

• 5-minute break

• 10:50 - 11:20 AM Dr. Syreeta Greene, Ed. D

• 5-minute break

• 11:25 - 11:55 AM Rob McClinton

• Lunch Break - 55 minutes (Challenges Posted at the beginning)

• 12:50 - 1:10 PM City of Los Angeles, Mayor's Office

• 5-minute break

• 1:15 - 1:35 PM The Ezrach Braintrust Association

• 5 minute break

• 1:40 - 2:00 PM Homeboy Industries

• Tentative Designthinking Workshop 1 hour (still waiting to hear back)

Sunday [9/27] - Thursday [10/1]

• Wednesday [9/30] 5:00 - 6:00 PM Robbie Nock (business pitch workshop)

• Waiting to hear back from organizations for when they are available to hold office hours

Friday [10/2]

• Project Submissions due by 3:00 PM

• Judges review overnight

Saturday [10/3]

• (Judges)

• Closing Talk - 15 minutes

• 9:00 - 9:15 am Introducing the judges?

• Kevin Bethune Talk - 30 minutes 

• 9:15 - 9:45 am

• Winners Announced - 15 minutes

•  9:45 - 10:00 am

• ArtCenter Virtual Tour (Optional)

• 10:00 am - 11:00 am 

• TEDx Crenshaw talks (Free tickets for participants)

FAQ:

Teams:

• ArtCenter students are mentors and co-creators
• The night before the DesignJam kickoff we will be assigning teams.
• Team composition is 2 ACCD, and 2 HS, if we get more high schoolers than anticipated, we might change this to 1 ACCD and 3 HS students.

Schedule

• 1 week-long from September 26th to October 3rd

• This website has the most accurate information in terms of schedule and we are continually updating it as speakers and mentors double confirm their availability. We will post event reminders in the Slack channel 15 minutes before they happen.

Time Commitment

• Do not skip any classes, this challenge will be what you put into it. You are cramming an entire term process into a week.
• Please show up for your team, by registering, people will be counting on you.

Questions?

Reach out to us via email at [email protected].

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