our mission
DS4SI is dedicated to changing how social change is imagined, developed and deployed here in the United States. We are creating a design studio for the progressive arm of the nonprofit sector in order to support the sector’s ability to create new forms of effective social intervention and the exploration of new ways to be interventionists.
We believe that creating a space for design and intentionally supporting the development of a sector-specific design practice is imperative in order for the sector to break out of its box of exhausted forms. In so doing, we will liberate our vision, invigorate our spirit and be able to take the greatest possible advantage of this moment.
a brief history
The Design Studio for Social Intervention was founded in January 2005. For the 2005-2006 academic year the studio was incubated within the Center for Reflective Community Practice in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. DS4SI is located on Washington Street in Roxbury and has fiscal sponsorship provided by Third Sector New England.
an overview
Click here for a PDF overview of our space, programs and consulting.