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Events
Watch Thesis Show 2026 HERE | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Watch Thesis Show 2026 HERE | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Through inspiring interventions, social issues, and partnerships, MFA DSI Class of 2026 designers find power in proximity. MFA DSI Thesis Show 2025 was livestreamed on May 12, 2026, from the SVA Theatre, with live captioning.
Radical Relations: creative conversations on solidarity, legacy, activism and art | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Radical Relations: creative conversations on solidarity, legacy, activism and art | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Join us for Radical Relations: creative conversations on solidarity, legacy, activism, and art with Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson, traci kato-kiriyama + special guests.
Why DSI?
Department Awards + Scholarships
Department Awards + Scholarships
Finding the Nexus Between Accountable Tech and Housing Development | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Finding the Nexus Between Accountable Tech and Housing Development | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Finding the Nexus Between Accountable Tech and Housing Development. An interview about Jersey City's housing development and making proptech accessible.
DSI's SVA Alumni Scholarship Award Winners 2026 | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
DSI's SVA Alumni Scholarship Award Winners 2026 | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Singapore's Design of the Year Award Winner, Hao Jie Sim - School of Visual Arts NYC
Singapore's Design of the Year Award Winner, Hao Jie Sim - School of Visual Arts NYC
Hector Ruiz' Thesis Presentation | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Hector Ruiz' Thesis Presentation | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
We Are Speaking / Estamos Hablando by Héctor Ruiz (MFA DSI '25) creates spaces for community members to identify shared values, goals, and symbols representing them as a group and create a visual code in the form of a digital font designed “by” them. The potential of these tools made out of symbols is to design posters, postcards, and zines that celebrate communities and engage individuals in conversations that advocate for the recognition of their experiences and the improvement of their futures.
MFA DSI Fellowship x Institute for Public Architecture - Corwin Green, faculty | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
MFA DSI Fellowship x Institute for Public Architecture - Corwin Green, faculty | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
MFA DSI Communication Design faculty Corwin Green reflects on his 2025 eco-social design IPAxSVA ecology fellowship on Governor's Island.
Social Design Careers | MFA DSI Alum Presentation Videos
Social Design Careers | MFA DSI Alum Presentation Videos
Amplifying Women in Innovation Fields | WIN Awards 2025 | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Amplifying Women in Innovation Fields | WIN Awards 2025 | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
MFA Design for Social Innovation faculty, students, staff, and alum at Women In Innovation (WIN) Awards 2025.
Don Norman Design Award Winner 2025 - MFA DSI Alum | DSI / Social Design - School of Visual Arts
Don Norman Design Award Winner 2025 - MFA DSI Alum | DSI / Social Design - School of Visual Arts
Young Creatives Visual Arts Program pilot at DSI | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
Young Creatives Visual Arts Program pilot at DSI | MFA DSI Design for Social Innovation - School of Visual Arts NYC
#CapTheCrossBronx Project at The Center for Architecture
#CapTheCrossBronx Project at The Center for Architecture
MFA DSI Thesis Projects
MFA DSI Thesis Projects
The MFA DSI Class of 2025 finds a common thread in future-building. On Monday, May 12, 2025, they shared their creative, critical thinking, community-centered approaches, and innovative interventions. These projects responded to relevant social issues of today that impact tomorrow, including: language justice, circular economies, space trash crisis, conscious consumption, AI and emerging technologies, community building and advocacy, gender bias, animal rights, education, emotional health and wellbeing, and women’s financial freedoms.
About MFA DSI
About MFA DSI
The MFA Design for Social Innovation program explores design-based practices that facilitate the conditions and relationships resulting in lasting social change. As a graduate department in the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, we support enduring connections in art and design to increase creativity and imagination in all aspects of life.
DSI Curriculum
DSI Curriculum
DSI Designer in Residence
DSI Designer in Residence
MFA DSI’s Designer In Residence (DIR) role was first established in Spring 2020 to invite inspiring practitioners to join us in our space and use the opportunity for personal research and growth in the field of social innovation and social design while also supporting DSI’s goals of cultivating an experience that is both academic and practical.
Global Guest Lectures
Global Guest Lectures
DSI Blog
DSI Blog
DSI's Anti-Racism Resources for Designers
DSI's Anti-Racism Resources for Designers
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