INNERACT PROJECT INC
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Mission Statement
Inneract Project is a nonprofit program focused on providing underserved youth access to design and training through free design classes and initiatives. We work with youth as early as middle school in order to introduce them to the field of design and channel their creativity into viable career paths.
About This Cause
Inneract Project is a nonprofit program focused on providing underserved youth access to design and training through free design classes and initiatives. We work with youth as early as middle school in order to introduce them to the field of design and channel their creativity into viable career paths. Program Overview In summary, the scope of Inneract Project’s work is guided by three core goals: 1. Increase exposure to the field of design for underserved youth and their communities. 2. Increase interactions between designers (as mentors / teachers) and underserved youth. 3. Create early access to creative fields and provide opportunities for youth to become valued members of the design community. Our program includes 1) a Youth Design Academy, which is one 8-week class session per year that provides middle school students with hands-on design exercises, 2) Learning Labs, which are one-day interactive design education events (including studio tours and lectures) throughout the year that are open to students, parents and the community at large, 3) Designed., an ongoing video series documenting designers, celebrities and everyday people as they share stories about design, and 4) a Video Game Academy where students will learn how to use software to create their own game, play / test the game, and iterate. Why Design Education for Youth and Communities? Design is all around us – logos, architecture, furniture, packaging, websites, technology, fashion, and endless other places. It has always been, and will continue to be, a fundamental discipline and process. It is a way of thinking and an agent for solving today's most difficult problems–at Inneract Project, we believe it is also a skill that everyone, regardless of profession, can and should leverage. Design is not taught in traditional K-12 education. Some people come across design through college classes, but many aren’t exposed to it at all besides their unknowing interaction with it in everyday life. There often is confusion between the concepts of “design” and “art”. Inneract Project’s free workshops educate kids, their parents, and the community about design, the opportunity to pursue design as a worthwhile and valuable profession, and how to leverage design to solve real world problems. IP partners with design professionals to create a classroom experience with hands-on projects to teach what it means to design something – teachers work with students and students work together in our small classes of 8-16 kids. Parents are also encouraged to work with their children in our one-day workshops, called Learning Labs. This holistic approach creates a learning experience with relevant context for students. Parents, families and community figures continue this dialog with kids outside the classroom to make design more relatable.