www.core77designawards.com/awards/design-for-social-impactSpark Project Award Winner
Besides the DMBA team who an award in Core77's Strategy/Research category, another team placed as a finalist in the Design for Social Change category. Developed in our Sustainability Studio, SPARK is a way to connect people in defined geographic areas and create sustainable community by engaging human potential. People have lots of skills to share and need help learning new ones. Using this information to bring people together, it doesn't go wasted and, in addition, helps people better know their neighbors.
The SPARK system starts with neighborhood leaders or visionaries who introduce their community because communities work best when they are self-governing. SPARK matches skills and needs and rewards connections and sharing.
The student team consists of: Amy Gustincic, Shira Kates, Paula Kuhn, Alex Scott, and Arash Shirinbab.