The Austin Center for Design (AC4D) is an educational institution founded in 2010 in Austin, Texas by Jon Kolko. It teaches interaction design and social entrepreneurship through a one-year certificate program and 10-day courses. AC4D's philosophy emphasizes rapid prototyping, abductive reasoning, empathy, and applying design thinking to social problems.
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Austin Center for Design Teaches Social Impact Design
1. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
AC4D
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Austin Center for Design is an
educational institution in Austin, Texas,
teaching Interaction Design and Social
Entrepreneurship.
2. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Founded in 2010 by
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
Jon Kolko, former
AC4D
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Philosophy
Offerings
Projects
Students
creative director at
frog design
3. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Rapid Prototyping
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
Constant creation of new and
AC4D
History
Philosophy
Offerings
Projects easily implemented solutions
Students
that are appropriate to problem
but leave room for reworking and
revision or possibly rejection.
4. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Abductive Reasoning
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
Additive process of intuitive yet
AC4D
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Philosophy
Offerings
Projects rational decision making based
Students
on sound but possibly incomplete
information in the service of
beginning productive creative
processes at an early stage.
5. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Empathy
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
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Value measued by experiential
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Projects qualities that make a design
Students
solution relatable on an earnest
and emotional level.
6. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Relevance of Impact
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
An attempt to apply design
AC4D
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Philosophy
Offerings
Projects thinking to “wicked” problems
Students
facing the public sector, rather
than the service model design
traditionally plays for established
profit-driven companies.
7. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
1 year course
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
Certificate in Interaction Design
AC4D
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Philosophy
Offerings
Projects and Social Entrepreneurship
Students
10 day courses
Disruptive Innovation
Innovation and Public Policy
Interaction Design
8. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
AC4D
History
Philosophy
Offerings
Projects
Students
9. Greg Riestenberg | DES 658 | Prof. Gala Narezo |
Social Design Academic Program | 04 Feb 2013
Austin Center for Design
AC4D
History
Philosophy
Offerings
Projects
Students