Natacha Poggio (Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design, Hartford Art School) gave a talk at the first TEDx organized in Hartford, Connecticut: TEDx Bushnell Park, on June 22, 2013. #TEDxBushnellPark celebrated the work being done in greater Hartford to improve communities and civic spaces in both large and small ways. Natacha Poggio's presentation “Helping Communities Thrive” described the collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of the projects she has developed along with her Design Global Change students —such as a nonviolence mural on Albany Ave in downtown Hartford, and also expanded on the projects developed in India with Engineers Without Borders students from the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture (CETA) at the University of Hartford.

1. Natacha Poggio | DesignGlobalChange | university of Hartford | TEDx Bushnell Park | 6.22.2013
TEDx Bushnell Park:
Improving the Community
06.22.2013
Natacha Poggio
Hartford Art School
university of hartford
Helping communities
thrive

2. Natacha Poggio | DesignGlobalChange | university of Hartford | TEDx Bushnell Park | 6.22.2013
social innovation design •
healthcare design
multidisciplinarity
information design
social entrepreneurship •
universal design
international development •
sustainability
participatory •
collaboration •
empowerment
humanitarian design •
visual communication
design thinking •
education •
responsibility
engagement •
environment •
exhibition design
user experience •
justice •
gender equality
interaction design •
accessibility •
potential
emerging technologies •
usability •
wellness
research interests

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a student-centered program at
the Hartford Art School dedicated
to improving students ability to
make a difference in their world
by building their capacity as young
global citizens to collaborate with
other disciplines and partner with
new communities to produce
responsible, sustainable design
solutions to global problems.

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traditional design learning
applies theory to a hypothetical project
design global change learning
uses real-world design applications
through service-learning projects
less designing things
more designing change

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INDIA
kenya
CT
projects
Global Experience

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not alone

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Katherine Owens
College of Arts and Sciences
David Pines
College of Engineering,
Technology, and Architecture
Bernard den Ouden
College of Arts and Sciences
Natacha Poggio
Hartford Art Schooluniversity of Hartford
Engineers
Without Borders
Marcia Hughes
Center for
Social Research
Design Global Change

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do this?why do we

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access to
clean water
developing
infrastructure
food
security
wellness
education
technology
solutions
interdisciplinary
collaboration
sustainability
partnerships
because we care
about entrepreneurship

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clean water
• Water is the world’s 2nd
biggest killer of children
access to water
for life is a basic
human need and
fundamental right

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Abheypur
INDIA
New Delhi
abheypur
gurgaon
on the ground

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Abheypur INDIA

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engineers without borders @ UHa
from global to local solutions INDIA

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Over 50% of all water
projects fail, less
than 5% of projects
are visited, and far less
than 1% have any long
term monitoring
from global to local solutions INDIA
clean water infrastructure

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water4india case study

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drawED cultural /
religious symbols

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RESPECTBE CLEAN
PrototypeD ideas
SHARE

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respect
RESPECT WE ARE SHARING WASH UP
RespectSanitation Sharing
BE A
OUR EARTH! CLEAN!
poster_2_final.pdf 5/2/08 8:25:58 PM poster_1_final.pdf 5/2/08 8:25:28 PM
Respect OTHERS!
poster_3_final.pdf 5/2/08 8:26:33 PM

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original student campaign
spring 2008
In summer 2008, Engineers Without Borders students took
campaign prototypes to India to obtain feedback.

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redesigned campaign 2009 AIGA (Re)design Awards: Water for India Campaign,
3rd place winner in the Student Social Responsibility category.

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Sanitation booklet

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bringing girls into focus

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CARING FOR FIRE
आग के लिए देखभाल
CARING FOR WATERTENDING THE FIELDS

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FARMER
किसान
DOCTOR
डॉक्टर
SHOP OWNER
DRIVER
ड्राईवर
COMPUTER ENGINEER PREPARING FOOD

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DOCTOR
डॉक्टर
SCIENTIST
वैज्ञानिक
WRITER AND POET
लेखिका और कवित्री
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASTRONAUT
अंतरिक्ष यात्री
PRIME MINISTER
प्रधानमंत्री

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Gender equality campaign:
Bringing girls into focus
fall 2009-10
One of 27 winners of 2010
SAPPI IDEAS THAT MATTER
grants for social design
SCHOOL TEACHER
COMPUTER ENGINEER

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nonviolence mural
687 Albany Ave, hartford

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research

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needs finding

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prototyping

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prototyping

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Collaboration

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Collaboration

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Collaboration

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implementation

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53. applied learning

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We cannot always build
the future for our youth,
but we can build our
youth for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

56. Natacha Poggio | DesignGlobalChange | university of Hartford | TEDx Bushnell Park | 6.22.2013
Thank you.
Natacha Poggio
natacha@designglobalchange.org
DESIGNGLOBALCHANGE.ORG
Thank you!
TWITTER: designthechange
DesignGlobalChange.org