Storytelling workshop for movement builders concerned about inclusive design in Detroit.

1. Design Core Detroit
City of Design Partners
December 7, 2018
WHAT IS THE STORY
OF INCLUSIVE
DESIGN IN DETROIT?

2. DESIGN IS THE
PLATFORM FROM WHICH
INCLUSIVITY STEMS

3. THERE ARE MULTIPLE
NARRATIVES

4. DESIGN IS A TOOL
FOR THE CHALLENGES
CITIES FACE

5. HUMANS
DRIVE SOLUTIONS

6. OUR LOCAL DESIGN
ECONOMY IS POWERED BY
MICRO BUSINESSES

7. OUR LOCAL DESIGN
ECONOMY IS POWERED BY
MICRO BUSINESSES

8. The Commons, Facebook

9. THAT’S WHY
WE’RE HERE

11. • Introducing youth to design
career paths
• Professional development for
college students and professionals
• Providing more space for design
businesses and entrepreneurs
(i.e. below market-rate rent programs,
co-working spaces)
• Improving innovative design products
and programs via prototyping and
production facilities
• Hiring design professionals
• Introducing design to neighborhoods
and communities
• Increasing access to financing and
other supports for small businesses
and entrepreneurs
WHAT STORIES SIT AT THE <3 OF THESE STRATEGIES?

13. WHAT STORIES
COULD WE TELL?

15. 1. Sensory and experiential
2. Heart-driven
3. Journey and a destination
4. Personal and authentic
5. Connective
6. Generous
7. Indelible
8. Magical
STORYTELLING ELEMENTS

17. STORIES ENGAGE
ALL THE SENSES.

20. STORIES PUT THE
AUDIENCE IN THE CENTER,
STARTING IN THE HEART.

23. STORIES CAPTURE
A JOURNEY.

25. STORIES KEEP IT PERSONAL
AND AUTHENTIC.

28. STORIES ANSWER…
WHAT IF?

30. STORIES CREATE
CONNECTION.

32. STORIES ARE GENEROUS
AND INSPIRE GENEROSITY
IN OTHERS.

34. STORIES CAN’T
BE UNTOLD.

36. STORIES
CREATE MAGIC.

37. “There was another speaker,
Pete Marra form the
National Zoo, who
specialized in savings birds.
I have not studied birds in my
life. I don’t go birdwatching.
I listened to him speak and
was so enthralled by
everything that he had to
say. He really opened my
eyes. [He brought me] to
these ‘wow’ moments that
the Smithsonian and its
scholars are responsible for.”

38. Greg Adams, a processing archivist, performs banjo folk music.

39. PAIR UP!
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
STORY FROM THIS YEAR?

40. LOOKING AHEAD:
DETROIT,
CITY OF INCLUSIVE DESIGN