Panelists delved into four panel topics at our recent humanitarian design and community development conference in San Francisco, Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! Experts in the areas of "Key Practices for Success in Disaster Reconstruction", "Eco Development in Low-Income Communities", and "Investing in Place: From Micro-Finance to Community Reinvestment Funds" and "Neighborhood Security and Violence Prevention in the Built Environment" shared their knowledge, how they see the fields moving forward and the ensuing challenges.

To learn more about the topic areas and to view the full panel discussions, tune into the videos below, courtesy of our friends at AV Media.

If you weren't able to join us at this year's Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE!, check out this three-minute video, courtesy of our friends at AV Media. It provides some of the highlights from our annual humanitarian design conference, held at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco on Nov. 12-13. The event was a hive of ideas-sharing and lessons learned on how to improve the world through the power of design.

The Design Open Mic was once again a wonderful success at the recent conference, Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! Forty projects were presented in quick succession to keep attendees inspired all day about projects happening all around the world. People flew in from as far as Japan, Syria, Africa, and Latin America to spread the word about their current humanitarian design efforts.

Thank you to everyone who attended Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! 2012 to ensure it was our most successful humanitarian design forum yet. We could not have done it without our generous sponsors, volunteers and supporters. We are riding on a wave of inspiration from the range of ideas and solutions to pressing design problems that were presented over the past few days, from the opening and closing keynotes to the panel discussions to the Design Open Mic presentations.

We will be posting images, footage from the panels and a synopsis video, as well as the winning Design Open Mic presentations in coming days, so stay tuned! In the meantime, you can view footage from the streaming link that is currently available if you had to miss the fun.

Thanks again and looking forward to seeing you again next year!

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Where:
Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street #200, San Francisco, CA 94105

Monday, November 12, 2012

Final preparations are underway for Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! Our Design Fellows and Community Partners from around the world will soon by flying in to share their perspectives and our impressive lineup of speakers are gearing up to inspire and inform. What's more, our office is packed with delicious *goodies and drinks* to share at the opening and closing receptions (@afh_hq has been Instagramming the goodies).

Don't miss the opportunity to join hundreds of community-minded architects, designers and industry professionals improving the world and their own communities through the power of design. Register today to secure your spot.

Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! is coming to the West Coast for the first time on Nov. 12-13, 2012. Early bird registration ends Oct. 1st so sign up to reserve your spot.

Our annual humanitarian practitioners forum is hands-on and inspiring, highlighting the advances and lessons learned in the field of humanitarian design and community development. Join 300+ representatives from design, architecture, philanthropy, business, finance and more to participate in panel discussions, workshop sessions and a 'Design Open Mic' (you, too, can present your project). It's high energy and full of learning and sharing about how design can truly change the world and communities for the better. This year, we'll be offering 8 AIA extended learning units.

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We have a superstar line-up of panelists for our annual fall humanitarian design conference, Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! The speakers include the former mayor of San Francisco during the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow at the Skid Row Housing Trust, and the 2009 Curry Stone Design Prize winner featured in the New York Times, not to mention the moderators.

"Events like these are why I get out of bed in the morning.”
– Amy King, Director, USGBC Leadership Institute

The 3rd annual Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! is making its debut this year on the West Coast. We hope you can join us for innovative panel discussions, workshops and 'Design Open Mic' on November 12-13, 2012 in San Francisco. This year's event promises to provide the best programming yet and will qualify AIA members for eight learning unit hours.

Save the Date! The 3rd annual Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! will take place on November 12-13, 2012 in San Francisco right before USGBC's Greenbuild. Advance registration coming soon.

Join us for a practitioners' forum of innovative panel discussions and workshops. The two-day event brings together designers, architects, real estate professionals, manufacturers, academics, philanthropists, media and business leaders to address the collective challenges and lessons learned in humanitarian design. Panel topics address cutting-edge topics relevant to the field and one-on-one workshops allow participants to gain hands-on knowledge from community development experts.

Panelists delved into three panel topics at Architecture for Humanity's recent humanitarian design and community development conference in New York City, Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! Experts in the areas of "Disaster Response and Reconstruction", "Investing in Social and Sustainable Real Estate", and "Greening Our Schools" shared their knowledge, how they see the fields moving forward and the ensuing challenges.

To learn more about the three topic areas and to view the full panel discussions, tune into the videos below...

"Events like these are why I get out of bed in the morning.”
– Amy King, Director, USGBC Leadership Institute, U.S. Green Building Council

Architecture for Humanity's annual humanitarian design conference on Oct. 21-22 packed the house with designers, architects and community activists who shared their projects that are making waves in the design world and who learned from expert panelists on the cutting edge of community development.

Design Open Mic recently hit the road again as part of our traveling open mic series and as an integral programmatic element of Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! An overwhelming majority of those attending our annual humanitarian design conference ranked the Design Open Mic as one of their favorite aspects to the weekend forum.

The back-to-back seven minute presentation format, similar in style to Pecha Kucha - or 20 seconds per 20 slides - kept the audience engaged and the presenters on their toes. This year we had more than three dozen presentations throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2011. Those attending the conference could choose to listen to the panel discussions or watch the Design Open Mic. There wasn't a dull moment (check out the video if you don't believe us).

Thank you to everyone who came out to Steelcase and the Center for Architecture in New York City on Oct. 21-22, 2011 to attend Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! We counted 600 attendees, including dozens more streaming live on our website. The Design Open Mic stole the show with 40 back-to-back presentations, featuring the grand prize winner, "Project Ground Up: $300 House," and second place winner, "Urban Impulse: Monterrey, Mexico." (projects to be posted on our website soon)

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A special thank you to everyone who attended and sponsored Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! from October 15-16, 2010 at the Center for Architecture in New York City. The two-day forum on humanitarian design and community development was a huge success and we are so happy that hundreds of designers, architects, philanthropists, media and business representatives were able to participate.


Check out this 3-minute video, courtesy of Fountainhead Films and NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate. Photos courtesy of Yutaka Takiura, T-Design Architecture, P.C.

A special thank you to everyone who attended and sponsored Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! The two-day forum on humanitarian design and community development at the Center for Architecture in New York City was a huge success and we are so happy that hundreds of people were able to participate. We will post video footage and photos soon, so stay tuned.

The idea for hosting Design Like You Give a Damn: LIVE! came about as we were preparing the second edition of Design Like You Give a Damn, a book that highlights breakthrough design solutions with the power and potential to improve our lives and the world. We wanted to gather people together in person to learn and to share their passion for design that makes the world a better place. Period. No ego.