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The Boston College ‘Design Commons Collective’ Story
Sunand Bhattacharya1, Tam Nguyen1, Itika Gupta2
1Boston College; 2Studio Carbon
In 2012, Boston College (BC) in an unprecedented move for a higher education institution, decided to bring in a design firm, to assist in rethinking its Core Curriculum using design thinking. The success of this initiative led to BC’s revamped ‘Core Renewal’. Which then triggered a newfound affinity toward design-driven thinking processes on an institutional level which led to the design and implementation of BC’s very first Human-Centered Engineering program as well as the construction of an innovation building in 2021. To further the design agenda, BC’s ‘Design Commons Collective’, a well-curated strategic initiative, was introduced to offer both undergraduate and graduate level academic credit-bearing design courses, as well as, beyond-the-classroom experiences. Case studies will be shared, from some of the 6 external collaborators (Epam Continuum, Center for Disease Control (CDC), The Joslin Diabetes Center, Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. (QARI), Moore Foundation, Studio Carbon), to further demonstrate the impact of this Design-driven initiative.
