College of the Arts
Design for Development (D4D)
Led by Maria Rogal · Art and Art History
What we study
Professor Rogal founded Design for Development, which co-designs products and strategies with Indigenous entrepreneurs in rural Mexico and with grassroots groups in Florida. She also co-founded Codesigning Equitable Futures and studies co-design, Indigenous and horizontal design methods, and grassroots development.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Building & testing
- Human participants
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 3
Current projects
Design for Development (D4D)
Design students co-design with Indigenous entrepreneurs, farmers and artisans in Mexico.
Codesigning Equitable Futures
Co-designs products and strategies with communities as part of Design for Development, aiming at fair, collaborative outcomes.
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Recent papers, explained
- Unlearning to Relearn: Cultivating Horizontal Design Practice for Equitable Futures
2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Presents a horizontal design method drawn from twenty years of fieldwork with Indigenous cooperatives, community leaders and students.
- Co-Designing for Development
2024 · Routledge eBooks
Describes the Design for Development practice, which connects design students with Indigenous entrepreneurs and groups in Mexico.
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- Contextualizing Your Design Practice
2024 · Routledge eBooks
Offers two exercises that help design students understand the context they design in.
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How to reach out
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