RASHIDOWOYELE

Social Innovation & Service Design

Philosophy

Asking how to understand where we are and where we should go:
My practice is situated around a questioning of what exists and how to evaluate that through social practice and envisioning collaborative ways to engage communities and groups in processes of innovation. Facilitating workshops, presenting ideas through new perspectives, and performing in the public realm are my methods of departing the principles of design into the social consciousness. Moving from a desire to democratize design towards a process of designing democracy. We have the tools to re-design the world that we live in and that we shape for the future. The common good is inherently social — this is your call to action!

UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEMS ACTORS + BEHAVIORS + TOUCHPOINTS + INTERACTIONS

Projects

  • STUDIO CINCINNATI

    Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: Designed and facilitated one of the first social innovation platforms developed in the United Way national non-profit system. Website Video

    GLOBAL CITIZEN LEADERS

    Mumbai + Lonavala, Maharashtra, India: Co-facilitated an innovation program with 472 MBA students working on more than 50 projects using Design Thinking. Project PDF

    YOUTH BIKE SUMMIT

    New York City, New York, USA: Sat on the development committee and facilitated portions of the conference’s events. Website

  • MAKE YOUR MARK w/DESIS LAB + PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS

    New York City, New York, USA: Designed and facilitated a program centered around urbanism with youth in 3 specific areas of New York City. Video Website

    QUEER URBAN GEOGRAPHIES

    Paris + Argenteuil, France: Facilitated community engagement workshops and developed a performance to explore queer experiences of urbanism. Website Video

    LIVING ARTS CITY

    New York City, New York, USA: Designed and facilitated the opening and closing workshops with colleagues from Transdisciplinary Design. Website

  • RECYCLING CITY // CITA: PERFECT GHETTO

    Venice + Mestre/Marghera, Venizia, Italy: Developed an anthropological investigation around the cultural implications of the redesign of a transit hub. Publication

    DEED COLUMBIA

    Manizales + Rio Sucio + Anserma + Aguadas, Caldas, Colombia: Facilitated visioning and innovation workshop sessions with artisans in partnership with Universidad Autónoma de Manizales Website

    WORLD BANK + HUMANITARIAN DESIGN LAB

    New York City, New York, USA: Developed a deeper understanding of the value of micro-insurance to climate-vulnerable populations. Video

Media

Press + CONTACT