Design for Good brings together designers around the world with a shared goal of improving lives through human-centered design. They develop products & services with impacted communities, that are donated fully open-source.
We are a non-profit alliance of leading global organizations that will directly harness the creative talent of thousands of designers to design and deliver positive impact against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, on a scale only possible through global collaboration.
We are a non-profit alliance of leading global organizations that will directly harness the creative talent of thousands of designers to design and deliver positive impact against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, on a scale only possible through global collaboration.
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About DESIGN FOR GOOD
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10+
10,000
10+M
UN Sustainability goal each yearGlobal organisations in 2022Designers by 2024Lives improved1
UN Sustainability goal each year
10+
Global organisations in 2022
10,000
Designers by 2024
10+M
Lives improved
An alliance of leading global organisations
Established in 2022, Design for Good’s founding alliance comprises many of the world’s largest organisations including General Mills, Lixil, Logitech, Nedbank, Nestlé, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, Pepsico, Philips and Royal College of Art.
+ many more to come
The DfG
Approach* ↓
July - August
Commit & Connect
Designers sign up and are paired in teams from different alliance organizations. They will use the time to connect, kick-off and set out their design approaches. We connect with relevant partners and collaborators who can share challenges, insights, experiences and knowledge relevant to the SDG in focus
Sept - October
Discover & Define
Designers receive briefing materials, data and existing research, together with opportunities to hear from and ask questions of world-leading experts from local and global organizations. Our partners and collaborators are critical conduits to understanding the needs of impacted communities. They ensure designers work on challenges that really matter and on those that can best benefit from their support
Nov - March
Design & Prototype
Teams ideate, prototype and test their solutions, products and services with impacted communities and local stakeholders. The evolution of each team’s design will be shared and made accessible on our platform, allowing for additional inputs from the global community.
April - June
Package & Submit
Teams work to iterate on their prototypes, including considerations for implementation, financing and integration into local ecosystems. Teams will need to consider how local capacity can be built to ensure sustainable impact. Teams wrap up, finalize and submit their prototypes to be assessed by a panel of experts. Those with the highest potential for impact will receive support to secure funding and acceleration.
*Exact timing may vary
Targeting one
↙goal each year
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015; summarising humanity & the planet's greatest challenges. The goals include:
2 billion people
26%
LACK SAFELY MANAGED DRINKING WATER
3.6 billion people
46%
LACK SAFELY MANAGED SANITATION
2 billion people
29%
LACK BASIC HYGENE
In 2022, Design for Good focuses on Goal 6: clean water & sanitation. We have selected SDG 6 based on three criteria. Firstly urgency: it was one of the most highly prioritised goals during COP26. Secondly globality: it has immediate needs in most of the 200 nations. Thirdly diversity: the needs range from physical products to digital apps to service designs, which allow for participation by a broad range of participants.
*source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2021/
Our registration for designers is closed this year.
Please reach out to our team if you and your organization would like to be part of next year's collaboration.