Global charity Design for Good harnesses AI to supercharge progress toward UN Sustainable Development Goals through latest partnership
San Francisco-based startup OpenStudio will join existing members, including Nestlé, Nedbank and General Mills, as a Design for Good Alliance member and donate use of their AI platform, time and expertise to accelerate impact projects
OpenStudio tech further strengthens Design for Good’s AI-powered ecosystem of partners to assist designers in driving progress for the UN Sustainable Development Goals
London (10 December 2025) – Design for Good, the charity mobilising a global alliance to design lasting, measurable impact for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), announces a new partnership that will expand the possibilities and accelerate the progress of its global impact through cutting-edge AI technology.
AI design platform OpenStudio has joined the Design for Good Alliance and will provide knowledge and expertise on projects as well as their tech for live projects that include helping young people identify misinformation online and building digital products that share learning materials. The technology will allow designers more time to focus on research, evaluation and testing, allowing for greater, faster impact on the UN SDGs.
Since 2022, Design for Good has mobilised more than 2,000 designers across 30 countries to collaborate with NGOs, charities and businesses worldwide. Its products and services created have touched lives globally, including 12,200 people in India reached about wetland conservation, 10,000 girls in Tanzania educated on menstrual and hygiene health, and 2,260 schoolchildren in the Dominican Republic who have learned healthy handwashing behaviours. Design teams are currently implementing projects related to SDG 4: Quality Education and will turn their focus in 2026 to addressing SDG 3: Good health and well-being and SDG 13: Climate Action.
“OpenStudio's entry into the alliance further reinforces our AI-powered ecosystem that enables designers to collaborate more effectively and deliver meaningful impact,” said Cecilia Brenner, Managing Director of Design for Good. “Design for Good designers will be able to spend more time on what truly matters – testing, iterating and creating faster – harnessing AI responsibly and ethically as a powerful force for good in addressing the UN SDGs."
Welcoming AI for good
OpenStudio, which was co-created with designers, is a platform that expands what designers can achieve. By unifying sketching, exploration, iteration, 3D development, rendering and technical production all into one collaborative environment, OpenStudio enables designers to explore more ideas, derisk decisions earlier and deliver work at the highest level of execution – often compressing days of effort into minutes. Design for Good teams will now have full access to these capabilities along with other AI-powered and collaborative tools, allowing them to push innovative projects further and increase impact in the communities and ecosystems that need it the most.
“We’re partnering with Design for Good because we believe designers play a defining role in shaping the world we live in, and they deserve tools that meet the weight and promise of that responsibility,” said Kor Kajanaku, Co-founder and CEO of OpenStudio. “When designers can explore without constraint, test ideas with clarity and execute at the highest level, they don’t simply refine solutions, they redefine what a better future can look like. This partnership places that creative power in the hands of those working on some of our most consequential challenges, and we are deeply honoured to support their efforts.”
Brenner said, “OpenStudio has already demonstrated its ability to work collaboratively by building an AI solution with designers instead of for them. That spirit of co-creation is the movement Design for Good is building, which can have profound life-changing effects as we take on some of the world’s biggest challenges.”
