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Design for Good
A global alliance to create lasting impact through design.
About Design for Good
Established in 2022, Design for Good mobilises a global alliance to design lasting, measurable impact for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on a scale only achievable through worldwide collaboration. As a charity, it activates and upskills creatives to design open-source products and services with affected communities, advancing social and environmental good through design. To date, Design for Good has convened more than 1,300 designers across 30 countries to collaborate with development organisations and partners around the world. So far, our collaborative impact includes facilitating access to home toilets to 1,800 households, educating 5,800 on menstrual and hygiene health, and influencing 180,000 through changed water consumption behaviour. Design for Good past and present Alliance members comprise some of the world’s largest organisations, including Airbus Commercial, bp, DBS, d-school Afrika, General Mills, LIXIL, Lloyds Banking Group, Logitech, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft led by Xbox, Nedbank, Nestlé, OpenStudio, PepsiCo, Philips, and the Royal College of Art.
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Signals from Design for Good
7 published signals
Research & Knowledge
Design for Good closed out its programme cycle focused on UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education, bringing designers together on projects that make learning playful, practical and easy to adapt across different environments.
Reported by Design for Good
Products & Services
Design for Good developed Rafiki Walimu, an app-based platform developed with Children in Crossfire and Focentra, giving teachers in Tanzania customisable lesson plans for play-based learning.
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Products & Services
Design for Good created Turtle Trek to the Sea, an eco-friendly board game created with Entreamigos, helping young learners build maths and literacy skills while connecting with marine conservation in Mexico.
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Research & Knowledge
Design for Good published the full report Design Economy 2026 two hours ago.
Reported by Ben Sheppard
People
Design for Good is opening limited spaces for individuals to join the Alliance as individual contributors.
Reported by Design for Good
People
Design for Good is offering a one-off, pay-what-you-can fee for individual contributors in the October 2026-May 2028 cycle.
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People
Design for Good is offering a limited number of public spaces at a discount for the 2026-2027 cohort focused on designing for people and planet health (UN SDGs 3 and 13).
Reported by Design for Good