Design Studio for Social Intervention

The studio designs social interventions with communities, artists, and social justice practitioners. Its work includes developing and testing ideas for new responses to social problems and ways to shape public life. Projects and practices include Public Kitchen, Dance Court, Design Gym, inPUBLIC, and Social Emergency Response Centers. The Prototype Lab provides a space to experiment with ways of being together in public, while the Design Gym supports collective work on community ideas and solutions. The studio also publishes writing on social justice, public space, culture, design, and civic imagination. Founded in 2006, it is an artistic research and development organization focused on civil society and everyday life. It is located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, Boston.