This is the redesign of the world. I would even argue it’s the redesign of humanity.
Maurice Woods knows design can change lives and communities.
The Executive Director/Founder of the Inneract Project, an organization dedicated to providing free design education to inner-city youth, and to helping aspiring designers pursue careers through higher education, Maurice created the design education framework which serves as the program’s core curriculum and provides leadership for volunteer staff, helps set organization and education policy and develops IP’s strategic vision.
A graduate of the University of Washington (BFA and MFA in Visual Communication Design), Maurice played basketball as an undergraduate and professionally worldwide for seven years before returning to UW to earn his master’s degree. Since graduating, he has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at multiple colleges, lectured nationally and internationally and contributed to various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal.
Currently a Senior Designer at Yahoo!, Maurice previously worked as a designer at Pentagram Design, where he created extensive identity, retail, exhibit and interactive programs for clients such as Nike, Greyhound, Symantec, Priceline.com, and Google. He has won multiple design awards, been featured in numerous publications and is a Jefferson Award winner. He has served as Co-Chair of Education for the AIGA San Francisco and nationally as a Board of Advisor for the Diversity Archive Collection Exhibition, and currently sits on the board for Design Ignites Change.
suicide, cyberbullying, Rethink, social media
people, behavioral science, social psychology, personal relationships, organizational design, public policy
producer, director, actor, experience, transformation, Collaboraction, innovative, theater, Experience Design, Sketchbook Festival, human condition, live, hope, peace, violence, Chicago, crime, 2013, Cusp 2013
2011, Cusp 2011, engineering, corporate, international, technology, micro enterprises, sustainable, rural, develop, cost-effective, energy, Haiti, Jatropha Pepinye, non-profit, nursery, cultivation, Jatropha Curcas, plant, oil, biodiesel, economic development, poverty reduction, farmers, agronomists.
2011, Cusp 2011, short films, advertising, film, Lemonade, personal, professional, reinvention, careers, author, re-employment, writer, Please Feed The Animals, Detroit, Lemonade Detroit
2011, Cusp 2011, inventor, prosthesis, athletic, prosthetic, design, energy return, durability, strength, carbon graphite, engineer, Flex-Foot Inc, legs, skiing, swimming, mountain climbing, amputees, Paralympics, Second Wind, artificial leg,
designer, products, 2011, Cusp 2011, color, material, pattern, social, political, economic,
Catapult Design, product strategy, technology, rural electrification, water purification, transport, food security, improved health, product design, social impact, design, Engineers Without Borders (EWB),
comedian, political, ancestry, question, authority, philosophy, The Onion, digital platforms, social, Emerging Black Leaders, media, democracy, race, politics, standup comedy, 2011, Cusp 2011
customer service, United Airlines, musician, United Breaks Guitars, viral, social media, branding, self-empowerment, Gripevine.com, 2013, Cusp 2013
Design, Noun Project, icons, illustration, Obama, democracy, 2013, Cusp 2013
mayor, Braddock, Pennsylvania, urban development, urban farming, harm reduction, community, 2010, Cusp 2010
life, redesign, change, catholic, priest, chicago, community, 2008, Cusp 2008,
professor, Design for America, product development, Center for Civic Engagement, Northwestern University, engineer, sanitization, Mert, 2010, Cusp 2010
design, politics, motion, professor, climate change, activism, corporations, protest, 2010, Cusp 2010
inventor, sustainable design, refrigerator, dirty water, Africa, design, economics, 2011, Cusp 2011
homeless, empowering, women, fashion, design, research, Detroit, economics, social responsibility, job creation, 2012, Cusp 2012
TerraCycle, recycling, upcycling, enterprise, garbage, organic, waste, eco-capitalism, nature, 2012, Cusp 2012
Cusp 2009, social, fundraising, Crisis Overnight, strategy, social media, connection, 2009, Cusp 2009, crowdfunding