GIRLZ by Design

This past weekend, we printed the second edition of “The Care and Well Being of You" a wellness brochure distributed to 500 D.C. students
during 's third annual Back to School
Bash!

During our summer workshop series at , we partnered with
Serve Your City, Ward 6's mutual aid to create a design
material that supports a community-identified need.
The project asked GBD students to apply methods of
design thinking through experiential learning. By
following the design thinking steps: empathize, define,
brainstorm, prototype and test, students grew their
understanding of the iterative design process and the
importance of human-centered design. Dylan, Hannah, Morris, Nya, Sam and Treasure digitally and hand drew all of the
illustrations and worked together to select the
typefaces, color scheme, and layout. We met with our
incredible client Miranda from SYC to understand her
vision and brainstorm design ideas. The text was written by past SYC intern Hanya Pillai. Thanks to Hanya, Miranda and the whole Serve Your City team for their partnership and dedicated work in the DC
community!
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This Summer! We’re hosting a design workshop series for teens at ☀️ from 2-6pm on 7/6-7/15. Stay tuned for registration details coming very soon!
Discover digital art fields and creative tech careers with ! Teens will hear from design professionals, experiment with digital softwares and lead a community arts project. 🫧 We hope to see you there!

Calling all high school students interested in digital design fields! On Thursday, 2/17 we're kicking off a 10-week digital arts and design program for D.C. high schoolers at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop! Register here: https://reg.chaw.org/class/1915 Scholarships are available.

Students will have the opportunity to build their skills and get creative by experimenting with design softwares, collaborating on design thinking activities, learning about digital career paths, and crafting a final project that supports a community-identified need. Check out these photos from some of the projects students created during our summer program!

To kick off the new year, on Thursday, 1/20 we're starting a 10-week digital arts and design after school program for D.C. high schoolers at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop! There's still time to register here: https://reg.chaw.org/class/1915. Feel free to DM us or reach out via email [email protected] with any questions.

Students will have the opportunity to build their skills and get creative by experimenting with design softwares, collaborating on design thinking activities, learning about digital career paths, and crafting a final project that supports a community-identified need. Check out these photos from some of the projects students created during our summer program!