Welcome to a new kind of museum.

Design is everywhere.

So are we.

CoDesign Collaborative is a nonprofit, national museum focused on the impact design makes in our lives and in our world. We’re redefining what it means to be a museum in the 21st century — we are online, nomadic, and accessible to all. Instead of a single museum location we pop-up everywhere, we’re a museum that comes to you.

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Mission

Bring the transformative power of design everywhere.

We inspire people by showing what’s possible through public exhibitions, events, and content.

We educate people to become creative problem solvers using the design process.

We transform, using design to take action and make change, demonstrating its impact.

Vision

Accessibility

Design is for everyone. Design is everywhere, so we are too. We’re online and we pop-up in places all over the city to engage as many people as possible. And we’re committed to improving the diversity of the design field.

Improvement

Design solves problems. We are entrepreneurial and flexible, we are not constrained by existing approaches, we start with real-world problems and we’re committed to using design for the greater good.

Community

Design is collaborative. We are a participatory museum, meaning there are many ways for individuals to not only enjoy our programming and content, but to be part of it as well. We’re collaborative and community-focused.

We believe design can change the world.

Done well, it can elevate our quality of life, make businesses more competitive, and protect our environment.

Everything is designed.

Design is a creative problem solving process — and problems come in all shapes and sizes. Creating a new product is a type of problem, so is figuring out how a business enters a new market, or providing access to clean drinking water. Here’s how we categorize the design fields:

Arts & Apparel

Spatial

Community

Systems & Strategy

Graphics

Objects

Media & Technology

IMPACT AREAS

To focus our work on the most impactful design, the kind of design that changes people’s lives, we inspire, educate, and transform across 12 Design Impact Areas:

Education

Community

Environment

Workplace