Welcome to the Design for Democracy visual story blog!

The purpose of this research is understand your needs, desires, expectations, and challenges in relation to your gut reactions to the civic engagement, civic organizations, and Design for Democracy as a civic organization.

The purpose of using the blog to collect your detailed descriptions of your experience is that it allows you to post messages, links, and images easily and on your own time. You can even post from email, thus your cell phone. It allows the students to monitor your reactions in real time, so they can follow up with additional questions.

We will use this research to develop the corporate identity (logo, typeface, imagery, look and feel, voice) of Design for Democracy as it relates to the overall brand experience. By brand, we mean your gut reaction to the services that Design for Democracy provides.

So answer the questions to the fullest extent possible. Feel free to add links and images. Your participation is highly valued and greatly appreciated.

The Questions

Links to participant blogs:

Cheyenne, Christopher, George, Gretchen, John,

Josie, Kathy, Parrish, Raoul, Veronica

A dedicated team of students has been assigned to each participant:

Veronica and Kathy: Simisola Makinda, Andrea Tumino, Radoslaw Uchacz, Jane Wycofff

Parrish and Cheyenne: Dave Pabellon, Candice de Peralta, Annie Capulon, Andrea Thomas

John and Christopher: Alfredo Ruiz, Kathie Tingson, Daniel Walters, Justyna Zydel

Gretchen and Josie: Dessi Bogdanov, Adam Gira, Minh Phu, Yanyan Zhang

Raoul and Slavik: Aubrey Mapes, Antonia Broccolo, Megan Emish, Renee Pierog