Design at UCSD
Design at UCSD is a student-led group of designers focused on UX design, research, and design thinking, but they’ve also got an appreciation for all design fields and related disciplines. “Our mission is to establish an open community of aspiring designers, to inspire creative confidence, and to ease students into industry. We try our best to carry out our mission statement by instilling three core values into what we do: Help students feel confident that they can get into industry, Get students involved with the design community, and Emphasis on human-centered design.”
Design for America UCSD
Design for America is a student organization comprised of interdisciplinary project teams working to create solutions to local social issues using human-centered design principles. Projects can culminate to a device or product, web-based application/website, art installation, service or program, educational module, or anything else. Through working on a project, a team member will get experience with designing for social good, involvement in the local community, interviewing local stakeholders, prototyping, testing, and pitching/presenting their work periodically to receive feedback.