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15 Jul 2010
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Vera Sacchetti @user21 ?
MemberVera Sacchetti is a designer and writer based in New York City. She was born and raised in Portugal, where she graduated in communication design and worked at the award-winning studio P-06 atelier. Sacchetti is a Fulbright scholar currently pursuing a master’s degree in design criticism at the School of Visual Arts, where her primary research focus is social design and the discourse surrounding that field.
Contact Information:
verasacchetti [at] gmail.com
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Vera Sacchetti wrote a new blog post: Virtue Rewarded: Design and Social Innovation Prizes 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Every year, vast sums rain down benevolently on people working in design and social innovation. Here we describe nine awards programs that regularly bestow cash prizes of $100,000 or more. INDEX AWARDS Why and How Much? Based in Copenhagen, INDEX is a nonprofit founded in 2002 with a focus on humanism, social understanding and democratic thinking — qualities [...] -
Vera Sacchetti wrote a new blog post: “But Teacher! That’s Not Design!” 2 months ago · View
Interview with Portuguese communication designer Barbara Alves about teaching in Mozambique.
Alves encouraged her design students in Maputo to have fun with typography. Photos: Barbara AlvesPortuguese communication designer Barbara Alves arrived in Mozambique in 2009 to work with the Theater of the Oppressed Maputo, a branch of a community activist group she had been involved with in Lisbon. There [...]
