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= Purpose =
Design for America's focus is to create student led design studios that find meaningful ways to create impact in their local communities. DFA has spread to 17 universities throughout the United States and continues to grow with 70 applications this past year. Looking at an individual studio level, students lead an organization on their campus called a studio. Studios are not necessarily physical space but more like a group that comes together to think, design, and innovate. Studios at different universities vary from an actual physical space on campus to class rooms classrooms where students can meet. The main idea is that students find projects and create an impact. DFA provides these entities the resources and training needed to be successful as a nascent organization.
From teaching design innovation, DFA hopes to give young adults the experience needed to be team players, purposeful learners, and leaders in every sense of the word. One important aspect is that Design for America has attempted to keep its student led grass roots atmosphere by using the same formula from Northwestern's studio to build new studios on campuses throughout the United States.