Name: Teaching design for change
Uploaded: 2010-11-08T15:18:00Z
Duration: 16 min 26 s
Description: Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.

Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.

Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change

Teaching design for change

Bertie County's design experiment by Emily Pilloton-Lam transforms education, merging design with public service for rural development.

With only 6.8% of US philanthropy reaching rural areas, Bertie County's plight underlines the urgent need for localized, impactful change.

Studio H empowers students through design and construction, tackling community needs directly and fostering a new educational paradigm.