Indigenous Public Interest Design Institute Forum
November 21, 2025, 11 AM - 12 PM EST
Continuing the Conversation – A Deep Dive into: What is Indigenous Public Interest Design and How can planning & design serve Indigenous People?
Scott Moore y Medina
Speaker: I-PIDI Forum, November 21, 2025
Scott Moore y Medina (Mestizo) is an award-winning designer, architect, grant-writer, community builder, and thought leader based out of Tulsa, OK. An entrepreneur of multiple decades, he collaborates to find place-based solutions to empower cultural communities, including Indigenous/Tribal nations, and others with unique stories to express who may be challenged by lack of advocacy, limited resources, disabilities, or injustice.
Bryan Bell
Speaker: I-PIDI Forum, November 21, 2025
Bryan Bell has been involved in Public Interest Design since his founding of Design Corps, a not for profit service organization in 1991. His work includes co-editing five publications, co-hosting twelve Structures for Inclusion conferences, and co-organizing thirty-three Public Interest Design Institutes on this subject.
Wanda Dalla Costa, FRAIC, AIA
Speaker: Culturally Responsive - Incubating Ideas to Reality
Wanda Dalla Costa, FRAIC, AIA (she/her) is an architect, member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation, and an advocate for Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Public Interest Design Institute Forum
November 21, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Continuing the Conversation – A Deep Dive into: What is Indigenous Public Interest Design and How can planning & design serve Indigenous People?
Design for the Common Good International Exhibition
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that Metropolitan State University of Denver has been selected for a $20,000 grant supporting Design for the Common Good programming.
Design for the Common Good: Upcoming Events
Five international design organizations have successfully been joining efforts to create a network of networks, called Design for the Common Good Network, which functions as an incubator for best ideas, projects, practices, and education in public interest design.
NEW BOOK RELEASE – All-Inclusive Engagement in Architecture: Towards the Future of Social Change
Should all-inclusive engagement be the major task of architecture? This new collection of essays and case studies presents the case that the answer is yes.
