Youth Design

06/27/2022

Carolyn Lord (American painter) b. 1956
Vernal Equinox Navels
watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in.
Via Lee Magnuson

10/25/2020

So excited to reconnect with Alex Barbosa (YD Alum 2008) and looking forward to bringing the Youth Design community back together! Stand by!

04/03/2018

To our extended Youth Design family

With tremendous gratitude, a heavy heart, and sincere pride, I want to share with you that we made the bittersweet decision to sunset the Youth Design organization at the end of 2017.

This has been quite a journey.

Just over 15 years ago, I founded Youth Design with a mission to provide urban creative youth in Boston with awareness, exposure and training opportunities in design, enabling them to envision and pursue a career pathway that would feed their passion for creativity. Together, we have witnessed the magic that happens when young people who have benefited from our "platform for change" and world-class programming, discover the possibilities and realize their limitless potential to pursue a professional creative life in the field of design and beyond!

I will always be tremendously grateful to each of you and for each educator, mentor, donor, and design professional who has helped us champion and impact young urban talent.

I cannot thank you and the enough for your support to Youth Design and all that it stands for. We have made a difference together and I hope that the Youth Design mission and legacy will continue to thrive in your heart and under your leadership . . . as there is still much work to be done.

With love, Denise Korn / Founder

03/21/2018

"The most gratifying part of our work is injecting these places with beauty and a unique point of view … with experiences that make people feel great” - Denise Korn. Check out this recent interview ⏩ Link in bio

02/25/2018

In sync with our friends The BASE

02/25/2018

Shout out to Youth Designer Jeneba Mansoray in Boston Globe article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2018/02/15/young-workers-love-cities-what-suburban-company/mUFWvXVcaumn5BBn5eZjtO/amp.html Her voice is clear and strong! You go girl!

For some companies west of Boston, the future lies in enticing this new generation.

01/28/2018

http://gregcookland.com/wonderland/2018/01/26/narya-marcille-womens-march/

ArtJanuary 26, 2018 Greg Cook 0“The Women’s March was coming,” Narya Marcille recalls, “and I was furious about the outcome of the election and I had nowhere to put that energy. I so wanted to march.” She wanted to go to Washington, D.C., for the first national march, a year ago, but she f...

01/01/2018

All the best in the new year to our extended community. May you keep creating, looking, experiencing, learning and inventing in the year ahead!

12/28/2017

TBT summer 2011 graduation celebration ❤️ shout out to all our amazing alumni!

12/28/2017

Hey Youth Designers!!! Check out these recommended “design reads” during some quiet time on your holiday break!

Design Observer reader’s favorite posts of 2017.

12/19/2017

It's time to use our power as communicators, as creative thinkers, as citizens to realize real change . . . come on now Boston!

RESIDENTS RELEASE STATEMENT ON THE GLOBE’S SPOTLIGHT REPORT ON RACE IN BOSTON AT MAYOR’S RACE DIALOGUES TODAY DECEMBER 16, 2017 -- A group of community activ...

11/22/2017

Thankful to you all and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ➡️
@ Boston, Massachusetts