Faculty

Profile

Andrew Shea is an Associate Professor of Integrated Design at Parsons School of Design, where his research has focused on the role that designers play in social innovation projects, place-based design’s role to produce behavior change, and the ethics of artificial intelligence. He is the founding creative director of MANY (manydesign.org), a communication and service design studio that designs physical spaces, collaborative experiences, and platforms to support creative communities and elevate civic, educational, and environmental initiatives. Andrew has written extensively about the evolving field of design for social innovation and his most recent, co-authored book is Design for Social Innovation: Case Studies from Around the World (2021), which marks the first attempt to define the global contours of the cultural, economic, and organizational levers propelling design for social innovation forward today. His other publications include LEAP Dialogues: Career Pathways in Design for Social Innovation (2016), and he authored Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design (2012). His design and writing has been featured by publications like Fast Company, Slate, Design Observer, 99 Percent Invisible, Core77, Slate, Print, Entrepreneur Magazine, How, Communication Arts, and Impact Design Hub. Andrew regularly speaks about design at schools, conferences, and at public events like TEDx Transmedia in Rome. He has served as an advisor for various organizations and initiatives like Impact Design Hub and Human Impacts Institute, and on juries for Sappi Ideas That Matter, Design Ignites Change, Archinect, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy. In 2015, he completed the National Arts Strategies’ Creative Community Fellowship. Andrew received his MFA in Graphic Design from Maryland Institute College of Art.

Degrees Held

MFA, Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art

BA, Politics & Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

BA, Creative Nonfiction Writing, University of Pittsburgh

Recent Publications

Design for Social Innovation: Case Studies from Around the World

LEAP Dialogues: Career Pathways in Design for Social Innovation

Designing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design

Additional design writing has appeared on Core77, AIGA, Design Observer, Entrepreneur Magazine, GOOD, and Impact Design Hub.

Research Interests

• role(s) that designers play in social innovation projects
• role(s) of place to produce behavior change
• creativity and ethics of artificial intelligence
• Community-based design

Awards And Honors

Andrew's work has been featured by publications like Fast Company, Slate, Print, How, 99 Percent Invisible, and Communication Arts, among others.