Community Design Studio

The Community Design Studio of Winston-Salem is a not-for-profit collective of multidisciplinary designers who play a catalytic role in shaping our community.

Community Design Studio is rooted in its founders' love for the city and people of Winston-Salem, and a vision for its future as a truly equitable and sustainable city. Having experienced the power of design thinking in their respective fields of graphic design, architecture, environmental design, and industrial design, a group of designers wondered how this method of problem solving could be brought to bear on grand challenges faced by communities—issues such as homelessness, environmental degradation, and racism. Today we are secure in our mission—we believe it is more important than ever to engage diverse voices in conversations about our collective future. We have cultivated community partners who believe in the value of the design process. And we believe that the power of design thinking and prototyping, when strategically implemented to harness collective expertise, can shed new light on the grand challenges of our time.