Call for Designers - Making Policy Public

Making Policy Public

Call for Designers
CUP is seeking designers, visual artists, and other creative workers to collaborate with an advocate or policy researcher on the next issues of Making Policy Public.
We seek collaborators with an interest in research and public policy who will bring unique visual solutions to the design challenges presented by the topic.

We encourage applications from people who can attend meetings in New York City, though the jury will consider applications from people living elsewhere. Applicants
from any discipline, professional status, or age are eligible. Applicants chosen through the juried submission process will receive full attribution for their work, an
honorarium of $1000, and publicity through CUP. CUP will manage the design process and provide design and production support as needed.

(or join a team in a supporting role)
Making Policy Public is an intensely collaborative project. If you don’t wish to apply as a lead collaborator but would be interested in working on an MPP team, plase
send us a portfolio and cover note with “TEAM MEMBER” in the subject line. Past MPP projects have included critical contributions from photographers, cartographers,
illustrators, and quantitative researchers.

What is Making Policy Public?
Making Policy Public is a series of foldout posters that use graphic and information design to make complex public policy topics more engaging and accessible. New
installments are published four times a year, and each poster is the product of a commissioned collaboration between a designer and an advocate.

While the effects of public policies can be widespread, the discussion and understanding of these policies are usually not. This series aims to make information on
policy truly public: accessible, meaningful, and shared. We aim to add vitality to crucial debates about our future. At the same time, we want to create opportunities for designers to engage social issues without sacrificing experimentation and for advocacy organizations to reach their constituencies better through design.

How It Works
A jury of prominent design and public policy experts selects advocates and designers in a two-part submission process. The first call for submissions is to advocates,
organizations, and researchers with a public policy issue, problem, or system that needs a visual explanation. The second call is to graphic designers. The jury chooses collaborative teams and announces them on the Making Policy Public website.

CUP provides the collaborators with a working stipend, project management, and research assistance. CUP publishes the resulting foldout poster and gives 1000
copies to the sponsoring organization for use in their advocacy and education work.

http://www.makingpolicypublic.net/index.php?page=submission-guidelines-for-designers
http://www.makingpolicypublic.net/uploads/docs/call%20for%20designers09.pdf