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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
William Drenttel is a designer and publisher, and editorial director of Design Observer. He is a partner at Winterhouse, a design consultancy focused on social change, online media and educational institutions, and a senior faculty fellow at the Yale School of Management.More Bio >>
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MORE BY William Drenttel
11.20.12: Winterhouse Third Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Final Report08.15.12: Third Winterhouse Symposium on Design Education and Social Innovation: Participants
08.15.12: Winterhouse Third Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description
03.20.12: Designing for Social Change
12.14.11: Give the Gift of Design this Holiday Season
10.27.11: Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated Bibliography
10.25.11: Winterhouse First Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description
10.25.11: Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Participants
10.25.11: Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Program Description
10.24.11: Winterhouse Second Symposium on Design Education and Social Change: Final Report
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BOOKS BY William Drenttel
Looking Closer 5Allworth Press, 2006
Looking Closer 4Allworth Press, 2002
Looking Closer 2Allworth Press, 1997
Looking Closer 1Allworth Press, 1994
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