PARTICIPANTS

Ansley Whipple is the Foundation Programs Director at Worldstudio, whose primary initiative is Design Ignites Change; this program provides support for designers and architects engaged in social impact projects with awards, educational outreach, mentoring opportunities and fiscal sponsorship.

Ansley thinks the world would be a much better place if designers used their powers for good and not evil and she wants to help make this happen however she can. She has a MA in the History of Decorative Arts and Design from Parsons the New School of Design and a BS in Industrial Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is originally from Atlanta, GA and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.