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Creates a meeting structure for each general meeting
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Gather needed resources for each general meetings
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Keeps designers' updates on projects and send reports on each group statuses
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Creates a meeting structure for each general meeting
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Gather needed resources for each general meetings
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Keeps designers' updates on projects and send reports on each group statuses
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Creates a meeting structure for each general meeting
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Gather needed resources for each general meetings
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Keeps designers' updates on projects and send reports on each group statuses
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Helps reach out to potential mentors and external stakeholders
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Plans leadership meetings and agenda
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Keeps track of studio project progress and helps provide resources when needed
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Writes end of semester report on DFA for mentors and Center for Integrative Design
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Plans studio member recruitment
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Helps reach out to potential mentors and external stakeholders
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Plans leadership meetings and agenda
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Keeps track of studio project progress and helps provide resources when needed
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Writes end of semester report on DFA for mentors and Center for Integrative Design
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Plans studio member recruitment
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DFA Community
With nearly 41 chapters across the nation, DFA has built a community of students that practice design innovation and are solving pressing problems. DFA has an alumni network of nearly 3,500 people, and the organization empowers young leaders through access to internships, fellowships, and design conferences (DFA Summit).
DFA UT Austin
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DFA UT Austin began in Fall 2019 by Brooke Reaves and Shoumik Dabir. Since its inception, the DFA studio has worked on projects such as the Dead Fountain Project, Campus Study Spaces, and the Kinsolving Courtyard Redesign that aim at fixing problems that affect the student community on campus. Additionally, through the DFA National organization, the studio has been able to participate in national projects, such as the Lifeguard Retention and the Changemakers projects with YMCA.
Get to know us
What is the human - centered design process?
Human-centered design is a method of solving problems by understanding the needs of the stakeholders and users. The design thinking process takes context into consideration and involves research, ideation, and implementation. Empathy building is a crucial part of the design process and allows our studio members to view the problem from a human perspective. Each of our studio projects goes through this process to ensure that potential solutions satisfy the needs of the user group while solving the challenge at hand.
What are our core values?
Innovation, collaboration, and empathy are some of our core values. As a social impact organization, Texas DFA doesn’t shy away from solving hard problems and aims at creating solutions that benefit the entire community.
How do we select our studio projects?
Our studio projects range in scope, from the UT campus to nationwide. Before each semester, the studio members submit project ideas, and that initial list gets narrowed down to 2-3 projects through voting and assessment. Each project is evaluated based on the feasibility, applicability, and uniqueness, and there's an important emphasis on whether the project aims at solving a pressing yet overlooked issue in a community.
What is the timeline for a studio project?
Projects are meant to be completed over the course of a semester, and every semester new sets of projects are introduced. Depending on the next steps for implementation, some projects may continue for an additional semester.
