UT 360 Service Design and Urban Needs 3

Mittencorps

Bella Kressaty, Emma Moore, Dylan Shefman, Owen Sims, Nate Coplan and Matt Kish
In this Urban Technology studio (UT 360), juniors engaged in an innovative collaboration with Let’s Grow Michigan and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to unveil projects that featured service concepts to ease and enhance the “onboarding experience” of new Michiganders. The outputs of the course were three design concepts that proposed new ways in which Michigan might tout cultural heritage diversity, better use disused spaces in towns and cities and celebrate the unique qualities of its midsized cities. MittenCorps is a novel talent-retention program connecting Michigan-educated graduates with mid-sized Michigan cities. Inspired by national programs like Teach for America and…