Research

As a research initiative, DEED is also an umbrella project for faculty to investigate their own areas of scholarship and research relating to design, development, entrepreneurship, and empowerment.

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Publications

PEER-REVIEWED

Lawson Jaramillo, C. 2025. “Fair Trade and fairness in the artisan sector” in U. Bettig, J. Michel, P. Kenel, L. Pfeifer & P. Sawall (Eds.), Fair Trade, Textile Crafts and Fashion in the Context of Social, Ecological, Economic and Cultural Sustainability. transcript. (forthcoming)

Frias, V., Lawson Jaramillo, C., Palacios, V. 2023. “¡No más! A Call for Designers to Stop Recolonizing Artisan Communities.” Dialectic, 5.1.
Chappe, R. & Lawson Jaramillo. 2020. Artisans & designers: seeking fairness within capitalism & the gig economy. Dearq, Issue 26.
Lawson, Cynthia. 2010. The New School Collaborates: Organization and Communication in Immersive International Field Programs with Artisan Communities. Visible Language 44(2): 239-265.
Lawson, Cynthia. 2010. ‘Designed By’ vs. ‘Made By’: Two Approaches to Design and Social Entrepreneurship. Journal of Design Strategies 4(1): 34-40.
Lawson, Cynthia. 2009. The New School Collaborates: Teaching and Learning Design and Social Responsibility in Immersive International Field Programs. Proceedings from MX Design Conference 2009 Impacto Social del Diseño. 84-7 (PDF of Proceedings available online here)

SELF-PUBLISHED & MEDIA APPEARANCES

“162. Celebrar a los artesanos como diseñadores (Colombia/EEUU). Una entrevista con Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo,” (podcast interview with Mariana Salgado), Diseño y Diáspora podcast (September, 2020).
Burack, R., Bailey, E., Garuti, S., and Jabur, L. 2020. “DEED Lab Case Study: Abury,” (self-published).
Burack, R., Bailey, E., Garuti, S., and Jabur, L. 2020. “DEED Lab Case Study: Global Goods Partners,” (self-published).
Burack, R., Bailey, E., Garuti, S., and Jabur, L. 2020. “DEED Lab Case Study: Mercado Global,” (self-published).
Burack, R., Bailey, E., Garuti, S., and Jabur, L. 2020. “DEED Lab Case Study: Nest,” (self-published).
Unpublished Fair craft research paper, 2015

Talks and Workshops

Lawson Jaramillo, Cynthia. 2023. Diseño, tradición, y cultura: explorando la sostenibilidad en la artesanía y el oficio, Semana Latinoamericana del Diseño Sostenible, Mujeres Rurales, Online (November 15 & 16)
Lawson Jaramillo, Cynthia. 2021. Designing in Economies: Cultural, Social, and Moral, “Crafting New Social Economies,” UAL + Desis Network “Carnival of Crisis,” Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London, Online (November 11)
Lawson, Cynthia. 2016. DEED Research Lab, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (August)
Lawson, Cynthia. 2014. DEED: Lessons and Methods from 7 Years of Social Collaborative Projects. Presentation at AIGA Design Educators Conference New Ventures: Intersections in Design Education, Portland, United States, September 12.
Lawson, Cynthia. 2012. DEED: Artisan Collaborations through Design and Empowerment. Keynote presentation at Global Fashion Conference, Madrid, Spain, November 15.

Berdiel, Fabiola and Lawson, Cynthia. 2012. Diseño, Innovación, y Artesanías sin Fronteras: el caso de DEED. Presentation at Universidad Autónoma de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia, June 1.

Lawson, Cynthia. 2011. DEED: A Case Study for Meaningful and Socially-Engaged Design Education. Presentation at Cumulus Paris 2011 Conference, Paris-Sévres, May 20.

Berdiel, Fabiola, Joos, Kristin, Kahane, Michele, and Lawson, Cynthia. 2011. Social Innovation with Communities: Integrating Social Entrepreneurship, Service Learning, and Civic Engagement. Presentation and workshop presented at the Ashoka U Exchange Conference at Duke University, Durham, N.C., February 26.

Berdiel, Fabiola and Lawson, Cynthia. 2010. Designing Collaborative Development: Lessons from interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Paper presented at the Rennselaer’s 2nd Biennial Design Web Conference Global Interaction in Design Education (GLIDE ’10), October 27, online. Watch video of the presentation here.

Berdiel, Fabiola and Lawson, Cynthia. 2010. DEED & Design Prototyping. Presentation and workshop at EVOKE Summit at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

Lawson, Cynthia. 2008. The New School, CARE & Ajkemá Loyá: A case study in learning in intensive and immersive global programs and in cross-cultural and bilingual collaborative work. Paper presented at the Rennselaer’s 1st Biennial Design Web Conference Global Interaction in Design Education (GLIDE ’08), October 22, in Troy, NY, USA and online. Won GLIDE ’08′s Best Paper Award

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