Korn Design, a leading brand strategy and design firm, is honored to be selected as a finalist for the 16th Annual Rosoff Awards for its work with Youth Design. The Rosoff awards is one of New England’s premier diversity award shows created to recognize companies with meaningful diversity, mentoring and inclusion programs.
In 2003, Principal of Korn Design, Denise Korn, and her business partner Javier Cortes embarked on a mission to provide access and opportunity to disconnected youth in Boston to the world of design.
Guided by their vision to shape the next generation of design professionals, through the creation of a pathway for urban Boston Public High School students to explore the design industry through their participation in a paid, seven week summer internship where they are paired with a senior level design mentor at a leading design firm or in house creative department for an area nonprofit or organization; Youth Design seeks to meet the most critical social economic needs of Boston area youth.
Fast forward to 2012 where to date Youth Design has placed more than 90 students stemming from some of Boston’s “high-risk” neighborhoods at more than 45 participating design mentor firms and organizations throughout the city.
“Economic development is at the heart of what we do at Youth Design,” says Denise Korn, Executive Director. “We are fueling the creative economy and equipping our students with marketable design skills in order to empower their pursuits of viable and productive future through the lens of design.”
Over the years, Korn Design has played an instrumental role in the success of the organization. Through its innovative and cutting edge design work, Korn Design has effectively supported the brand development and strategy of Youth Design, which has supported the organizations tremendous momentum around its national “call to action” to the design community at large to roll-up their sleeves and mentor the next generation of diverse design professionals.
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