{"id":32782,"date":"2017-11-28T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=32782"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:18:51","slug":"introducing-shapeways-design-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/introducing-shapeways-design-good","title":{"rendered":"This Giving Tuesday, Get to Know Design for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Giving Tuesday, we’re proud to re-introduce you to our two Shapeways Design for Good charities. Your purchases in their shops directly support their work, whether it’s helping the ADA get children with disabilities the adaptive tools they need<\/a>, or funding world-changing media projects through Creative Visions<\/a>. Read on to learn more about these incredible organizations.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many designers have used their Shapeways shops to bring attention to important causes and raise money for organizations they care about. We love to <\/span>bring their stories to light<\/span><\/a>, but we wondered, \u201cIsn\u2019t there more we can do to support this good work?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

So, we went to the nonprofit community to explore a collaborative approach. We began by reaching out to two organizations about the opportunity to create a shop on Shapeways, with design help from our community to develop the inventory. It was simple, really: pair a generous member of our design community with a nonprofit organization, and let the shop develop. After just a few design iterations, the\u00a0Adaptive Design Association<\/a> and Creative Visions Foundation<\/a> had complete jewelry shops of their own, and a new way to raise money for their organizations. Shapeways Design for Good was born.<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent designers Carol Butkovsky and Apoorva Vijh worked with Shapeways and the nonprofits\u00a0<\/span>to create jewelry pieces that were thoughtfully designed to reflect each organization’s story and mission.<\/span><\/p>\n