

We're proud to announce Purpose by Team Comparators has won Best of Show in our first ever Design Hackathon! Congrats to Tony Chu, Michael Yap, Prachi Pundeer and Tom Harman!
Most Innovative - Everystep
Best Use of Location - 100 Mile Kitchen
Event documentation, photos, and video will be made available later this week. Thanks to our designhackers for their hard work and participation. We hope you will join and jam with us again!

Design the ideal tool that empowers the average New Yorker every hour of the day. From the moment we wake to the minute we fall asleep, how can people practice and maximize good citizenship in twenty-four hours? Learn more.

It’s a fun-packed weekend full of exciting speakers and a chance to network with creative leaders in the field of community-oriented design. This event is hosted at Parsons the New School for Design on March 2 - 4. Skip to Agenda.

We’re pulling together every geek in the same room. Designers, developers, makers. Current university students, recent grads, young working professionals can sign up. Participants are allowed to form teams of no more than four (4) members. Register Now.

Senior members of GOOD will evaluate each project and presentation based on creativity, originality, and innovation. Presentations should be kept to a minimum of ten minutes on the final day. We will select winners for the following categories:



Winners have the chance to work alongside GOOD developers to turn their final design into a reality. In addition to this experience and opportunity, winners will:
General Conditions Participants warrant that he or she is the sole author and owner of their submission, and that it is wholly original. The work of participants must not infringe any copyright or any other rights of any third party of which Contestant is aware. GOOD reserves the right to not accept any submission that it believes infringes on the intellectual property rights of others.

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66 Fifth Ave, Outside Kellen Auditorium
Check in
66 Fifth Ave, Kellen Auditorium
Presentations by Casey Caplowe and Douglas Sellers, Open by Doris Yee
22 East 13th Street, City Tavern
Hang out with us & network

55 W 13th St, 2nd Floor (Theresa Lang Center)
55 W 13th St, 2nd Floor (Theresa Lang Center)
Presentations by Doris Yee and Douglas Sellers
55 W 13th St, 2nd Floor (Theresa Lang Center)
55 W 13th St, 2nd Floor (Theresa Lang Center)
Review tomorrow's presentation agenda / Designhackers can stay until 8:00pm.

Outside Kellen Auditorium
Three Locations (yours will be assigned on Saturday)
8 Minute Pitch, 5 Minutes Feedback (Optional attendance when you are not presenting. No-shows will be disqualified.)
Two Locations (yours will be assigned on Saturday)
8 Minute Pitch, 5 Minutes Feedback (Optional attendance when you are not presenting. No-shows will be disqualified.)
Two Locations (yours will be assigned on Saturday)
8 Minute Pitch, 5 Minutes Feedback (Optional attendance when you are not presenting. No-shows will be disqualified.)
The world is your interface. Anything can be a gear in making it run smoother and better. With a year full of big changes happening in politics, social culture, technology, and media, how does your idea promote the following: meaningful connections, efficient transportation, clever consumption, educational reform, cleaner environments, and smart economies.