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Catapult Design Annual Report 2017

Posted March 27, 2018

https://issuu.com/catapultdesign/docs/2017_annual_report

How do you say “entrepreneur” in Navajo?

Posted March 5, 2018

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018.  Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant to Catapult Design and Native Realities to support their work to redefine Indigenous entrepreneurship. The Art Works category is the NEA’s largest funding category and

The 2017 Innovation Challenge video is here!

Posted July 20, 2017

https://vimeo.com/226306788 Get to know the six finalists - Timothy Clani Jr's Mobile Automotive Technician, Laura Clelland's Salt Woman (formerly Diabetes Source), Shayla Yellowhair, Edward Chato-Seaton's Rezlist, Cyndi Frank, and Amber Kanazbah Crotty's Beauty is Restored Family Farms. We're looking forward to following their journey! In January 2017, we launched an open competition to

Catapult Design Annual Report 2016

Posted June 15, 2017

https://issuu.com/catapultdesign/docs/2016_annual_report_final

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 Innovation Challenge

Posted June 8, 2017

TUBA CITY, Arizona – Three Navajo entrepreneurs walked away with $5,000 in start-up prize money plus one year of business counseling and advising services to get their start-ups off the ground, as winners of the 2017 Innovation Challenge. In January, Catapult Design launched the Innovation Challenge to identify Native entrepreneurs with business ideas to improve life in Native American communit

How 3D printing helps solve big problems in design for global development

Posted March 22, 2017

  High expectations have been heaped on the role of 3D printers, but their place in global development can still seem limited. They have seen mixed results in the manufacture of prosthetic limbs, and they are doing really interesting, albeit peripheral, work in aid delivery to disaster areas. One group even offers a guide to printing corn shellers. These applications suggest an importa

Catapult Design Annual Report 2015

Posted July 11, 2016

https://issuu.com/catapultdesign/docs/2015_annual_report_011117

Catapult Design receives NEA grant to host social innovation competition

Posted May 10, 2016

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects and partnerships in the NEA’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2016. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $25,000 to Catapult Design to host a social innovation competition on the Navajo Nation. The Art Works category supports the creation of wor

Catapult Design’s Secret to Success

Posted March 15, 2016

Line/Shape/Space speaks to Creative Director, Noel Wilson, about what drives Catapult Design and its success in bringing creative solutions to underserved communities around the globe.

How to Integrate Design Into Socially-driven Projects (video)

Posted March 7, 2016

https://vimeo.com/158050341 Want to integrate design thinking and best practices into your next socially-driven project? It's easy!  TechChange and Catapult Design teamed up to create a short video with three simple tips on how to do it.