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As part of an ongoing interview series on the Autodesk Foundation's new blog, ImpactDesignHub.org, Allan Chochinov, Editor at Large of Core77 and Chair of the MFA Products of Design program at SVA discusses Impact Design with Mariana Amatullo, a writer, educator, speaker, and student of design and social impact. She is the Vice President of the award-winning Designmatters Department at Art Center College of Art and Design which she co-founded in 2001. Mariana is a Design and Innovation and Non Profit Management Fellow at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, where her doctoral research focuses on the evolving role of design as a locus for social innovation. 

In their talk Amatullo discusses embracing ambiguity, being fundamentally optimistic, and expounds on the five things she "knows" about  working in the world of social innovation. 

Read the full interview with Mariana Amatullo on ImpactDesignHub.org.