We're connecting community members to design tools and resources that build community visioning!
Whether you have received design assistance in the past, plan to participate in the design assistance program in the future, or have a special interest in Design Session, we need your continuous support.
Your donation to Storefront's Design Session program will be invested to:
- provide low-cost design assistance for community members through collaborative processes
- equip mOb studio student collaborators with supplies and resources
- boost our communications to increase program awareness
- fund opportunities for design-build projects to help realize a community's vision
About Design Session Studio
Site visit with a Session Designer to help envision a Mini-Farm at Hillside Court with GroundworkRVA.
The Design Session Studio provides a low-cost design assistance program that offers consultations, conceptual sketches, and action plans from volunteer design and planning professionals to residents, community members and groups that build the capacity to create new ideas. Storefront maintains a network of over 180 volunteer professional designers, planners, architects and landscape architects who are available to help with a range of conceptual design projects, from the interior design of a youth shelter, to facade improvements for buildings in need of revitalization, and to the design of a community toolkit for tree plantings.
About mOb Studio (Middle of Broad)
mObian Jesse repurposing old tires into seating for a restorative urban garden space
The mOb studio is an interdisciplinary studio that brings together the departments of graphic, fashion, and interior design at VCUarts. The fall and spring semester course operates as an innovative design lab that realizes the potential of design to shape the city of Richmond. The mOb studio collaborates with Storefront’s Design Session allowing students to gain practical design experience while engaging the city. Since 2012, the mOb studio has unleashed the enthusiasm and expertise of its design students on over 100 conceptual design projects, including bus stops, bike racks, billboards, wayfinding and connectivity for city parks, accessible green spaces, pop-up farm stands, and more.
About Storefront for Community Design
Storefront is a non-profit design center in Richmond, Virginia. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, and your contribution is tax deductible (EIN 45-2644809).
Mission
To inspire equitable community-driven design in the built environment through innovative programs and resources that engage the next generation of designers.
Vision
A Richmond intentionally shaped by community voice, equitable design, and collaborative partnerships