Source: It’s Nice That
Elisava’s redesigned graduate program treats graphic design as a tool for social intervention rather than aesthetic refinement, differing from the portfolio-building default of most design education. The shift matters because it filters admissions, curriculum, and final projects through a single lens—usefulness to communities outside the design industry—which naturally produces graduates oriented toward systems work and NGO collaboration rather than corporate branding. This model challenges the assumed hierarchy where design education serves the creative industries first and everything else second.