Minnie is Executive Director and co-founder of The Purpose Project—a program dedicated to helping young people explore purpose and create impact. She also advises on design for social impact through her organization, Studio Bredouw. When she’s not designing, she is teaching at California College of the Arts and Copenhagen Institute of Design. Prior to these roles, she has been lucky enough to work at places like IDEO, ideo.org, and frog design. In her spare time, she writes and dabbles in photography.

recent awards & activity

2017: Fast Company—"The Future of Design is Circular"
2016: Core77 Award in Service Design—The Divine Divas
2016: IDSA Social Impact Design (Gold)—Design Kit
2015: Keynote Speaker —Education Industry Summit
2015: Webby Award (Honoree)—Design Kit
2015: Robin Hood Success Prize—MyCoach App 
2014: Edison Award (Silver)—Innovators Accelerator 
2013: TEDx Speaker—Validating All Learners
2013: IDSA IDEA Award (Bronze)—Collective Action Toolkit
2012: Microsoft Design Expo Speaker—Opendoor

CLIENTS & COLLABORATORS

Ad Council
Beyond 12
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Catapult Design
Change.org
Clif
Copenhagen Institute of Design
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Facebook
Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Girl Effect
Google
IDEO
Institute for the Future
Marie Stopes International
Nike Foundation
Princeton University
Riverdale Country School
TEDx
Tipping Point Community
UNICEF
United Nations
US AID
YLabs
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
World Bank
World Health Partners