A City of Neighborhoods invites a variety of community leaders—teachers, architects, civic leaders, and others—to work together to extend the classroom into the community and apply design education to a neighborhood context.

For one week every summer, educators and designers are invited to join an international roster of renowned designers and design educators as they share strategies for engaging K-12 students in the design process. Summer Design Institute features hands-on workshops and keynote presentations that connect the school curriculum with the world beyond the classroom.