Dawn Danby

Current

• Sustainable Design Program Manager at Autodesk
• Principal at Aylanto (Self-employed)

Past

• Sustainable Design Product Integration Consultant at Autodesk
• Co-Author at WorldChanging: A User’s Guide to the 21st Century
• Designer at Green Corridor

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Education

• Bainbridge Graduate Institute
• Rhode Island School of Design

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Industry

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Dawn Danby’s Summary

I explore the intersection of design, sustainability and business. In other words: I work to create things that benefit both people and the world. Trained in all three disciplines and with a range of hands-on experience with complex projects, I’ve acted as a boundary-spanner, cross-disciplinary designer, art director, project and program manager, strategist, producer and artist.

Dawn Danby’s Specialties:

Sustainability. Product design. Business strategy. Green design software. Systems thinking. Urban transformation. Local food systems. Public art. Green building. Project management.

Dawn Danby’s Experience

• Sustainable Design Program Manager

  Autodesk

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADSK; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  With Autodesk's core Sustainability Team, managing sustainable design integration into design software tools across design, planning and engineering disciplines.

• Principal

  Aylanto (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

  Sustainable design + strategic consulting.

Additional Information

Dawn Danby’s Groups:

WorldChanging.com, o2 Global Sustainable Design Network, Net Impact

•    Bainbridge Graduate Institute
•    Rhode Island School of Design
•    Sustainable MBA Network
•    Worldchanging
•    International Service Design Network
•    Autodesk'ers
•    The Designers Accord
•    Sustainable Materials
•    o2 Global Network (Sustainable Design)
•    Sustainable Minds Subscribers
•    Women's Forum for the Economy and Society

Dawn Danby’s Honors:

2007: Metropolis NEXT Generation Competition Runner-Up (for Beeline)
2007: Winner, RSA Design Directions Competition (UK): Food Information Systems (for Beeline)
Sponsors: RSA (Royal Society of Arts), Doors of Perception, Dott07. Awarded Fellowship in the RSA.
2005: Selected Speaker, TEDGlobal, Oxford UK
2004: Competition Winner, with Noel Harding Studio Team: Ft. Lauderdale Airport Public Art Master Plan
2002: Viridian Design + Global Business Network Biofuture Competition Winner
2002: SXSWi Festival Finalist, ‘Best Green/Non-Profit Site’
2000: Rachel Carson Environmental Award, RISD Department of Industrial Design