CoDA (CoDesign Abroad) facilitates immersive, collaborative, design-based trips and projects between creatives and underserved communities in culturally rich locations around the globe. Participants work with local residents, artisans and communities to identify needs and design tangible products, services or systems to meet those needs.

CoDA invites creatives (designers, makers and craftspeople) to travel with purpose to unique destinations where they can unplug and achieve something meaningful. Our trips are intimate travel experiences where participants apply their skills to important challenges and implement those solutions in the field. We offer participants the opportunity to work and network with like-minded professionals and learn new design skills, while making profound connections through sharing culture and ideas. 

CoDA capacity builds using design tools and design thinking. Our projects ask designers and local participants to work together, sharing goals, ideas and benefiting from purposeful solutions. Participants gain valuable experience. Community needs are tangibly met through design.