Inspired by the exhibition Chicago Architecture: Ten Visions, the Design for Change program invited high school students from Chicago Public Schools to envision Chicago's architectural future. Students selected by teachers at Clemente, Curie Metropolitan, Jones College Prep, Lake View, and Lane Tech High Schools met at the Art Institute every Thursday evening from February 10, 2005 through May 12, 2005.

Throughout the program, students explored architecture's potential impact on society. Working with Ten Visions architects Jeanne Gang, Douglas Garofalo, Elva Rubio, Joe Valerio, and Xavier Vendrell, they proposed solutions to problems in their neighborhoods.

The students documented each session with digital photos and text on the Design for Change section of Fzine, an online version of the student-run paper at the School of the Art Institute.

_{This program was made possible in part by a generous grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.}