Launched in 2018, SEED is a six-week paid summer internship that introduces high school students to the world of design. SEED interns dive into collaborative project work, design fundamentals, and office culture. Through partnerships with community organizations, they design solutions for real local projects. Each week, design professionals guide them through a new design concept. By the end of the summer, students understand what it takes to design our surroundings and how they can make a difference in their communities.

Applications for the SEED program open each spring. Learn more.

In 2020, the Sasaki Foundation translated this six-week internship into an online curriculum. SEED Online shut down on March 8, 2024. We plan to relaunch a new version of the curriculum in 2025.

Architecture/Design Thinking Week is a paid career exploration workshop introducing Boston Public high school students to the design industry. The program is an annual partnership between the Boston Society for Architecture and the Boston Private Industry Council, with collaboration from local design firms. Staff from Sasaki, the Sasaki Foundation, Goody Clancy, Finegold Alexander Architects, and HMFH Architects facilitate each day of the workshop, which takes place during February school vacation week. Participating students work through a design prompt, gain new design skills, and learn to communicate their ideas ahead of a final presentation. The program serves as a pipeline to nonprofit design programs and internships, including SEED and DESI.