Community-Centered Design & Social Innovation

Foossa is a Strategy & Design Consultancy We are a network of problem-solvers, change-makers and storytellers. We partner with companies, non-profits, and government/multilateral agencies to help them better understand, engage, and grow their communities. Drawing from a variety of disciplines like user-experience, data science, and community organizing, we dedicate our work to fostering participation, increasing human agency, and creating new forms of shared value. We call it "Community-Centered Design."

[foossa]

Wilson Reed Tribute from lee-sean on Vimeo.

A celebration of the life of Wilson Reed (2007-2021) Music: Blue Mountains by Gabriel Witcher via Apple iMovie

[foossa]

The Future is a Set of Possibilities from lee-sean on Vimeo.

The future is a set of possibilities, and innovation is new forms of freedom. This short video is a trailer for a talk I gave recently about design and/as futuremaking.

[foossa]

Lee-Sean Huang in 30 Seconds from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Self-Introduction by Lee-Sean Huang, Cofounder and Creative Director of Foossa

[foossa]

We The People from lee-sean on Vimeo.

"We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal, is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forbearers to Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall, just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone, to hear a king proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth." - From Barack Obama's second inaugural address

Music: "Lightning Strikes" by Tetrasound Productions (Watch with sound!)

I originally made this audio mix for an episode of FoossaPod and then decided to add some visuals.

[foossa]

Mindful Capoeira Festival and Batizado 2018 from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Capoeira Angola Quintal, New York City newyorkcapoeira.com

[foossa]

SeeThinkSolve_mixdown from lee-sean on Vimeo.

[foossa]

CAQ Conditioning from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Capoeira Angola Quintal Advanced Conditioning

[foossa]

Foossa- Let’s design a better future. Together. (-The Blue Reel-) - VIDEO ONLY VERSION from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Video-only version of the Foossa reel for video background of foossa.com

[foossa]

Yes, Design Thinking Is Bullshit…And We Should Promote It Anyway

Design Thinking is indeed a buzzword, and it’s also a useful starting point for deeper understanding

[foossa]

Yes, and...

[foossa]

West Point / Operationalizing Creativity from lee-sean on Vimeo.

[foossa]

West Point / Operationalizing Creativity from lee-sean on Vimeo.

[foossa]

Foossa Blue Reel (Background) from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Foossa Background Video for website foossa.com

[foossa]

Foossa Blue Reel (Background) from lee-sean on Vimeo.

Foossa Background Video for website foossa.com

[foossa]

Earlier this month, Foossa’s Lee-Sean Huang guest lectured about design thinking and humanitarian interventions at the Fordham Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs.

[foossa]

This fossa-like dog from Les Cayes, Haiti, spotted on Lee-Sean's recent trip, could be our new Foossa mascot

[foossa]

Asking Out Loud: The New School’s Open Campus podcast recorded live at Cannes Lions 2017. Foossa’s Lee-Sean Huang appears in Episode 3 to talk about design thinking and the creative process.