Our
Work.
We work at two scales: long-term initiatives that tackle complex challenges over multiple years, and focused projects where students turn ideas into tangible impact.
iFp Initiatives
Initiatives are multi-year bodies of work that explore complex challenges through multiple student-led projects over time.
Transforming AI
2023-Present
Transforming AI is a long-term initiative rethinking who builds AI, who benefits from it, and who leads its future. Too often, AI systems are shaped by a narrow group and reinforce existing inequities. Through community dialogues, youth-led research, and public showcases, students shape AI's ethical, social, and cultural impact.
What’s Included:
AHA Moments in AI
Transforming AI Summits
AI + Agency Resource Hub
and more…
2 BLOCKS
2020-2023
2 Blocks is a long-term initiative examining educational equity and access to innovation in Cambridge. Despite living blocks from world-class institutions, many local young people are excluded from the innovation economy. Through youth-led research and community engagement, students surface structural gaps and reimagine pathways to participation.
What’s Included:
Public Installation
2 Blocks Summits
Voices of 2 Blocks Podcast
and more…
iFp Projects
Projects are standalone, student-driven efforts that translate ideas into tangible outcomes, installations, or experiences.
GENIUS WITHIN
2025-Present | Kendall Square
Genius Within is a new kind of monument redefining how we honor innovation. Too often, tributes have overlooked the contributions of many. Designed by iFp students, this installation makes that genius visible, celebrating underrecognized impact and inviting viewers to see themselves as part of innovation's story.
This Should Not Be.
2020-2022 | Cambridge Public Library
Inspired by George Floyd’s tragic murder, This Should Not Be is an augmented reality experience created by iFp students to confront systemic injustice through storytelling and technology. The project interrupts everyday environments to spark reflection, dialogue, and collective imagining of a more just future.
LOOKING GLASS
2019-Present | Kendall Square
An iconic landmark and a favorite selfie location, the Looking Glass is a permanent public sculpture that reframes history, innovation, and belonging. Designed by iFp students, the installation invites viewers to look backward to Kendall's origins and forward to its continuing evolution as an innovation hub.
Lead Project Partners
“iFp Studios design approach is a great way for MIT to build authentic relationships with the next generation of innovators. We are grateful to the young people at iFp for providing a fresh perspective to our built environment.”
iFp Studios
BRINGING FRESH PERSPECTIVES TO REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES
iFp Studios is our client-facing design and innovation practice. We collaborate with organizations seeking youth perspectives on social impact projects—from public art to technology design to community engagement.
Our students work alongside professional designers, developers, and engineers, bringing research skills, creative technologies, and fresh viewpoints to complex challenges.
Students gain real-world experience. Partners gain an authentic youth voice. Communities gain work that challenges the status quo.