Games for Change V, Come Out & Play III: Changing the Game in NYC
If you are a young person without a high school degree, could games, gamer culture and the commercial game industry play a role in improving your career prospects? Read more »
“Information Design Workbook” Features Matter Perspectives
The newly released “Information Design Workbook” from Rockport Press offers a thorough look at the disciplines and types of work that constitute “information design”. Matter work and the comments of principal Jeff Harris are featured. Read more »
Matter Invited to Kellogg Action Lab
Matter is pleased to announce its membership in the Kellogg Action Lab. This by-invitation participation makes Matter part of a group of consulting companies deemed particularly suited to work with non-profit and community-based organizations who are grantees of The W. K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). Read more »
Anne Jensen of KaosPilots Completes Internship
We are sad to bid farewell to KaosPilot Anne Toftelund Jensen, her keen perspective, her infectious energy, and her little salty licorice fish. Read more »
Jonathan Poore Joins as Program Manager
Matter is pleased to welcome to the crew Jonathan Poore as Program Manager. Read more »
Matter Personnel Lauded with “Best of” Awards
Part of what makes Matter an interesting and vibrant team is its diversity of backgrounds and interests. Two such aspects were recognized recently by Atlanta’s venerable local arts-and-culture weekly Creative Loafing in its annual “Best of Atlanta” lists. Read more »
Rob Peagler Joins Matter Team
Matter is pleased to announce the addition of Rob Peagler as a Senior Associate. Rob will be focusing on the organization’s social value creation projects in the non-profit arena. Read more »
New GOAL Curriculum Product Unveiled
GOAL, a non-profit organization located in Atlanta, is one of our longest client relationships, and is a relationship that signifies our commitment to making goodwill and giveback to our community a core part of Matter. Read more »
Kellogg Leadership Engages Matter in Vision to Serve Vulnerable Children
Matter was recently asked to engage with Office of the President at the Kellogg Foundation to envision new directions aimed at vulnerable children in the United States up to eight years old. Read more »
Matter Collaborates in US Social Forum Activities
Collaborating with the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) and the Emergent Game Group (EGG) at Georgia Tech, Matter contributed planning and design to the first-ever U.S. Social Forum held in Atlanta this June. The U.S. Social Forum is a newly conceived version of the World Social Forum. Read more »