The School for Designing a Society (SDaS), the educational wing of the Gesundheit Institute, is a project of people who want to change society by means of desire, design, & composition.
We invite you to imagine and formulate desires for a society different from the current one.

Desire and Design: Construct Your Humanism
July 21-27, 2024 | Hillsboro, WV
Join us for a week to explore our individual and collective desires, and an examination of the societies in which we currently dwell.

From Patch Adams regarding SDaS
For years Gesundheit’s mission has revolved around healing and clowning; with SDaS that mission has expanded to include teaching. “I don’t think I’d still be working on the Gesundheit project had I not been a student of the School for Designing a Society.” -Patch





The School for Designing a Society, founded in 1991, is a project of people who want to change society by means of desire, design, and composition. Rather than scramble for a comfy spot in the current system, spend some time with other interested people imagining and designing a system you would prefer.

