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Well, I can provide examples of design for a good cause in my opinion, but we are discussing subjectivities here.
That being said, I can think of several things I've worked on that were meaningful for me and for others.
I designed a capabilities brochure for a family-owned engraving company. They are meticulous, discriminating, and highly skilled to a man. The brochure pulled in new business for them and increased their profile among the people they wanted to work for.
I designed the identity for a young adults ministry at my church. I have seen the ministry grow and have received enthusiastic responses.
I designed the identity and stationery for a woman whose father, a celebrated Polish artist named Jerzy Kajetanski, had passed away several years ago. She had hundreds of valuable paintings lying around the house and had decided to share the work with the world. She needed an umbrella under which to do this. His images are politically charged, beautfiul and poignant. When I showed her the finalized logo, which was a rough rendition of a hand holding a frame, fingers slightly flexed, she started to cry – she said "that's my father's hand. Whenever he used to declaim against injustice, he would hold up his right hand head-high, just so."
When I proposed to my wife, I wanted to use my abilties to create a keepsake. I combed through hundreds of emails that had passed between us when we lived in different states. I typeset them in book form, scattered throughout with illustrations of meaningful things or events in our lives. I presented the finished product to her in a lacquered rosewood box. The last letter was one I had just written, a proposal letter. She said yes.
Those are just a few meaningful projects I've worked on, off the top of my head.