design activism

Is it something about October? Or is activism really taking off in the design community? Architectural Record offers a special issue on socially responsible design for October 2008,

In the past couple of days I’ve come across two new publications on the theme of design activism, and interestingly one comes from a product design perspective, Design for Social Impact, (namely IDEO with the Rockefeller Foundation) and the other comes from the architecture perspective, Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism (Metropolis books by way of [...]

The Art Director’s Club of New York are hosting the 3rd annual “Designism” event to debate and support design for social change. What they say: “Join the third annual gathering of leading creatives committed to social activism and instigating change through media. The evening promises controversy, conversation and includes a moderated debate, lightening round presentations [...]

We interrupt the series on ethics to announce some resources that may be of interest to those of us teaching sustainable design. First is a conference, “360 Degrees – Charting New Territory in Sustainable Design Education” on September 19th, 20th and 21st in London and Brighton, United Kingdom. Find out all about it on The [...]

I recently learned about two resources that seem pertinent to design activism. The first is an upcoming conference called “A Better World by Design” to be held November 7-9th at Brown University in Providence RI (USA). What they say “A Better World by Design asks the question today’s designers, engineers, and economists should be asking. [...]

Under the double negative banner “we cannot not change the world” a group has launched a forum for social design. They say, ” The SocialDesignSite aims to foster and facilitate a discourse on social design by establishing a unique interactive platform between everyone interested on the topic. We present innovative projects that help develop and [...]