design activism

All Design is Activism
I’ve heard some people argue that if activism is simply of form of action intended to create change, then all design is activism. Randolph Hester, at UC Berkeley, makes this argument adding, “there is no such thing as passive design” [1]. And it’s true that a great deal of writing about design […]

This category contains my answers to a series of questions that often come up when I’m talking to groups about sustainable design and the ideas in my book, The Designers Atlas of Sustainability.
Q: I’ve recently graduated in design (architecture, industrial design, textile design, etc.) and I’m really interested in working in sustainability, but I don’t […]

I explain how I define activism in the “about & contact” page, but here I’m illustrating how activism fits into the economy. In this post I first describe the economy and design’s role in it, then I investigate how activism manifests itself within this framework.
The Economy
First, we have to recognize that the economy is bigger […]

This category contains my answers to a series of questions that often come up when I’m talking to groups about sustainable design and the ideas in my book, The Designers Atlas of Sustainability.
Q: what do you think are some of the best examples of sustainable design around today?
A: I think there are a lot of […]

This category contains my answers to a series of questions that often come up when I’m talking to groups about sustainable design and the ideas in my book (The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability). I’ve spoken to groups in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, Spokane, Vancouver), and Boston. In the next few months I’ll be speaking in […]