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We are a community fostering critical design. We created a space where design goes beyond conventional to become a tool for understanding and wayfinding, challenging and reimagining preferable futures amid the polycrisis.
Content Warning: This article includes personal experiences with depression and mentions of suicide. Please take care of yourself and read with caution if these topics are sensitive for you.
Silvio Lorusso delivers a stinging critique of modern design's entanglement with capitalism, using memes and folklore to expose the industry's contradictions and designer disillusionment.
We are working in businesses that are wired to grow solely for profit, with old thinking that has harmed us through climate catastrophe, war, and the breakdown of society.
Children are systematically excluded from design decisions, yet 1 in 3 internet users is a child. We must adopt child-centered design that considers their rights and developmental needs by default.
The people-centered focus needs to be more than reactive. Mapping the designer journey uncovers precious moments for growth across attraction, recruitment, onboarding, retention and separation.
When Steve Jobs asked "Do you love it?" about a design, it revealed a truth: creating something outstanding requires love from its creators. Products should enrich lives, not just serve functions.
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