Designer Activism

The Long Now Foundation - Museum and Store

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Designer Activism | No Comments »

Supposing that occasionally taking the long contemplative view is indeed a good thing, where do you stand to get one? One place where your search will be rewarded is The Long Now Foundation’s Museum and Store.

Book Review: The Designer’s Atlas by Ann Thorpe

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews, Designer Activism | 1 Comment »

The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability is about how design in all fields can move toward the goals of sustainability; the integration of information about design and sustainability rewards users with a rich range of ideas, concepts, and facts presented in a sophisticated format that is itself thought-provoking. As with other kinds of atlases, the varied text does not converge on one conclusion. Rather, readers take what they need to make their own.

Book Review: Design for Ecological Democracy

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews, Designer Activism | No Comments »

This densely written and wonderfully illustrated book seeks answers to questions such as: what is wrong with the cities we have created and what can be done to correct our mistakes?