On Citizenship and Humanity: An Appeal for Design Reform
Jessica Helfand over at DesignObserver recently wrote an interesting piece on design reform. It reminded me a great deal of a piece I wrote in 2003 Design is Broken and Needs to be Fixed.
Jessica raises an interesting point:
There are many factors contributing to Design Reform, beginning with the economics framing the design professions. Statistically, there is every reason to expect that design will become more democratized � and certainly more decentralized � by mid-century, with advances in telecommunications and technology enabling citizen non-designers (read “civillians”) to produce designed things without designers.
She goes on to add:
to the degree that society is changing, it seems fair to suggest that our role in society must change, too.
I’m not entirely sure where she is going with this but it suggests to me that now is the time for designers to step forward, to impact society and government in positive ways.
Read the article and decide for yourself.
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