The scale of today’s design challenges has expanded from individual objects to entire systems. Tackling the problems in those systems–like the environmental crisis, economic inequality, and ...

One thing we know for certain about the COVID-19 crisis is that the pain will not be shared equally. Wealth can determine everything from the quality of healthcare people can access to how well they ...

How can design challenge social and economic inequality? An exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum highlights how design can challenge social and economic inequality in our country.

Cities are complex organisms shaped by myriad forces, but their organization bears the fingerprints of planners and policy makers who have shaped them for decades. At the root of many of these ...

Inequality growing across many regions in the world Fiscal policies can help countries reduce inequality Redistributive policies should be designed with efficiency in mind To support sustainable ...

The current linear economic system of “take-make-throw away” is known to be the cause of environmental degradation, resource depletion, waste and pollution. Another issue with the current linear ...

Issues surrounding the paucity of women in the design industry were addressed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at a Westminster meeting organised by the Parliamentary Design Group last week. The ...

Has the world truly moved on from gender biases and gender inequality? Or are we still looking at these archaic notions in certain professions? A March 2021 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap ...