social impact design resources
creative workshop between ku "design for social innovation" students and middle-schoolers at the boys & girls club of douglas county.
what follows is a continually ongoing list of resources related to the topics of social impact design, design for social change, design for good, guerrilla design and art, and so forth.
note: in acknowledging the fluidity of design and art practice, i’m holding the above terms loosely and electing to be more inclusive. the common bond, as i see it, is that each of these people or resources are working toward change, whether it be more formal and systematic or informal and individualized.
practitioners [more formal/systematic]
backspace new york
blackbird revolt minneapolis
terrayne brown london
bureau of change new orleans
celery design collaborative berkeley
the center for urban pedagogy brooklyn
chiByDesign chicago
civic creatives st louis
colab cooperative international
creative reaction lab st louis
design action collective oakland
firebelly chicago
firebrand creative house inglewood ca
the good citizen studio toronto
greater good studio chicago
sylvia harris brooklyn // and here also
hyperakt new york city
ideo.org san francisco, new york, nairobi
la mas los angeles
make: good london
ruben pater amsterdam
thrive helena, arkansas
rosten woo los angeles
practitioners [more informal/individualized/form-oriented]
emory douglas: wikipedia bio; a great video overview by dress code
just seeds artist collective
david king // aiga article on king
books, magazines, journals
adbusters magazine, also available in print at the kcai library and booksellers
the art of activism: your all-purpose guide to making the impossible possible
by steve duncombe and steve lambert
beautiful trouble: a toolbox for revolution
assembled by andrew boyd and dave oswald mitchell
citizen designer: perspectives on design responsibility edited by steven heller and véronique vienne
conscientious objectives: designing for an ethical message by john cranmer, yolanda zappaterra
cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things by william mcdonough and michael braungart
designing for social change: strategies for community-based graphic design by andrew shea
design anarchy by kalle lasn
design for the real world: human ecology and social change by victor papanek
the design of dissent by mirko ilic and milton glazer
developing citizen designers by elizabeth resnick
good: an introduction to ethics in graphic design by lucienne roberts
gorilla visual commentary published every week in De Groene Amsterdammer
graphic agitation 1 and 2 by liz mcquiston
the design activist’s handbook by noah scalin and michelle taute
guerrilla advertising: unconventional brand communication (books 1 and 2) by gavin lucas and michael dorrian
the guerilla art kit by keri smith
how to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul by adrian shaughnessy
looking closer 4: critical writings on graphic design edited by michael bierut
massive change by bruce mau with jennifer leonard and the institute without boundaries
no logo by naomi klein
reproduce and revolt by josh macphee and faviana rodriguez
september commando by john yates
signal: a journal of international political graphics & culture edited by alec icky dunn and josh macphee. print copies available through justseeds artists' collective.
signs of resistance: a visual history of protest in america by bonnie siegler
spinfluence: the hardcore propaganda manual for contolling the masses by wolf & co
strike! a bi-annual magazine and video content that organises irregular events and actions. strike! speaks to all those who foster a desire for the total reconstitution of what’s possible.
worldchanging: a user’s guide for the 21st century edited by alex steffen
websites / blogs
social change by design database v2
the social good section of the great site design observer
justseeds artist collective offers downloadable graphics to use for your cause.
renourish provides online tools and advocates for awareness and action for sustainable systems thinking in the visual communication design community.
s1ignal.org website accompanying the printed journal.
web articles
“Design has the power to effect change. Now it must develop a social conscience” by steven heller; eye magazine; 1991
“this is what starting a design union looks like” by perrin drumm; eye on design; 2018
online poster exhibits
women’s rights are human rights
curated by elizabeth resnick
the graphic imperative: international posters for peace, social justice & the environment 1965–2005
curated by elizabeth resnick
graphic intervention: 25 years of aids awareness posters
curated by elizabeth resnick
graphic advocacy: international posters for the digital age: 2001–2012
curated by elizabeth resnick
poster women: a visual mapping of the women’s movement in india through the posters the movement had produced; by zubaan publishing house in india.
education
ma in social design from maryland institute college of art, baltimore
mfa in design for social innovation at school of visual arts in new york
racism untaught workshop series meant to reveal and unlearn racialized design
organizations
designers and cultural workers union uk
how to
“making a collaborative protest poster” by chris treggiari on the sfmoma website