Dott Cornwall asked leading design thinkers to share their thoughts about the important emerging issues for design.
They compiled a series of articles including:
- John Thackara on The True Cost of Social Design
There is a sense, which is a bit vague, that social innovation projects are a good thing in themselves. But we need to know the costs and the consequences of our actions as designers.
- Emily Campbell on Redistributing the Tools
Design increases people's resourcefulness and self reliance. But as design begins to be invoked in everything from synthetic biology to public service reform, do we run the risk of losing a grip on what design means?
- Jeremy Myerson on Designing With Or Designing By?
Can we go from designing for people, the traditional view, through designing with people, the emerging practice, towards designing by people? That involves a fundamental shift in practice. Are we ready to make that change?
- Read other articles from Lucy Kimbell, Lauren Tan, Bas Raijmakers, Emily Thomas and others
And created a short film about what happened when these design thinkers got together for a Dott Think Tank and considered the question: What is design in our time? Participants included Nabeel Hamdi, Emeritus Professor of Housing and Urban Development at Oxford Brookes University and Ezio Manzini, Professor of Industrial Design at Milan Polytechnic.
Find out more about what happened at the Dott Think Tank on its website.