Design thinking is becoming increasingly popular. The practice—which authors Jeanne Liedtka, Randy Salzman, and Daisy Azer describe as “a problem-solving approach with a unique set of qualities: human ...
Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own ...
Social media use is pervasive in our culture. And it's on the rise. At the start of this year, there were almost 3.2 billion people using social networks worldwide, up 13 percent from 2017. There are ...
We humans are inherently social creatures, thriving on interaction, collaboration, and community. Yet, we often drive alone in cars, walk on treadmills wearing headphones, or work in commercial parks ...
Social equality is one of the most important talking points in global social science research. The global outbreak of COVID-19 caused major societal changes. All aspects of life, including work, study ...
It has been a month since my post about the apparent absence of social design from academic literature. Since writing last, I have noticed several opportunities for social design: In my local coffee ...
Social Urbanism: Reframing Spatial Design – Discourses from Latin America, a new book by Maria Bellalta, ASLA, dean of the School of Landscape Architecture at the Boston Architectural College, is a ...