Platforming care in design

How could changing our definition of ‘good design’ help the industry address the climate crisis?

by Marline van der Eijk

Modern design is care-less.

Not in the sense that we don’t care for what we do, but rather that we’re willing to sacrifice culture for efficiency. Contrary to the idea that designers ‘create’ culture, we must ask ourselves to what extent we standardize it. There’s evidence of this standardization in that everything looks the same n…