Culture
The silence of the corporate and business class maintains the status quo in a social, economic, and political system designed to kill people for profit. However, we have options to redirect human behaviours in a more positive and life-giving direction.
Culture
How to think differently about doing good as a creative person: A guide to avoiding “creative savior complex” when working on social impact projects.
Culture
As designers, we have power to give our time to what is important and necessary and required. We also have power to withhold our labour from the very systems that are built to oppress us.
Community
My application for the Design Science Studio was submitted on the day of the application deadline on Friday, June 12, 2020. I learned of my acceptance into the Design Science Studio in early August 2020.
Culture
The design industry faces a reckoning. We either continue to build the fascist empire of corporate control or we dismantle it by refusing to offer our labour to perpetuate the existing systems.
Culture
The burning of the American Empire and the Earth is the responsibility of every Facebook executive and employee who might be saying to themselves, “I was only following orders to keep my well-compensated position at Facebook.”
Culture
For Creative Mornings Vancouver, Melina presented the story of her work, studies and campaigns in Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Canada and across Europe focusing on resource extraction, climate change impacts, media literacy, energy literacy and Indigenous rights & responsibilities.
Resilience
To become a resilient society, we need to become the heroes and protagonists of a different story. Who are we? We are a builders collective. We are building leaders to design a resilient society.
Hope
A sense of hopelessness can overwhelm us within moments of a feeling of joy when we are confronted with a loss. Grief may never leave us, but it may be possible to respond in healthier ways.
Art
“It is my wish, for those who didn’t know the vocal jazz, that through this work and these young voices they become curious about and begin a journey of discovery of what may be a source of immense pleasure: Billie, Ella, Dinah, Sarah and other many voices, male and female, are waiting for them.”
Hope
We are all being affected by COVID-19. The stress of the situation and the loneliness of our social distancing can be overwhelming at times. The Liturgists are offering a way to help during this time.
Love
These are stories of love and peace from the area that has been the iconic symbol of the divisions that are tearing this world apart. The stories start with a wish to stop a war with Iran by getting to know the other side — all by simply starting a conversation.