What is design changemaking?

You have the power to design a fairer world.

After years of experimentation, I've developed a practice that helps teams discern oppressive patterns — and transform them into something more positive.

I call that practice design changemaking. It helps us break cycles of oppression and forge pathways to liberatory futures.

Its core tenets:

Questioning whose histories, presents and futures are privileged within and beyond the design process.

Embracing multiple ways of imagining and creating that break with Western industry standards and gatekeeping.

Accepting responsibility for real-world impacts, committing to justice, and answering to those impacted.

Honoring community wisdom, nurturing trust, and restoring harmony with the Land.

Cultivating conditions where collective joy, self-determination, pleasure and care can flourish.