About Design a Better World
If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
Rep. John Lewis
Design a Better World is a website built around ideas in the book, "Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values". The purpose of both is to promote designs of all sorts that make the world a better place. The plan is to:
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Identify designs that improve the world by reducing harm, increasing happiness and well-being, advancing knowledge and agency, promoting equality, addressing injustice, or building supportive relationships.
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Disseminate information, through print or online media, on designs that improve the world.
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Identify areas of need and post challenges for designs that improve the world.
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Conduct classes, workshops, webinars, or give lectures that teach methods designers can use that make their designs more likely to have impact, to be adopted, and to have a positive impact on the world.
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Facilitate the efforts of designers who are trying to make the world a better place.
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Collaborate with organizations that have a similar purpose.