As a society, we face some of the most difficult challenges of our time—rampant inequality, extreme polarization, social disconnection, rising mental health challenges, and climate catastrophes. For ...

Those of us who practice, fund, commission, and teach the nascent discipline of social design agree without hesitation on a couple of things: People who experience this type of design in action ...

"Business and social innovation live in separate worlds, and speak different languages. As the need to make humans more creative and society more resilient becomes central to corporations' ability to ...

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced the publication of the white paper Design and Social Impact: A cross-sectoral agenda for design education, research and practice ...

In the context of architecture, empathy is a catalyst for social change. It challenges architects to consider the broader impact of their designs on social equity, making spaces more inclusive and ...

Social design is design for society and with society. As social innovation and on the basis of dialogue and participation, social design strives for a new networking of the individual, civil society, ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Three days a week, Jeffrey Brown wanders the aisles of grocery ...

We’ve also redefined what it means to be an essential worker. Clerks, technicians, health aides, and others once dismissed as a low-skill, high-turnover segment of the workforce have now been ...

"We're Here for Each Other" is the theme of this year's Social Design Awards. The jury has selected the 10 best projects from around 150 submissions from around the world. You now have until October 4 ...