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Imagination Rehabilitation

Imagination Rehabilitation

How does design culture limit our imagination? These articles help you unlearn the design industry’s assumptions.

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A macro of a bee's wings.

How can design be "inspired by nature" without greenwashing?

While biomimicry is a step in the right direction, do we misunderstand what parts of nature we’re supposed to mimic?

Two people walking. A heavy motion blur is applied to the photo.

What’s driving design culture?

Even if design drives culture, we have to ask, "Who's at the wheel? And where are they driving to?"

A "Make America Great Again" hat, modified to read "Make Orwell Fiction Again".

The 400-year-old mentality that still influences design

The worldview that made design is dying a slow death, but change tends to happen not-at-all, and then all-at-once.

Black and white squares who's width gets exponentially smaller, creating a visual cascading effect.

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 7: Tech Divisions

Global tech culture is splitting into two visions of the future: erasing humanity and rekindling it. Which side are you on?

A close-up of a person cupping their hands under a small ice sculpture of a hand.

Platforming care in design

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

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 6: Reframing

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 6: Reframing

Familiar framings can lock us into familiar solutions. What happens when we suspend reality and imagine new processes?

A dark hole with waves of light radiating out from it. The entire scene is black and white, drawn with a pointillism style.

We've developed a climate blind spot

We're more aware than ever of climate change, but how does a purely technical approach affect how we see the crisis?

Three floating squares on a sky blue background. The squares are stacked on each other like Post-Its.

🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 5: Models

Models affect how we see reality and the actions we take, so changing how they work can be a significant leverage point for creating the world we want.

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