Content warning: This letter discusses multiple forms of trauma, including workplace abuse, power, and manipulation, and struggles with surviving trauma. This letter retells my personal experiences as a former employee at IDEO, as well as stories of other alumni (who gave me permission to include their stories). This letter is…

Update! I was given feedback from the community about the clumsiness of my original title. I was reminded that ‘Graphic Design Was Never Colonized. It Is A Tool For Colonization”. Since my post has nothing to do with indigenous people, the title is misleading at best, or adds to the…

Conventional design education believes that by training the mind and the hand, a designer can solve just about any problem. In many ways, this works beautifully. Designers leave their schooling prepared to work for commercial clients with business problems that need solving. …

By George Aye, Director of Innovation at Greater Good Studio We get lots of compliments on our design studio — and we’re proud of our space. It’s sunny and bright, with couches, desks, phone booths and project bays. Every day, we walk into an office that supports the kinds of…