Design is Circular
Ancestry Is a Design System
Ancestry is often seen as the past, but in design it’s a living system. Every form carries memory. To create what lasts, we don’t invent from nothing. We translate what came before into what comes next.
Design is Circular
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach (growth - make, use, dispose) and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Design is Circular
Industrial Harm Reduction*
Industrial harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with contemporary production methods.
Design is Circular
Movie Theaters as Modern Underground Railroads: How 'Sinners' Created Freedom Spaces in Plain Sight
For 137 minutes, "Sinners" transforms theaters into Underground Railroad stations—where Black truth flows freely. Darkened spaces become corridors of breath. Tears fall uncensored. And for a moment, liberation exists in plain sight.