A study of green design and community activists : designing my future

Abstract

Ninety-five percent of the world's designers focus all their effort on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world's customers. Why is this? Three incredibly inspiring activists and designers are challenging this notion. The analysis of the lives and work of Majora Carter, Grace Lee Boggs, Gina Reichert and Mitch Cope led to the development of new core beliefs and values about the design process. After examining the lives and works of three individual activists and one design group, I become closer to realizing what it takes to become a person of action and to use my design education for the greater good after my undergraduate studies are complete.