Fast Company Issue № 241 (December 2020) by Stephanie Mehta (Editor In Chief)

Author:Stephanie Mehta (Editor In Chief) [Mehta, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magazine, business, design, innovation, leadership, technology, non-fiction
Publisher: Fast Company Inc
Published: 2020-09-30T14:00:00+00:00

lic health crisis: the scourge of police brutality and sys-I T D O E S N ’ T TA K E M U C H

temic racism against Black lives.

I M AG I N AT IO N TO S E E

It doesn’t take much imagination to see how de-

H OW D E S IGN H AS B E E N

sign has been complicit in creating this status quo—

C O M P L ICI T I N C R E AT I N G

Confederate monuments come to mind, as do the prisT H E STAT U S Q U O.

ons that disproportionately incarcerate Black and brown men, leading to what lawyer and activist Mi-Indeed, some of the most impressive Innovation by Design hon-chelle Alexander has dubbed “the new Jim Crow.” De-orees show a deep sensitivity for the environment. Unocup, win-sign underpins everything from the Minneapolis street ner of the Packaging category, is a disposable coffee cup that folds where an officer killed George Floyd to the apartment in down along the top to eliminate the need for wasteful plastic lids.

Louisville, Kentucky, where police opened fire, slaying WNDR Alpine Intention 110, winner of the Sports and Recreation Breonna Taylor, to the suburban neighborhood where category, is a set of skis made from an algae-based composite that two white men chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery.

diverts plastic waste from landfills. Powerhouse Brattørkaia, win-Intentionally or not, designers have helped con-

ner of the Sustainability category, is a Norwegian office building struct a system of white dominance, and now they that on average generates twice as much energy as it consumes, must do their part to build anew. The time has come thanks to a vast array of solar panels—proof that the best design for designers to question every assumption and con-doesn’t just tread lightly on the earth; it actively gives back.

sider the implications of every choice. There is a com-Now, a formidable task lies ahead, as designers work alongside mon belief that once researchers unveil a working businesses, policy makers, and communities to envision a post-COVID-19 vaccine, life will just go back to normal. It’s up COVID-19 world. This coincides with another urgent American pub-to designers to make sure it doesn’t. — Suzanne LaBarre A N E M E RGE NCY

P R E - FA B IC U

H E A

E A LT H •

LT

H

H

•

•

H

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.