Experts seem to agree that in the past decades little scholarly attention has been paid in
development and design scholarship to ethics and global justice issues. The subject is …

Introduction and Context Design in a poor context, or for the alleviation of poverty, has
received little or no attention. An informal discourse analysis shows that design and poverty …

As I walked on the shore of Cape Town to the opening ceremonies of a conference on
design in South Africa, I saw through the rain and mist a small sliver of land in the …

Abstract Design is essential to fulfil unmet or under-served needs of resource-poor societies,
supporting their social and human development. A great deal of design research has been …

1 Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World; Human Ecology and Social Change, 2nd
ed.(Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1985), ix. We have used Papanek's 1985 revised edition …

Abstract Although Universal Design gains popularity as a common sense strategy for
crafting built environments for all users, accessibility for disabled people remains a marginal …

Design scholars from diverse fields have attempted to assist marginalized social groups by
redirecting design thinking toward their needs. By offering alternatives to dominant design …

How Design CAN CHANGE the World Today, everyone is a designer. And the future of
civilization is our common design project. How does design help choose our leaders? Why …

This paper is about the application of user-influencing design for improving wellbeing,
focusing on the ethical issue of finding the right balance between determination and …

A seminal post-colonial scholar, Deborah Bird Rose (2004, 154) exclaims,'the west
collectively is the leader; it is closest to the future, and the rest of the world follows along …