Social design has a history that goes back several decades. Following Victor Margolin's
recent work, social design has been animated by utopic visions that inspire it and gives it its …

Social design has gained momentum in design research during the last ten years, a
development which can be seen as having several roots. Some of these roots go back a few …

Very succinctly, social innovation can be understood as “a new idea that works in meeting
social goals.” 1 A more detailed definition could be the following: Social innovation is a …

The late 2000s was a period of tremendous growth and achievement for proponents of
social innovation. 1 With the proliferation of research centres, think tanks and journals, the …

In the August 2002 edition of Design Issues, my wife, Sylvia, and I published an article
entitled “A 'Social Model of Design: Issues of Practice and Research.” In that article, we …

This article examines the current field of social design: its claims, practices, and
methodologies. Findings discovered through qualitative research illuminate the current …

This Special Issue (SI) for Design and Culture is an outcome of many conversations over
several years, catalyzed by a series of international symposia on Design and Social …

This paper seeks to make the case for socially responsive design. It does this by offering a
broad contexualisation of previous accounts of design, including those made in this special …

Although the term social design is being widely adopted around the world, conceptual clarity
is still lacking. The way social design is understood and executed can vary greatly. Without a …

Social design highlights design-based practices towards collective and social ends, rather
than predominantly commercial or consumer-oriented objectives. It operates across many …