Designing a Postcapitalist Practice
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Capitalism permeates all that we do, to the point that we can not comprehend a world without it. We are living in a monoculture. And much like ecologies lacking diversity, we are susceptible to collapse. The extreme power imbalance between owners and workers, coupled with the inherent “do what you love” exploitation in creative disciplines, is inhumane and unsustainable.
This is the motivation for our visual essay and exhibition entry, Designing a Postcapitalist Practice. We question our relationship to our work and explore more fair power structures such as unions, cooperatives, and collectives. The hope in circulating this essay is to contribute to the discussion amongst design workers, and together build a resilient postcapitalist ecosystem.
Role: Author / Designer
Client: Rhode Island School of Design- Center for Complexity
Date: Published 2022
