DJN Member Feature: Michael (Mike) Harrington

November 26, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

This month, we would like to highlight and celebrate DJN Member, Michael Harrington. Mike is responsible for supporting the work of the Tishman Center by liaising with offices and departments throughout the university and implementing projects that advance The New School’s commitment to sustainability and environmental justice. Before joining the TEDC team, He worked at Elevate Energy, organizing around creating equity in the energy efficiency market; served as the chair of another environmental non-profit, the Delta Institute; and has helped manage an organic food bank garden for people with compromised immune systems. He also served on the associate board of the Green City Market, Chicago’s largest farmer’s market. He obtained his Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management from The New School and has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Psychology, with a specialization in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and was a 2019 Urban Design Forum Forefront Fellow and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Delta Institute, an environmental non-profit. Mike is a DJN member, and part of the DJN Communications Team! You can learn more about Mike Harrington by following him on Twitter @mrhansudo or Instagram @squalllionmonochrome.

This is an interview with Mike Harrington conducted by Lydia Hooper, both of whom are members of the Design Justice Network Communication Working group.

DJN Member Feature: Kirsten George

October 31, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

Kirsten George

Interior Designer and Educator

Lenape / Philadelphia, PA, USA

SHE/HER

“To me, design justice means understanding that every person has valuable insight and knowledge that not only deserves to be heard, but needs to be in order for successful design to be possible.”

3rd Quarterly DJN Pause! (Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2021)

September 21, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Seasonal Pauses

Starting Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2021, our Steering Committee team and staff will begin our third week-long seasonal pause.

With an orientation toward creating more rest within design justice, please read more about it.

2nd Quarterly DJN Pause! (June 28 - July 4)

June 18, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Seasonal Pauses

Starting June 28 through July 4th, our Steering Committee team and staff will begin our second week-long seasonal pause.

With an orientation toward creating more rest within design justice, please read more about it.

DJN Spotlight May: Max Masure (they/them)

May 25, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

This month, we are featuring the work of Max Masure, (they/them), is an Ethical UX Researcher, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant, Author, and Public Speaker.

We're taking a Pause!

April 23, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Seasonal Pauses

Starting April 26 through May 2nd, our Steering Committee team and staff will begin our first week-long seasonal pause.

With an orientation toward creating more rest within design justice, please read more about it.

DJN Spotlight March: Jorn Bettin, New Zealand

March 25, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

This month, we are featuring the work of Jorn Bettin, an autistic anthropologist by birth and a knowledge archaeologist by autodidactic training. He has a background in mathematics, and has put his understanding of formal symbolic reasoning to good use in the co-design of ecosystems of visual domain specific languages, working closely with domain experts from a broad range of industries in transdisciplinary contexts. Jorn has been involved in operating S23M since 2002. His current work focuses on the co-design of new community-oriented and patient centric models of care, including supporting software tools. Jorn has co-authored a number of books on creative collaboration and model driven product line engineering, and he is part of the Autistic Collaboration Trust – a global mutual support hub for neurodivergent individuals and ventures.

DJN Spotlight February: Valérie Lechêne & Lindsay Miller - Critical Utopian Action Research Article & Drawings

February 23, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

This month, we are featuring the work of Valérie Lechêne & Lindsay Miller, who are DJN members who both attended Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel’s DJN Member Stories Share session.

Valérie Lechêne wrote the article below, and Lindsay Miller drew the illustrations and supported with documentation.

Valérie Lechêne - Val practices design, research, and organizing at the nexus of climate action, housing justice, and information architecture. Among other activities, she is an active member of The-Architecture-Lobby where she co-organizes the Architects Beyond Capitalism school and the campaign for an internationalist just transition (Green New Deal). She loves the poetry of Stella Nyanzi.

Lindsay Miller - Lindsay Miller is an applied technology and video game design researcher and artist/illustrator working out of San Diego, CA in the USA. She loves finding spaces where her design research and illustration skills can intersect, especially to support the creation of more accessible and inclusive futures. You can learn more about her applied design research work here or her illustration here.

If you are a DJN member doing interesting work, and would like to be featured in a future newsletter or blog post, please email us at designjusticenetwork@gmail.com.

DJN Spotlight January: The Consentful Tech Project

January 27, 2021 by Victoria Barnett in Member Stories

This month, we are featuring the Consentful Tech Project, https://www.consentfultech.io. Directly quoting from their website, “A lot of us have heard about consent with regard to our physical bodies, like in the context of medical decisions or sexual activities. But what does consent mean when it comes to our data and our digital lives?

Consentful technologies are digital applications and spaces that are built with consent at their core, and that support the self-determination of people who use and are affected by these technologies.