Tools and Resources
This page is a collection of DesignShift resources meant to equip practitioners, organizations, and communities with the mindsets, practices, and narratives needed to design for justice, care, and flourishing.
DesignShifter Archetypes
The DesignShifter archetypes invites designers and change makers to embrace new roles responses in as we face climate change, inequality, and technological disruption. They move the role of designers from just making to a place of meaning—creating a world that is just, caring, and diverse.
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From How Might We to At What Cost
This tool emerged from a growing tension in design and technology: we are incredibly good at asking “How might we?”, but far less practiced at asking “At what cost?”
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From Frictionless to meaningful
As designers, we've been trained to eliminate friction at every turn. Don't make users think. Make solutions invisible. Optimise for speed. But what if friction isn't always the enemy?
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Maybe I'm just a plant
Maybe I’m just a plant… is a 12-part plant calendar that invites you to used plant as a replacement for the current productivity narratives. Use it as a guide for rethinking our relationship to productivity. Use it as a prompt to find center or a way to embrace fluidity.
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I dream of a future that is...
As part of a practice session, “shifting Beyond” we co-create a future dream scape based on submissions from participants. These dreams became the guide for how we can shift from current tensions to a better tomorrow.
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The Nature Relationship Spectrum
The Nature Relationship Spectrum invites us to re-member that we were never separate from nature, and explore how our relationship might shift from resource to reciprocity.
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Rituals For Slowing Down
In 2024, we hosted a DesignShift pratice session where we explored slowness. Before the session, participants submitted rituals for slow living that they using in their daily lives. This rituals are meant to inspire you to take a step back from the rat race and embrace slowness and calm.
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