Design is Our World: An Introduction to this Blog

Design makes our lives. Every day, nearly 7 billion people across the globe are affected by design; not just the design of graphics and media, but the design of our political, economic and social systems too. We must no longer criticise design, and in turn the media, for the world's problems, but embrace its power. Media is paramount to our society. We make a mark on the world every time we draw something, write something or do something. Everything has an impact and we should be aware of this.

How does design affect the world? What designs improve the world, and which make it better? A good design does not necessarily make the world better- infact it can do quite the opposite. A range of contemporary and historic examples will illustrate this in the following posts.

This blog will critically evaluate the designs we make because it is important to criticise design that encourages bad and encourage design that promotes good. This is because we are citizens of the Earth and we are all responsible for its future.