The challenge of being an activist designer

“The activist designer first of all is a thinker, who observes, analyses and reacts by design. Its reaction is a confrontation with society which can be a product, service or a political, social or cultural action for a specific influence. This paper believes in the necessity of activist designers in the future of societies and aims at gaining a better understanding of how the activist designer can effectively work and interact within the above mentioned the human attitude”

Maziar Rezai & Dr. Mitra Khazaei (2017) THE CHALLENGE OF BEING ACTIVIST-DESIGNER. An attempt to understand the New Role of Designer in the Social
change based on current experiences, The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S3516-S3535, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352855

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