Christine Marie Ortiz Guzman on how we are all “designers”

Inclusive and universal design have gained wider attention and practice in recent years. Its goals are grounded in the belief that recognizing, problem solving for, and learning from excluded groups, yields universal benefits for all. But what if the this isn’t enough? If the foundations of these structures are designed within systems of inequality, how can they be altered to serve a different purpose? How can we all activate our agency to engage with design work in socially transformative ways? In this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Christine Marie Ortiz Guzman about equity design and designers, organizational responsibilities to change, and the relationship between capital and lower “d” designers. Christine is the founder of Equity Meets Design, a think and do tank that works to increase the ability of those with creative authority to (re)design interactions, interventions, and institutions towards increased equity in process and outcomes.