How can we design in a time of metacrisis? Overlapping global challenges such as climate change, economic instability, social inequality, and technological destruction require radically rethinking our current systems. In these complex and uncertain contexts, we call on everyone and designers everywhere to move beyond aesthetic solutions, embracing systems thinking, resilience, adaptability, and, most of all, inclusion.
After our first edition of Designing Cities for All (DCFA) programme, we rebooted with the sub- theme of Re-generation in 2023. This programme focuses on the role of design in (re)shaping and (re)creating regenerative cities by, for and with everyone and every living thing. Following two years of first DCFA edition and our first two essay books in 2021 (read 18 Perspectives on Designing Cities for All online here) and 2022 ( read More Perspectives on Designing Cities for All now we are proud to present our third and final DCFA book! Closing Perspectives on Designing Cities for All is a brand new collection of essays by designers, researchers, urbanists and other experts in the fields in which inclusive design is at the fore.
Pre-order your copy now! Official release on 22nd October.
Essays by:
Carin Rustema, Daisy Dawson, Ekim Tan, Gilberto Morishaw, Ilke Gers, Isabella Segalovich, Jackie Ashkin, Janelle Sallons, Joris Lechêne, Juneal Holder, Lucia Kula, Marc Boumeester, Martine Doppen, Roberto Rocco, Sarah Ichioka, Shibaura House, Shinta Oosterwaal, Sobhi Khatib and Thieu Besselink
This final publication reflects the end of the Designing Cities For All: RE-generation, Pakhuis de Zwijger’s two-year research and presentation programme, approach, and manifesto focusing on the role of designers in shaping and creating cities for, by and with everyone. While the first and second essay bundles each reflect the first and second years of DCFA, this third and last publication reflects the final two years (2023-2024). All three publications, with the Design Principles booklet, are a culmination of the whole DCFA trajectory over the past four years.
Soft Book launch
On the 22nd of October between 11:30 — 12.30 AM, you can join our soft book launch to celebrate the release of Closing Perspectives on Designing Cities for All at Dutch Design Week 2024. You can find us at Strijp-S area, Ketelhuisplein.
Order the book!
The book will be on sale for €15,00 as of October 22nd. If you’d like to read Closing Perspectives on Designing Cities for All with audio, the book will also available online as a PDF with plain text. Use your preferred text-to-speech audio reader to create your own DCFA listening experience. Keep an eye on this page and the DCFA dossier to see when it goes up!
