Digital Book, Letter 8.5” x 11”

2025

“The Designer’s Awakening” reimagines the role of designers in the face of the climate crisis. It calls designers to move beyond aesthetics and efficiency, and instead embrace deep self-reflection and responsibility for the systems their work participates in.

My manifesto argues that to think systematically with design, the designer has to reflect and do the inner work on themself to be fully aware and unlock an awakening.

By recognizing our collective environmental impact, designers can choose to design for regeneration and healing than individual products and profiting systems. Through this awakening, design becomes a symbol for systemic change, pushing industries and societies to imagine and build a livable, sustainable future for people and planet.