There’s been a lot of talk lately about design’s power to do good and foster change on a mass scale. Sure, I drink that Kool-Aid, serving it up to my clients and students, too. Sometimes, though, the best “good” design is for a small audience of the people closest to us. Pentagram partner...

Through her work for clients in business, nonprofit and government, design strategist Sylvia Harris has dedicated her practice to ensuring that public information systems are accessible to everyone.

It has been argued that the transition to a sustainable society is essentially a design problem, one of the most important of the 21st century. In this compelling video from the 2011 “Pivot: AIGA Design Conference,” Terry Irwin explains why making this transition will require nothing less than a reconstitution of our collective cultural image.