As designers we have the ability to influence cultural dynamics and shine a brighter light on the artifacts, systems and practices that have perpetuated inequities. Recent innovations often overlook large groups of people and communities resulting in disparities within almost every aspect of the human experience.

Come as you are, and understand your role as an ally when it comes to these pervasive power differences and imbalances. Join our speakers, Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa and Jabe Bloom as they share a framework for allies. Learn how as a designer you can identify symbolic violence and begin to address injustices through your work.

Workshop Resources & Information

In addition to the session video, we’ve compiled resources and references that came out of the workshop with Dr. Dimeji Onafuwa and Jabe Bloom below. We invite you to watch, review and share the materials below with a friend whether you attended live or are joining us for the first time.

If you were satisfied with the workshop or want to support fighting racial and economic injustice, please make a donation to The Equal Justice Initiative.

We also recommend visiting our YouTube playlist to learn important contextual information about racial injustice, both past and present.

Now more than ever we need to begin to consider shifting our mindsets as the world we live in shifts around us. We have a window, a fleeting chance to design anew how we work and play and learn. A tangible chance to design some elements of the ‘total service system’ we call society. 

Mauricio Manhaes, Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), will guide us through a three part series “A Mindset for Service Design: A Logic to the Madness”, co-hosted by Service Design Pittsburgh and the SDN chapters of Atlanta and Washington D.C.!

This conclusion of the three-part series contextualizes the understandings developed in the previous talks into actionable methods for designers.

New to systems thinking? This series allows you to gain a shift in perspective to incorporate a more systems thinking mindset.
Well-versed service designer? Deepen your theoretical knowledge based in philosophy as it applies to service design and practice more authentically. 

Now more than ever we need to begin to consider shifting our mindsets as the world we live in shifts around us. We have a window, a fleeting chance to design anew how we work and play and learn. A tangible chance to design some elements of the ‘total service system’ we call society. 

Mauricio Manhaes, Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), will guide us through a three part series “A Mindset for Service Design: A Logic to the Madness”, co-hosted by Service Design Pittsburgh and the SDN chapters of Atlanta and Washington D.C.!

This second installment of a three-part series builds on the previous talk to explore the question, “Where is the truth located?”

New to systems thinking? This series allows you to gain a shift in perspective to incorporate a more systems thinking mindset.
Well-versed service designer? Deepen your theoretical knowledge based in philosophy as it applies to service design and practice more authentically. 

Now more than ever we need to begin to consider shifting our mindsets as the world we live in shifts around us. We have a window, a fleeting chance to design anew how we work and play and learn. A tangible chance to design some elements of the ‘total service system’ we call society. 

Mauricio Manhaes, Professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), will guide us through a three part series “A Mindset for Service Design: A Logic to the Madness”, co-hosted by Service Design Pittsburgh and the SDN chapters of Atlanta and Washington D.C.!

This first talk of a three-part series focuses on the paradigms of post-modernity that affect how humans understand their relationship to the world.

New to systems thinking? This series allows you to gain a shift in perspective to incorporate a more systems thinking mindset.
Well-versed service designer? Deepen your theoretical knowledge based in philosophy as it applies to service design and practice more authentically.