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Design and Culture, 5(2): Design Activism Issue

Developing from the 2011 Design History Society conference in Barcelona (convened by Julier), this special issue brought together scholarship on social design, design activism, participatory design and sustainable design in the context of crises in neoliberal economics, social justice and climate change. Edited by Julier, it was the first peer-reviewed journal issue to provide a focused investigation of design activism that examined the relationship between historical enquiry and contemporary design practice and policy. Within it, Julier’s single-authored article explored the interrelationship between design culture, design activism and neoliberalism. His research opened out discussion of design into political economy theory.