All about social responsibility

Fernando Rodríguez Álvarez The citizen designer In the dark days that live Mexico, emerges a discussion about how designers get involved with social conflicts.

Norberto Chaves Don't Mess with My Design! The interprofessional critique taboo: insecurity, paranoia and corporatism refuge.

Norberto Chaves Verbal/Non Verbal as an Identifying Polarity The typological role in identity reference.

Andrés Gustavo Muglia A navel too big Isn't it too much to ask design to “make the world better”? Isn't there in such request an exacerbation of its goals (and of designers) above its possibilities and concerns?

André Ricard Fewer Products vs. More Services A possible new horizon for the world and for the Design.

Jorge Luis Muñoz Social design: definitions Graphic design seeking for understanding between sender and receiver through communication.

Martín Álvarez Comesaña Sign consumption Culture adherence to the speech of globalization require reviewing purposes and values design assumed.

Jorge Luis Muñoz What is social design? Design's social impact is a research area not covered enough by designers.

Nathaly Pinto The Critical Designer and Material Culture Working unreflectively and predominantly for neutral or anti-social programs perpetuates a society characterized by inequalities.

Rodolfo Álvarez Accomplice Design or Ethical Design How long are the designers going to keep collaborating with a system which leads us to an Earth disaster?

Martha Gutiérrez Miranda Design and intelligence development Human beings are born with several potentialities marked by genetics; nevertheless, today we know that we can develop some others through certain stimulus, like design.

Camilo A. Angulo The Roots of Industrial Design Colleges in Colombia Looking back from two theories about its origin.

Camilo A. Angulo Green Models in Classroom Design teachers must spread pedagogical processes for a green world to reduce the impact of our academic exercises on the local environment.

David Gallo Planned Obsolescence Design should no longer respond to market interests anymore, but to the human needs that as a global community we have created as time goes by.

Antonio Recamier Malacca Beach: Social and Environmental Implications of Design A call to designers and engineers to take up social and environmental impact in their designs - especially when it comes to off-shore resource extraction.

Pablo Zarate Design Manifesto Ten principles that guide my daily design practice.

Fernando Navia Meyer Graphic design's carbon footprint Carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse effect gases, bound to a product or service.