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Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in August

Design Week

London-based design studio Accept & Proceed – which recently designed an Orwell-inspired identity for data rights agency AWO – has launched a podcast, which explores the ways in which brands and creative businesses are rethinking their impact on society. Podcast: Endless Vital Activity, from Accept & Proceed.

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The Current Crisis Makes it Clear: We Need a New Deal for Affordable Housing

Azure Magazine

He quotes Kyrra Rankine, an activist who pushed for the Minneapolis 2040 plan, which reverses this discriminatory status quo, as saying, “Zoning is the new redlining.”. The post The Current Crisis Makes it Clear: We Need a New Deal for Affordable Housing appeared first on Azure Magazine. Now’s the time for a New Deal.

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The snake that eats its tail

UX Collective

We know that ‘addictive design’ is hugely problematic — Actionable Design Magazine describes addictive design as ‘design[ing] for addiction and excessive use raises concerns about the impact on mental health and well-being.’ How can designers save agency, build awareness of the issues, and create resistance?