Welcome to the Design Declares toolkit. Your space to work towards positive change to reduce the climate impact through design, accountability and advocacy.

Resources to take action


<aside> ➡️ A breakdown of each of the 8 Acts of the Declaration and ways you can make them happen. For each declaration you will find ✅ Actions, 🗄 Tools and 👓 Insights recommended by the design community.

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1. Sound the alarm

Acknowledge and raise awareness of the climate and ecological crisis - including its roots in systems of oppression - in our organisations and our practice.

2. Start the journey

Invest in educating ourselves and our teams on methods of sustainable and regenerative design, and show leadership by making measurable change to our practice. The Design Declares Toolkit is a great place to start.

3. Bring clients with us

Meaningfully consider environmental and social impacts as part of every pitch, proposal and production process. Not every design output will be carbon neutral or fully climate friendly, but every project is an opportunity to make real progress.

4. Measure what we make

Measure the environmental and social impact of our work and design projects, and hold ourselves to account for what we find out.

5. Redefine ‘good’

Encourage, recognise and reward sustainable and regenerative design excellence in our industry through media and awards.

6. Educate, accelerate

Build and foster intra- and cross-discipline knowledge networks to share tools, resources and best practice to accelerate progress in our industry.

7**. Design for justice**

Create with and for the people who are disproportionately affected both by climate change and by the transition to a lower-carbon world.

8**. Amplify voices for change**

Enable systemic change by working alongside policymakers, campaigners, ecologists, scientists, activists and others to strengthen local and national movements for change.

Dive In

<aside> 👉 If you’ve only got 5 minutes start with these actions and resources curated by design discipline.


Communication Design

Digital Design

Industrial Design

Service Design

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Community Resources

<aside> 👉 Book, articles, podcasts, or articles suggested by the community on the topic of designing for the planet.


Community Resources

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Case Studies

<aside> 💼 Learn more about projects championing D!


D! Case Studies

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Articles

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Carbon targets for the Design Industry

What’s the future for Design Declares?

Becoming a Community Interest Company

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Get Involved

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Sign the declaration

Share your commitment

Encourage your team to sign

Add to this toolkit

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About

<aside> 👥 Design Declares Toolkit


Inspired by the global emergency declaration movement demanding accountability and action across industries, Design Declares is the initiative of a multidisciplinary group of UK design professionals and agencies who all believe in the power of design to change things.

Driftime®, Morrama, Studio Wood, Thomas Matthews, Urge Collective, with support from: Design Council.

Feedback & Disclaimers

Handbook

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