Holding Privilege is an educational game that designers and design students can use as a tool to talk about and reflect on their own relationships to power, identity and privilege. The game offers an opportunity for players to address this gap within the design field and in higher education. Holding Privilege is intended be used in a learning space such as a classroom or workshop and guided by a facilitator or educator.
PROJECT
OVERVIEW
There is a deep divide in access, representation and power in the design world. If we can agree that design is in everything and that everything is designed, then who designs really matters. The people and the voices missing, and those most impacted by the choices of designers matter too.
It is crucial that designers interrogate their own privileges, reactions, biases and blind spots so that we can better understand our power and work towards greater equity and inclusion in the world. In the social design space, it is even more crucial that young designers understand themselves before going into communities or addressing social issues through their work.
CHALLENGE
MORE SOON
PARTNER
DSI Advisors Maggie Breslin & Asi Burak
Project selected for Fast Track Independent Study at SVA
ROLE
DESIGN RESEARCH, VISUAL & UX DESIGN
PROJECT DURATION
2019 | 4 MONTHS
TEAM
LORENA ESTRELLA