We made a post about the economic blackout a few weeks ago that we are still riding the high from, and a few people asked about where they can learn more about “progressive design”/ antifascist design. As opposed to talking at my phone and spreading misinformation, we're making a small collection of things worth Reading. The hill I will die on: Design is too commonly utilized and oriented towards the wealthy. Design is the craft of problem solving, and needless to say there are lots of problems out there. I try to focus on how to make things better for the “greater good” whatever that means, I am not an architect, or a social worker so Ill make objects that make life a little easier. While right now we only produce shelving and a few other funky things, the goal is to make life a bit more palatable.   All that being said heres a few really good jumping off points for progressive design in no particular order.  In short, some resources.  Enzo Mari’s 1974 Autoprogettazione - If there is one link you click today make it this one. If you ever see a copy in the wild grab it.  Cradle to cradle- Quite literally the book about designing for the future and a circular world.   William Stout Books- Book seller SF based but ships, unbelievable resource for design literacy.  Megs History of graphic design- The textbook on design history for the most part.  Matthew Bird’s History of ID lectures- Youtube is full of crap and misinformation, but Matthew is a RISD design history professor who has posted his lectures for public consumption. Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth- Buckminster Fuller. Was talking about climate change in the 60’s one of the most progressive designers who got pigeonholed into “the dome guy”. The Frankfurt Kitchen- 99PI’s episode on it. Does greater efficiency lead to a higher expectation of labor? Did a kitchen push the bar forward or backwards for the feminist movement?  The Eames- this is the book there are many others but this one is mine.  Things with no particular reading.  The Bauhaus Ulm School Shaker Design Italian Radicalism  Resources. The Design Museum Brussels  Hancock Shaker Village   Cooper Hewitt  The Herb Lubalin Center - ****worth the visit**** Brooklyn Museum in general but Luce visible storage- tucked away in the back, its storage but you can see it, somehow the best speed run of a museum room.  The Vingeli Cannon- Massimo and Leila Vingelli absolutely prolific modernists who have shaped more of the world around us than imaginable, their “manifesto” is public and free.  The Crystal Goblet,- beatrice warde.  typically used for teaching typography but very relevant for other things.