Design after Capitalism: Transforming Design Today for an Equitable Tomorrow

This rejection of capitalocentrism is significant for designers because it provides a framework to assess other models of design practices—institutions in themselves—that already have, currently do, or might in the future coexist with capitalism.

“If design is merely an inducement to consume, then we must reject design; if architecture is merely the codifying of the bourgeois models of ownership and society, then we must reject architecture;

Today, autonomism exists “as a global network of alliances between occupied social centers and media activists in Europe, Zapatistas

The industrial economy has given way, partially but not fully, to a postindustrial economy in which information, knowledge, and services are fundamental economic drivers.

“Political activity consists of bringing others round to one’s own position. Isn’t that perhaps the shared goal of design?”29

Baudrillard saw commodities as similar to words. Something is always signified by consumption; consumption signifies something socially.

“teaches people how to fix almost anything. Anyone can create a repair manual for a device, and anyone can also edit the existing set of manuals to improve them.”

until all design activities are aimed towards meeting primary needs. Until then, design must disappear. We can live without architecture.”

Escobar defines autonomous design as “a design praxis with communities that has the goal of contributing to their realization as the kinds of entities they are.”