How to Fight Fascism – Mike Monteiro

Talk at From Business to Buttons 2017 in Stockholm. #fbtb17

Transcript

2. YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT DESIGN OR POLITICS?
3. DESIGN IS ALWAYS POLITICAL.
4. DESIGN IS: THE INTENTIONAL SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WITHIN A 
 SET OF CONSTRAINTS. PROBLEM CONSTRAINTS INTENTIONAL SOLUTION
5. Greensboro Winston-Salem Charlotte
6. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Steven Nass, CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Maps by the Washington Post.
10. THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
22. OUR SOLUTIONS 
 CAN ONLY BE AS 
 GOOD AS WE ARE.
25. “We’ll partner with in the world as long they’re about making transportation in cities better.” anyone
26. “We’ll partner with anyone in the world as long they’re about making transportation in cities better.”
27. “The HR rep began the meeting by asking me if I had noticed *I* was the common theme in all of the reports…
28. DESIGN MUST HAVE AN ETHICAL CORE.
30. “…the firm’s principal, did not want to talk about politics, and emphasized that their mission is purely architectural.”
31. ” …something we consider 
 too dangerous to create.”
32. WE ARE GATEKEEPERS.
33. But Mike, won’t 
 somebody else do it?
34. GOOD TROUBLE
35. It won’t be easy… …but it’ll be worth it.
38. THIS IS WHAT FASCISTS LOOK LIKE
40. ” …something we consider 
 too dangerous to create.”
41. OPPENHEIMER’S OPTIMISM DIED AT THE FIRST HURDLE
42. “There are professions more harmful than industrial design, 
 but only a very few of them.” —VICTOR PAPANEK
46. THE SERVICE ECONOMY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE
47. THE SERVICE ECONOMY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE
48. THE SERVICE ECONOMY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT WOMEN
49. THE SERVICE ECONOMY DOESN’T CARE ABOUT MUSLIMS
50. WE DO NOT WORK WITH FASCISTS.
52. THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
57. WE GOT BADASS WOMEN!
58. WE GOT JOHN LEWIS!
59. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
60. “Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
61. THANK YOU MADE BY 
 AN IMMIGRANT