Reflections on Design Activism and Social Change: Design History Society Annual Conference, September 7–10, 2011, Barcelona

© 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology DesignIssues: Volume 28, Number 2 Spring 2012 1 OED Online, s.v. “activism, n.” and “reform, n.2 and adj.,” http://www.oed. com (accessed November 8, 2011). 2 Alastair Fuad-Luke traces a history of design activism, but not a shift from “design reform” to “design activism,” in Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World (London: Earthscan, 2009), 33-54. Reflections on Design Activism and Social Change Design History Society Annual Conference, September 7-10, 2011, Barcelona Grace Lees-Maffei