The Dissent Issue explores how creative resistance, spatial justice, and intentional refusal intersect with design to challenge failing institutional systems. Featured topics include art and performance as a medium for protest, confronting systemic racism in architecture, and community-led advocacy in disability and care.
Contributors:
Rania Adwan, Guest Editor
Rae Alexandra
Sabiha Basrai
Melissa Casburn
Nick Cheney
Maeghann Coleman
Molly Valentine Dierks
Rachael Dietkus
Zoe Donaldson
Eden Elam
Corrina Espinosa
Tyler Galloway
Jacquelyn Iyamah
Anna Johannes
Tyfahra Milele, PhD
Jocelyn Rice
Ryan Swanson
Tracy Swyst
“Every day, as designers, we shape how people move through the world. Design has always been a revolutionary act — one that can challenge power, preserve memory, build community, and imagine alternatives. Dissent rarely appears out of nowhere. It is inherited, adapted, and passed forward. This issue is an atlas of that force, charting where it’s been, where it’s emerging, and where it might take us next.“
— Rania Adwan, From the Editor.
