In an age in which we can make virtually anything, the question for design is no longer the technical question of how do we make it? The question today is foundational: why do we make it? This is the question that we focus on at ID. With a deep respect for humanity, speakers in the 2021 Latham Series addressed topics bearing on this question of corporate responsibility, and more specifically, of what we make and why. Learn more.

The focus of ID’s annual event in memory of ID alum Lucas J. Daniel (1974–2017) is to drive discourse in sustainability and systems design, areas Lucas was passionate about. Learn more.