30 May, 2025

The latest episode of the DHS podcasts is out now!
Listen to the 2024 Design Writing Prize guest judge Professor Anne Massey in conversation with Kitt Santos about his winning essay titled, "Examining design orientations through Indigenous Filipino strengths' perspective".
This paper explores how design has historically been shaped by Western politics and frameworks, influencing products and services across diverse contexts, and offers an alternative design approach grounded in Indigenous Filipino values, emphasizing human dignity, collective strength, and inclusion while encouraging designers to embrace plurality and diverse experiences. This paper was published in the text Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific
Kitt Santos is a Designer and graduate of the Master of Design Futures programme at RMIT University, Melbourne. Follow him on LinkedIn
Listen to the interview below or via Spotify.
Submission are now open for the 2025 prize which will be guest judged by Professor Elizabeth Guffey. Read more here: https://www.designhistorysocie...
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