Design for Resilience; Making the Future We Leave Behind

Design for Resilience: A Visionary Approach to Sustainable and Equitable Design

A beautifully crafted and thought-provoking guide to resilient design, blending practicality with inspiration to show not just how, but why we must design differently.

In Design for Resilience, esteemed scholar Stuart Walker presents a timely and transformative framework for restorative design, tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our time: climate change. Our current wealth-driven economic systems have fueled inequality, conflict, and displacement, leading to an uncertain future. This book offers a hopeful and innovative perspective, demonstrating how resilient design can be applied across all facets of life—from products and culture to business and urban planning.

Bridging theory, history, environmentalism, and social justice, Walker challenges conventional design thinking, advocating for a decolonized approach that reshapes industries, communities, and daily life. By asking the fundamental question, “How should we live?”, Design for Resilience provides essential insights for governments, policymakers, designers, and individuals seeking a sustainable, equitable, and enduring future.