Kristen Stain
@kristenstain.bsky.social
kristen (ketchup) stain (they/she)
designer and ceramic artist in oakland, ca.
🌱🏺❤️🔥🌈🪞🦋
designer and ceramic artist in oakland, ca.
🌱🏺❤️🔥🌈🪞🦋
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And last but not least, a big shout out to our illustrators! Thank you to Rachel Domond, @mdlcomics.bsky.social , Diana Ejaita, Franco Égalité, Aaron Marin, Islenia Millen, and Megan Tatem for your beautiful pieces!
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And last but not least, a big shout out to our illustrators! Thank you to Rachel Domond, @mdlcomics.bsky.social , Diana Ejaita, Franco Égalité, Aaron Marin, Islenia Millen, and Megan Tatem for your beautiful pieces!
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You can also purchase a physical copy of this manifesto with an accompanying workbook on our website.
www.aroko.coop/product/desi...
www.aroko.coop/product/desi...
Design to Divest | Manifesto and Workbook - My Framer Site
Àròko Cooperative is a multidisciplinary creative community reimagining art and design as a social practice.
www.aroko.coop
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You can also purchase a physical copy of this manifesto with an accompanying workbook on our website.
www.aroko.coop/product/desi...
www.aroko.coop/product/desi...
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And of course, tear all this shit down as needed. If you want to read the manifesto in its entirety (and see some stunning illustrations), you can find it at www.designtodivest.org
Design to Divest
A manifesto on how to design for divestment
www.designtodivest.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And of course, tear all this shit down as needed. If you want to read the manifesto in its entirety (and see some stunning illustrations), you can find it at www.designtodivest.org
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Design is circular.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Design is circular.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.
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Design for mutual care.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Design for mutual care.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.
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Create with community.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Create with community.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.
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Dignify through design.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dignify through design.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.
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Be ecocentric over egocentric.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Be ecocentric over egocentric.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.
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Respect the locals.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Respect the locals.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.
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Divest.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Divest.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.
By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.