Every day, there’s a new reminder that climate change and growing inequities are catastrophically changing how we live. The world desperately needs radical design solutions, and innovative alternative practices will be at the forefront. An alternative practice operates outside traditional modes, both in its structure and approach to design problems. It consciously stands at the periphery and strives to challenge the status quo.

This project, led by Maya Bird-Murphy, Verda Alexander, Kaleb Germinaro, and Megan Simmons, documents and builds accessible, place-specific monographs of design practices.

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ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE

Alternative Practice is a project meshing art and research, archiving stories of experimental, risk-taking designers reimagining practice.

Coming Soon: engaging discussions with alternative practitioners envisioning new futures, including...

Determined by Design Open Design Collective Prowl Studio Nááts'íilid Initiative WIP Collaborative Duo/. Future Firm AD-WO Nowhere Collaborative Delta Design Build Workshop Public Design for Equity Lichen Studio Barnes General Architecture Collaborative

...and many more.

Alternative Practice is a developing project by
Maya Bird-Murphy, Verda Alexander , Kaleb Germinaro, and Megan Simmons.