Another design nonprofit BUSINESS dies. Design practitioners must understand that, for-profit or not, a business must make enough money to fund its activities. When I say another dies, I refer to my beloved IAI, which collapsed under different external pressures but same root causes IMO. Design education must include at least the basics of business, just as basic education must include math.
Sad to see IxDA winding down. Sounds like a highly stressful time for the org’s leadership. Thanks to everyone who’s cleaning up the mess and especially to Andrea Mignolo, MBA, PCC for the clarity of your communications. Beyond the stress and suffering, I see this as a further data point re: the changing landscape for design. While it may be too early to tell whether the problems that led to this situation were inherent to the org or caused by the changing context (likely: both), the fact remains that the post-pandemic world looks different. A key open question now: how do we build a community of practice in a world where in-person conferences are no longer a viable means for funding community orgs? Perhaps a more bottom-up, federated approach is in order? Other ideas? /cc Grace G. Lau Vanessa Foss https://lnkd.in/g65zhhNW
