Throughout history, there have been design movements and design practices that have been anticapitalist, antagonizing the capitalist system, or noncapitalist, operating outside the basic logics of capitalism. These “alternative designs” have created ongoing tensions and dialogue with capitalist forms of design. There are also historical and contemporary precedents that demonstrate some elements of postcapitalist design.
All Case Studies
Adbusters
Anticapitalist
1989–present
Afrofuturism
Noncapitalist
AfroGoPro
Noncapitalist
2017–
Anti-design
Anticapitalist
1960s–1980s
Autonomous Design
Anticapitalist
2000s
Autonomous Politics & Design
Anticapitalist
1960s–
BIOFABRICATE
Postcapitalist
2010–Present
British Arts and Crafts
Anticapitalist
1880s–1920s
Chloe Rutzerveld
Postcapitalist
2014–present
Cooperative (Participatory) Design
Noncapitalist
1970s–present
CoTech
Noncapitalist
2016–present
Critical Jugaad
Noncapitalist
Critical, Speculative, & Speculative Critical Design
Noncapitalist
1990s–present
DESIS Network
Postcapitalist
2006–Present
Enzo Mari
Anticapitalist
1974
FilaBot
Postcapitalist
2012–Present
Four Fields Framework
Noncapitalist
2000s
Full Grown
Postcapitalist
2006–Present
Protoprint Project
Postcapitalist
Punk
Anticapitalist
1968 -
RepRap LTD
Postcapitalist
2009–Present
Sassafras Tech Collective
Noncapitalist
Strange Telemetry
Noncapitalist
2010s–
Superstudio
Anticapitalist
1966–1970s
The Black Panthers
Anticapitalist
1966–1982
The Noun Project
Postcapitalist
2011–Present
The Situationists International
Anticapitalist
1957 - 1972
The Universitas Project
Anticapitalist
1972
Thing Thing
Postcapitalist
2012–Present
Thingiverse
Postcapitalist
White Panther Party
Anticapitalist
1968–1980s
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