“What struck me then, as it does now, is the unflinching drive that so many government designers share to serve our true constituents — the American public — even in the face of upheaval.”
— Ashleigh Axios for Design Observer
 
 
“As our government responds to the call and increasingly shifts toward designing and delivering services in a manner that people of all abilities can navigate, it must also work to understand the needs of the full diversity of its audiences. ”
— Ashleigh Axios for Coforma
 

2020

 
“Companies are realizing some of the same things we [at Coforma] did in structuring our business: remote companies pass myriad benefits along to employers, employees, clients, and the environment. With pros ranging from lower overhead costs to a lower carbon footprint helping curb the environmental effects physical offices have on the planet, it makes sense to seriously consider a distributed workforce as a way to help build a better future.”
— Ashleigh Axios on Medium
 
 
“We need to shift the focus of some of the most talented designers away from things that are already working pretty well but serve a few people, to the things that are badly broken that affect entire communities and cultures.”
— Ashleigh Axios for Offscreen
 

2017

 
“No amount of discrete design work or collaboration toward system-based solutions will adjust a culture on its own. Effective changes to culture require collaborating with stakeholders and major influencers.”
— Ashleigh Axios for Automattic Design
 
 
“Our design and development teams here at the White House have been using this model for several years, and we are part of a growing trend within the government – now being led in part by the efforts of groups like GSA’s 18F and the U.S. Digital Service, who are also looking to recruit talented design, development, and digitally-savvy problem solvers to do meaningful work solving problems within the United States government.”
— Ashleigh Axios for the Obama White House
 

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“Good design honors reality.
Good design creates ownership.
Good design builds power.”
— George Aye for Design Observer
 

2017

 
“We, both Americans and Arabs of all creeds and professions, need to have an open heart that is willing to listen. And we really need this dialogue to take place. We fear that which we do not know. And if we really want a way out of the turmoil that keeps escalating, we need to make the effort to know one another, to engage in open and respectful conversation. ”
— Nadine Chahine for Design Observer
 
 
“As we exist in a nation plagued with race-based injustice, violence, and oppression, adopting a racial equity lens to creative practice serves as a critical avenue by which these systems and dynamics can be addressed.”
— De Andrea Nichols for Design Observer
 

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