About

Making design accessible through conversations Monthly Design Review is spearheaded by Tin-Ho Chow and Aaron Perry-Zucker of Big New Ideas LLC. This publication was started as an advisory program for Big New Ideas LLC to help steer the design studio towards engaging in meaningful, world-changing projects. In the process we had many conversations with designers, entrepreneurs, community organizers, non-profits, etc, about our shared understanding of design as a vehicle for social change and our various efforts trying to get others to understand this. Soon we realized that this conversation was important and should be made available to the public after it’s had a chance to be edited.

So that’s Monthly Design Review:  a monthly discussion concerning the design of businesses, campaigns, non-profits, social movements and ideas. We seek to create a broader understanding of how design is changing the world. Please Join the conversation on Facebook, or email us for more information.

Monthly Design Review’s Vision
To help create a world where every person understands and enacts the power of design to better their own lives and the lives around them.

Our Mission
To bring people together in both the virtual and physical world to have meaningful conversations about design. By using a language common to all, we make design accessible by bridging the gap between the design community and the rest of society.

Our Objectives
1. To publish monthly online publications to spread the value of design and establish a voice for design-thinkers.

2. To amass a group of 100 contributing writers for the publication over the next 6 months. Taken from varying backgrounds, this group is the informed voice of design thinking that helps move our mission forward.

3. To hold monthly meetings in New York and Providence, RI to push our conversation beyond the internet and build relationships between people with an interest in design.

4. To share our thoughts and create a forum for the greater public through consistent dialog via social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

5. To constantly challenge our understanding of “design” and creativity through these conversations.