The people behind the manifesto represent a small fraction of the different types of people that practice design. We simply felt that we needed to start a conversation among the design community on how design plays a role within the context of our climate crisis.

We’d love to hear from you. We invite you to add your voice to this living document. Let this be a start of a more engaged conversation within the design industry.

Previous First Things First manifestos provided little to no supportive material after someone signed their name. This version is encouraging signers to visit climatedesigners.org to learn techniques, gather resources, and connect with communities committed to using their creative skills and voices for climate action. The site is a free hub for designers and creative professionals alike.

Have a question? Get in touch

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Previous First Things First Manifestos, 1964 • 1999 • 2014

Updated 2020 text co-written by Marc O’Brien, Namita Dharia, Ben Gaydos, with the help of Sarah Harrison, Julia Yezbick, Karen Stein Shanley, Rachel Cellinese, and Rich Binell.

Press: AIGA Eye on Design, The Brand Identity, GMK, PAGE

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Design by Cast Iron Design

Typeface courtesy of Dinamo

Development help by Cody Whitby

Translators:
Arabic - Dana Baddad & Lina Jaber
Danish - Sandra Pedersen

Dutch - Nele Kempenaers
French - Olivier Vigeant-Paquette, Jeanne Carlier
German - Tim Heiler, Thierry Blancpain
Greek - Despoina Pouroutsidi, Styliani Piperari, Argiro Tsilia
Italian - Matteo Moretti, Chiara Mensa, Emanuele Ghebaur
Hebrew: Ran Altamirano, Gal Cohen

Hindi - Nishi Agarwal, Namita Dharia
Hungarian - Kultúrgorilla
Japanese - Minami Hirayama, Yutaka Nakamura
Korean - Jane Yun
Mandarin - Bill Chien, Weiwei Hsu
Montenegrin - Ana Matić, Robert Aleksić, Milena Pejović
Persian - Serveh Naghshbandi, PhD
Polish - Ewa Szymera
Portuguese - Rita Falcão Monteiro & Pedro Falcão
Russian - Natalya Amirova
Serbian - Ana Matić, Robert Aleksić
Spanish - Zara Palm, Marc Masmiquel
Thai - Santi Lawrachawee, Chalisa Green
Traditional Chinese - Chen Heybye
Turkish - GMK
Turkmen - Umida Oreyeva, Natalya Amirova
Vietnamese - Đặng Kim Châu, Anh Thư Ngô
Welsh - Peredur Williams

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