Book Overview

Right now, with the tools in our hands, creative work is more powerful than ever–it can move mountains, cure plagues, and change the world for good. Amid the complexity of your everyday life, how do you determine not just what you can do, but what you should do, what you must do, and how to do it? You need a manifesto.

A modern manifesto is a statement of purpose and a script for action. Your manifesto can be a compass to help you navigate the seas of change and a reminder of your agency as a creator and changemaker. In You Need a Manifesto, Charlotte Burgess Auburn explains how to collect, curate, and craft your own manifesto that you can use as an everyday tool for making decisions and taking action. Borrow and rearrange your way to a manifesto that can give you the confidence to take risks that are important to you and be persistent about pursuing goals you actually care about–all through the power of words.

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Expand your library with this collection of 12 books from celebrated d.school educators. Discover activities, stories, and tools focused on topics from social change and reflection to prototyping and telling visual stories with data.

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Authors and contributors

Charlotte Burgess-Auburn

Author

Charlotte Burgess Auburn is a designer, artist, and educator. With a background in production for fine arts and theater and experience at the MIT Media Laboratory, she has been the director of community at the Stanford d.school since 2005, where she also teaches classes on the role of self-awareness in creativity and design.

Rick Griffith

Artist

Rick Griffith is a graphic designer and master letterpress printer. He runs MATTER, Denver’s only design studio, manufactory, and design (book) shop, with his partner Debra Johnson.