We are the Restorative Design Association
A women-owned and founded decentralized network for care-centered design
It looks like centering our values at every level
Compassion
Compassion
Compassion
For Ourselves
Meeting ourselves with grace, not judgment
For Others & the World
Extending that same care outward, to people and place
Care
Compassion
Compassion
Designing with Love
Centering rest and ease in every space
Restorative Environments
Creating spaces that restore what harm has taken
Resilience
Compassion
Interconnection
Positive Self Belief/Confidence
Designing with strengths & helping to combat limiting/conditioned beliefs
Ecological Resilience
Sustainable, durable infrastructure using affordable, natural materials
Interconnection
Creation/Creativity
Interconnection
With the Natural World
Recognizing our dependence on the ecosystems that hold us
With Spirit & Presence
Designing in relationship with what can't be measured
Wholeness
Creation/Creativity
Creation/Creativity
Dynamism
Embracing change as part of what makes us whole
Complexity
Honoring nuance instead of flattening it into easy answers
Creation/Creativity
Creation/Creativity
Creation/Creativity
Expansiveness
Approaching design from abundance, not scarcity
Abundance Over Extraction
Creating from what's possible, not just what's necessary to survive