This issue finds safety in numbers with profiles of 40 design collectives from around the world. What does that mean exactly? We went straight to Wikipedia, one of the most successful collaborative efforts in recent memory, for a definition: A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterized by attempts to share and exercise political and social power and to make decisions on a consensus-driven or egalitarian basis. Sounds good to us.
The 62 Brooklyn, New York
Actus Tel Aviv
Anteeksi Helsinki
Areaware New York
Art.Lebedev Moscow and Kiev
Bark Vancouver
Cai-Light Paris and Dubai
Celery Berkeley, California
CuldeSac Valencia, Spain
Defyra Stockholm
Elastik Amsterdam and Ljubljana
Form Us With Love Stockholm
Graft Los Angeles, Berlin, and Beijing
Groovisions Tokyo
Grupo Aranea Alicante, Spain
Hagilda Tel Aviv
Janfamily London
Lifelong Friendship Society New York
Loyal Loot Alberta, Canada
Minus Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle
Musa Lisbon
NEL Mexico City
Plan 01 Paris
Pleix Paris
Preemptive Media Los Angeles, Palo Alto, New York
Remove Copenhagen
Revolutions on Request Helsinki
Robotany Atlanta, Seattle, and Zurich
Society of Imagemakers Los Angeles
Studio 5050 New York
Sweden Design Hong Kong
Tobias Wong New York
Tonerico Tokyo
Universal Everything Sheffield, England
Us & Us London
Vest Toronto
Viable London
WAT Design Eindhoven, The Netherlands
We Work in a Fragile Material Stockholm
Wingspace Brooklyn