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Category Archives: Press Coverage

Deanna Van Buren on WNYC

15 October 2020 — Design

Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces discusses how architects are taking the lead in building alternatives to prisons.

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Sustainability Times

26 August 2020 — Conservation, Mission Driven

For more than a decade, scientists like Luis Ortiz-Catedral have been working to protect the Galápagos pink land iguana. The species faces a range of threats including feral cats and rats which prey on eggs and young reptiles. Their scientists’ work however, came to a halt in April when the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador went […]

DJDS in Ms. + Fast Company

10 July 2020 — Design

As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is working toward a world without prisons.

DJDS in Fast Company

15 June 2020 — Design

Check out the story in Fast Company today: This Atlanta jail will transform into a center for justice and equity.

Razan Al Mubarak Calls For Wildlife Recovery Plan

3 June 2020 — Conservation, Mission Driven

While the global lockdown has led to unprecedented reductions in greenhouse gas emissions there is increasing evidence that the pandemic is bringing critical conservation efforts to a halt, harming efforts to prevent biodiversity loss worldwide. In an op-ed written for Mongabay the global conservation and science news outlet Razan Al Mubarak calls for a post-COVID […]

ESI Design in Next City

7 May 2020 — Design

Next City takes a close look at how PNC Bank tapped ESI Design to transform a former dry cleaners in Cleveland into a thriving community hub.

Mozilla on NPR’s Morning Edition

2 December 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

Ashley Boyd, Mozilla’s Vice President of Advocacy, appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning to discuss this year’s Privacy Not Include holiday shopping guide with host Scott Simon. Listen here.

Mozilla in USA Today

20 November 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

To help consumers choose gifts that protect the privacy of their friends and family, Mozilla today unveiled its *Privacy Not Included report at a press event in New York City. The report identifies the smart devices and toys that are secure and trustworthy — as well as those that may be spying on your friends […]

Mozilla’s MozFest Tackles Political Disinformation

5 November 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

In an age of deepfakes and disinformation, more than 2500 activists, policymakers and technologists gathered in London last week at Mozilla’s MozFest to work on creating a better, healthier, and more humane internet. PKPR secured an appearance on CNN for Mozilla Fellow Camille François to discuss how she is using machine learning and data analysis […]

DJDS TED Talk

30 October 2019 — Design

PKPR has secured a series of profiles looking at how Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is using design to end mass incarceration.

Character Day in Parents, EdSurge

30 September 2019 — Filmmaking, Mission Driven

For the past ten years, Character Day co-founder Tiffany Shlain, her husband, and her two kids have unplugged from their devices every Saturday.

This Mozilla-Funded Film Watches You

27 September 2019 — Internet, Mission Driven

Over a year after the approval of a U.S. patentSnapchat users still don’t know if the app is using facial emotion recognition technology to detect and profit off of their moods. To put pressure on SnapchatMozilla premiered “Stealing Ur Feelings,” a short documentary that uses the same technology to analyze viewers’ emotions as they watch […]

DJDS in Bloomberg, AD

5 September 2019 — Design

In 2017, PKPR client Deanna Van Buren delivered a TED Talk – What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like— that has been viewed more than one million times.

Trint scores 2020 candidates

13 August 2019 — Artificial Intelligence, Tech

Bernie Sanders’ accent may sound strange to some people outside of New York, but it doesn’t pose any comprehension problems for artificial intelligence.