Designing Justice+ Designing Spaces engages communities in the design and development of new buildings, spaces, and tools to attack the root causes of mass incarceration: poverty, racism, lack of access to resources.
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces in the News
DJDS in Shondaland
Deanna Van Buren, the founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, is profiled today in Shondaland as part of their Black History Now series.
Read More →DJDS in Bloomberg CityLab
Bloomberg CityLab’s Zach Mortice talked to DJDS’s Deanna Van Buren about the challenges of transforming closed jails into spaces that benefit communities.
Read More →DJDS co-founder profiled in Financial Times, NBC News
Check out the latest profiles of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces co-founder Deanna Van Buren in NBC News and the Financial Times.
Read More →Deanna Van Buren on WNYC
Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces discusses how architects are taking the lead in building alternatives to prisons.
Read More →DJDS on Monocle Radio + Scratching the Surface
DJDS founder Deanna Van Buren how design can on Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design and Scratching the Surface.
Read More →Designing Justice in Ms., Fast Company, AD
As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is working toward a world without prisons.
Read More →DJDS in Fast Company
Check out the story in Fast Company today: This Atlanta jail will transform into a center for justice and equity.
Read More →Designing Justice profiled by the New York Times
Check out today’s print issue of The New York Times for a full-page profile of architect Deanna Van Buren in the Arts & Leisure section.
Read More →DJDS is Designing an End to Mass Incarceration
PKPR has secured a series of profiles looking at how Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is using design to end mass incarceration.
Read More →Restore Oakland in CityLab, Architectural Digest
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.
Read More →Designing Justice’s TED Talk
Stop what you are doing and watch Deanna Van Buren’s TED Talk: What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like.
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