Designing Justice + Designing Spaces was featured in Prism for their Installation of “Mobile Refuge Rooms,” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Co-Founder, Deanna Van Buren aims to answer the central question, “What can we build instead of prisons?” by constructing spaces for restorative justice and compassionate reentry.
PKPR has represented Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS) since 2018, securing national and international media coverage that has established founder Deanna Van Buren as a visionary at the intersection of architecture and criminal justice reform. Our work has led to major features in The New York Times, Financial Times, and NBC News, as well as thought leadership placements in Politico, Stanford Social Innovation Review, and other policy-shaping outlets.
We’ve positioned DJDS as a go-to voice on the future of incarceration and restorative justice, securing interviews, op-eds, and speaking opportunities with top-tier media such as The Atlantic and Fast Company. These placements have helped influence key audiences, including policymakers, urban planners, and philanthropists.
By raising the visibility of DJDS’s mission to design alternatives to prison, PKPR has helped shift the national conversation around justice reform and expanded support for the organization’s pioneering work.
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