Whose life do we design for?

Written By Jeroen Spoelstra

When it comes to Life-Centered Design, one question we often hear is, "Who are you designing for?"

We can roughly divide this into three categories within LCD:

1. Design for the planet and its nature. 

The goal is to prioritise nature in all that we do. Can we design to regenerate nature and create more space for life to thrive?

2. Design with and for others. 

We aim to help individuals and organisations become better caretakers of our planet. Focusing on natural regeneration, healthcare, well-being, energy transition, and education.

3. Design your own life. 

We can only create a better world to live in if we first redesign our own lives. The goal is to create a lifestyle that minimises our wants and needs while living mindfully. Designing a life for ourselves that connects us to nature.

Author: Jeroen Spoelstra
Images: Jeroen Spoelstra, Marce Xirinachs & Doug McDonald

LCD is needed now for the thriving future of our planet. Join us, and metamorphose into a Life-Centered Designer. 


Jeroen Spoelstra

I am a passionate designer and mountain biker focusing on bringing people forward using a human centered approach. As a designer you could call what I do Social Design, but nowadays there are hundreds of different design names. So for me I am a designer and try to be humble to the world. I like solving issues together with other people in co-design and I love helping people reach there goals.

I find inspiration in mountain biking, traveling and in my current home the Spanish Pyrenees. I use sports, traveling and being outside to get inspired for my work as a designer.

Design to me is constantly shitifing between making meaningful products to creating impactful and real solutions/ approaches/ business that can make a difference.

The Design profession shouldn’t solely be reserved for the designer (in developed world), but for everyone! I design for impact and help people bring out their little designer in himself or herself. I am not saying everyone should become a designer, but I do think people can use a little bit of design to help themselves forward in their personal/ professional life.

https://www.unbeatenstudio.com
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