“It is hard to trace back when the degeneration of humanity in us or destruction of the environment began. What we call agricultural, industrial or information revolutions have along the way fed human arrogance and greed. As we stand at the cusp of post Covid future the book, ‘The 2020’s Golden Age of Design and […]

“David Houle has seen the future. He’s raced ahead of the rest of us on his ever-accelerating bike to show us how this coming decade will be more fraught with change than any two or three previous decades combined. Embrace the opportunities ahead! A must read.”

“As a college president I have had to manage massive amounts of change and expect that trend to continue in the years ahead. I recommend this book to anyone bracing for the disruptive decade of the 2020s.”

“As a fellow futurist, I have been speaking about humanity’s choices at these fork-in-the-road moments for the past decade. Now, a strange and confusing kind of ‘golden age’ is unfolding before us – but we must make the right decisions, today. If we want to design a ‘good future’ for all of us, David’s and […]

“There has been a resounding silence in the field ever since Victor Papanek blew the whistle on design’s blatant complicity in accelerating the environmental crisis and exporting consumerist culture to every corner of the world. David and James are perhaps the first in over fifty years to directly respond to his early warnings, with an […]

“This book took me to the uncomfortable position of staring at the apocalypse that currently faces society and in particular the role that Design has played in getting us here. I am completely convinced that design has an ever more intriguing role to play in finding solutions to the mess we find ourselves. Although given […]

“What would 21C design look like if we actively designed for a living planet for future generations? If we uncoupled the link between design and consumption that is killing all our futures? This fascinating new handbook introduces Planetary Systemic Design and asks you, the reader, to join the debate. The time is now. Read it […]

“In Moving to a Finite Earth Economy – Crew Manual, Futurist David Houle takes a bold and courageous step to define the climate crisis not as one future trend of interest, but as the defining challenge of this moment in human history. We have 10 years to act, he argues. This trilogy offers a simple, clear, […]

No futurist has been as focused on the climate crisis for as long or loudly as David Houle. The future David envisioned decades ago is now a reality that most of the world understands. The clear and present global danger demands that we shift from advocacy to activism. As David writes, “We can’t flee… there’s […]

“Moving to a Finite Earth Economy – Crew Manual”  “This is a must-read book about coming major disruptions in Capitalism that will rival the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in both impact and opportunity. Highly recommended FOR ALL AGES OF READERS. In my opinion, two of the biggest things humanity faces today are climate change and […]

“As the president of a pre-eminent art and design college, I have long stated that creativity, design, and design thinking are becoming ever more important in the 21st century. Indeed, I feel these attributes will become the “oil” of the future. This book is a must read because it demonstrates why this is so by […]