Resilience Is the Design Imperative of the 21st Century

To survive in a world of change, stop designing for the best-case scenario

Animation by Shira Inbar

In March of 2008, salmonella infiltrated the public water system of the town of Alamosa in southern Colorado. The resulting disease outbreak infected an estimated 1,300 people, over 14% of the town’s population. Of those infected, one person died…