The Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo ends the Chevron doctrine, requiring courts to exercise independent judgment on statutory interpretation rather than deferring to federal agencies. This shift could lead to increased legal challenges to agency regulations, potentially resulting in more judicial scrutiny and a slower regulatory process. Communities may experience variability in regulation enforcement and uncertainty in existing regulations, impacting local economies, public health, and environmental protection. This change emphasizes the need for more precise legislative directives from Congress to federal agencies. (K&L Gates)

ARTICLES

Branding isn’t Placemaking, but Placemaking is Branding

The problem we see today is that both branding and placemaking are often used to describe the most basic forms of what they really mean.

Design for the People: The US Web Design System and the Public Sans Typeface

The next phase of interface design? How AI could streamline the way we use our devices

BOOKS

Designing With and Within Public Organizations
by André Schaminée

This book offers advice on how to ensure that a carefully executed design-thinking process actually leads to the desired change.

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
by Douglas Davis

Learn about the business objectives and marketing decisions that drive your creative work.

PODCASTS

Creating a “joy spiral” to revive San Francisco’s Downtown

The exodus of tech workers during the pandemic left the district lifeless. Now, community leaders are trying to bring people back with or without Big Tech and urging diversification of the city's economy.

Glitchy App Could Worsen Migrant Situation Under New Biden Policy

President Biden’s recent executive actions on immigration point asylum seekers toward existing legal pathways. That includes the CBP One app.

PROJECTS

Branding Democracy

After watching the first debate of this unprecedented presidential campaign, I am starting what may become a diary, journal or letters of reflections on and reactions to the coming election. I call this project “Branding Democracy,” and the purpose is to collect some clarity about (or at least a definition of) “the worst form of government, except for all those others.” (Steven Heller)

City of West Hollywood: Text WeHo

Kilter developed a visual brand and messaging for the City of West Hollywood’s community text alert program. The program represented a unique opportunity to help shape a new standard of government text communications where residents receive useful information about topics they’re interested in.

RESOURCES

Civic Data Design Lab

The Civic Data Design Lab works with data to understand it for public good. In this practice they experiment with and develop data visualization and collection tools that allow us to highlight urban phenomena.

USDS 2024 Impact Report

Their work has spanned 31 agencies and over one hundred programs, with profound impacts—including helping working families, Veterans, refugees, students, children, small businesses, and retirees.

EVENTS

Esri User Conference

The world’s largest GIS conference.

San Diego Design Week

A week of presentations on humanity-centered design.

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–Robert

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