Support. In 2024, we adopted “support” as our guiding principle, integrating this concept into our mission, activities, and core values. We aim to create a comprehensive and supportive network for communication design educators and practitioners… Read More »UDA Annual 2024
Spirit. A Spirit of Borderless Design Collaboration The United Designs Alliance organization members are committed to adopting, collaborating, creating, impacting, and influencing creativity, intellectual inquiry, and cultural engagement. As colleagues in the design discipline, we… Read More »UDA Annual 2023
Resiliency. The United Designs Alliance messages in the annual publication introductions over the last few years have reflected the international health and political conditions that have impacted our daily lives. As designers, students, and educators,… Read More »UDA Annual 2022
Revive. We have come a long way and still have a long way to go. 2021 brought the continuation of the struggle through the pandemic. We have all responded and adjusted as necessary and possible,… Read More »UDA Annual 2021
Hope. 2020 has been a year like no other. While the worst pandemic to face our species in a century spread across the globe, communities grappled with fear, containment, response, suffering, decline, and uncertainty. The… Read More »UDA Annual 2020
Elucidate. Now, global culture unifies humanity utilizing disruptive technology; but sadly, without the soul. As a human being and designer, we have such responsibility to manifest global culture with the soul. Hence, UDA leads to… Read More »UDA Annual 2019
Change. Make a difference becomes important. We needed to change. The change was good when we realized that changes exist around our presence. Change means to make something different. Differentiating our identity by differentiating our… Read More »UDA Annual 2018