Let’s design a more humane future.
Join us in accelerating the movement at our Fourth Annual Design for Freedom Summit on March 27, 2025. Register for the Summit
Design for Freedom can equip the next generation of students and leaders to include fair labor inputs into their new and existing means, methods, and processes in order to create transparency and a more equitable future. Learn more about student involvement.
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With contributions from more than a dozen leading international experts, the newly released Design for Freedom International Guidance & Toolkit shines a light on critical issues related to forced labor in the building materials supply chain, including the legal landscape, the importance of compliance, the role insurers and investors can play to ensure our building materials are not embedded with forced or child labor, and the growing issue of prison labor.
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Design for Freedom reimagines architecture by raising awareness and inspiring responses to disrupt forced labor in the building materials supply chain. The Design for Freedom Working Group, comprised of more than 100 industry leaders and experts in the built environment, is raising global awareness about the hidden humanitarian crisis through pilot projects, the media, symposiums, and partnerships with leading universities. Thousands of pro-bono hours have been donated by these global leaders to elevate the movement and accelerate much-needed awareness about forced labor in the built environment.
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Grace Farms is a center for culture and collaboration in New Canaan, Connecticut. We bring together people across sectors to explore nature, arts, justice, community, and faith at the SANAA-designed River building on 80 acres of publicly accessible, preserved natural landscape. Our humanitarian work to end modern slavery and foster more grace and peace in our local and global community includes leading the Design for Freedom movement to eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain.
Design for Freedom reimagines architecture by raising awareness and inspiring responses to disrupt forced labor in the building materials supply chain. This new movement is mobilizing leaders and experts to design and build a more humane future.