People often say our food system is broken. In reality, it’s working exactly as it was designed, benefiting some while failing to meet the needs of many more. The good news: We can design a different future.Hey, folks! 👋🏽 I'm an equitable design strategist dedicated to helping designers + and folks who design to co-create a more just, joyful, and sustainable US food system.I help individuals and teams to design more equitably by:🍋 Putting equity mindsets into practice in design research, brainstorming, prototyping, and throughout the design process🍋 Practicing self-awareness + mitigating bias based on personal positionality (or how your identities and experiences—and relative power and privilege—influence your view on the world)🍋 Considering how history + context impacts and influences the work🍋 Prioritizing + collaborating with people and communities closest to the work🍋 Building toward + facilitating co-design responsibly and with care🍋 Recognizing + building toward the organizational conditions needed to enable equitable designA little more about me: I'm the founder of Studio Magic Hour, a collaborative design studio working to advance equity in the food system, and a former Equitable Design Fellow at Hopelab. I've partnered with organizations including the California Academy of Sciences, the Fair Food Network, Hopelab, The Nature Conservancy, Plant Futures, Share Our Strength, and the Southern Poverty Law Center to lead design and design research projects, facilitate workshops, and coach in-house design and innovation teams. Previously, I helped launch FoodCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to cultivating joy, health, and justice for kids through nutritious food, in partnership with schools and community. I am a member of the Design Justice Network, the North American Food Systems Network, the Democracy & Belonging Forum at the Othering and Belonging Institute, Equity Army, and AIGA.💌 Are you ready to put your equity values into action? Send me a note here on LinkedIn or at lucy@studiomagichour.com!