X, Silver2025-04-302025-04-302025-04-25https://hdl.handle.net/10177/40770Full Thesis Statement / Abstract: “The Future of Design (and of the World) Is Holistic: Examining & Transcending Western Design Pedagogy, Practice & Paradigm” is a digital thesis booklet that positions design as a world-building force and posits that an equitable, efficient, and holistic design industry—and world—is vital, denouncing Western design as canon. Drawing from global pre-colonial design histories, contemporary critique, and speculative frameworks, it presents a compelling case for reorienting design education, industry standards, and everyday applications—advocating for design in service of the collective good.Digital Book, Also Printed on Paper, Digital Design, Original Art and Design Imagery Enhanced with Ai Midjourney IntegrationDesign, Book Design, Design Thesis, Design Philosophy, Design Thinking, Decolonizing Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary, Black Designers, African Design, Queer Designers, Queering Design, Holism, Holistic, Futurism, Afrofuturism, Speculative, Metaphysical, Ai Design, PNCA, Silver, Silver The Creative, Silver Chalice Studio, Tashia Williams, Tazha, Silver X, Modern Philosophy, Western Design, Pedagogy, Paradigm, Indigenous, Precolonial