HUMANITY-CENTERED design, a prevailing trend in the 21st century, focuses on developing systems, services and processes that address pressing global challenges, transcending the traditional creation of iconic structures or user-friendly products.

Aligned with this is the Design Center of the Philippines' priority to 'make design thinking a national competency,' says Design Center Executive Director Rita Matute. 'It is ... a 21st-century skill ... and critical in the quest to future-proof the Philippines and address some of our systemic and generational challenges and unjust systems.'