Quinlin Messenger

Quinlin is the founder and director of JUST Design - a group of activists assembling groups, teams, and community, to facilitate design processes that center Mother Earth as a stakeholder, and realize a future where we can all thrive together. As a design practitioner, Quinlin’s creative identity is rooted in his African American, Indigenous and Jewish heritage; he channels and honors these legacies through “equity and justice acupuncture” - engaging communities and projects with a focus and sensitivity to renew wellbeing through empowerment, belonging, and legacy cultivation. Quinlin believes design is a tool for social and environmental transformation, and that systems can and should be just for all. Understanding the historical, current, and future contexts of projects is integral to Quinlin’s process, integrating co-creative and eco-centered practices to address the deepest challenges our communities and ecosystems face.