deem x GIA
Deem is a platform for design as social practice, a place where ideas become tools for dignity, belonging, and shared agency. In partnership with Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA), we’re inviting our community to dream out loud together through The Co-Dreaming Tapes: a three-part audio series gathering artists, designers, musicians, and cultural workers to reflect on the present, name what we value, and sketch futures we can practice now. Rather than chase consensus, we’re collecting textured perspectives, a chorus that deepens our collective understanding. Across three phases—Grounding the Present, Unearthing Values & Desires, and Speculating Desired Futures—each audio vignette weaves voices into an intimate, layered narrative. Follow along with us over the next three weeks as we co-dream, not as an endpoint but as a starting point for social change—an invitation to listen, respond, and grow the futures we want together.