New Book · Harper Business · 2026

MAN-
MADE

How We Designed a World That Leaves Women Out and How We Can Make It Right

An industrial designer and former global creative director at Nike delivers a sharp critique of a world designed by and for men — and offers an optimistic, practical blueprint for how we can make it right.

Publisher Harper Business
Available 2026
Author Karen Korellis Reuther
Man-Made book cover by Karen Korellis Reuther
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For decades I worked inside the rooms where design decisions get made. I saw who was considered — and who wasn't. Man-Made is the book I needed to write. — Karen Korellis Reuther
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