Folks of Color in Graphic Design
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- ohhhhhsnap
Chris, the guy who created Kiss My Black Ads (KMBA) / http://objectsinrepeat.com
& the late and super talented Sylvia Harris
http://www.aiga.org/design-journ…Trying to create a pool.
Feels like we're few and far btwn at times.
- waterhouse0
Glitterati Duane.
But, I'm racist.
- monospaced0
- why would you single yourself out as a "person of color" in the first place? isn't that counter-productive?monospaced
- You're a designer.
I'm a designer.
Why differentiate with skin?monospaced - Actually it's not Mono. Folks of color are few and far btwn in the field. It's good to know who's out there .ohhhhhsnap
- Racist against who?ohhhhhsnap
- not 'against' anyone, it's just racist because you're bringing race into a situation where it wasn't relevant or isn't a problemmonospaced
- a problem. basically, you're focusing on race for unknown reasons. why flock to each other? that's count-productivemonospaced
- -productive. It's 2012, 'people of color' don't need group solidarity anymore, not in design. fuckin' amonospaced
- i wouldn't expect you to understand. and it'll be counter productive to explain it to you.ohhhhhsnap
- "Folks of color are few and far btwn in the field" in EVERY field simply because they're the minority population in..CanHasQBN
- ..developed countries.CanHasQBN
- that's what they want you to believe.ohhhhhsnap
- 2% is WELL LOWohhhhhsnap
- zoozoo0
white people are more black than black people
- I have a chip on my shoulder for fake hipsters infiltrating the trueness lolzoozoo
- but of course the pop culture influences are inevitablezoozoo
- zoozoo. true.ohhhhhsnap
- http://ikonsmagazine…ohhhhhsnap
- Glitterati_Duane0
We're Here!
- Love it! Your work is shining bro.ohhhhhsnap
- wondering if the responses here surprise you.ohhhhhsnap
- Thank you. No they don't lolGlitterati_Duane
- fadein110
i'm actually a 16th black but look white
- 1/16 the black? so you have black skin on 1/16th part of your body tee heezoozoo
- means his dick is 1/16" longer than averagemonospaced
- ohhhhhsnap0
Emory Douglas is still doing his thing.
http://www.aiga.org/visualizing-…
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibit…- < not color, that's black and white, clearly
;)monospaced
- < not color, that's black and white, clearly
- ohhhhhsnap0
Designers in a way... not so much Graphic Designers. Definitely an ode to a certain aesthetic. + <3 Ft. Greene.
- ohhhhhsnap0
http://finearts.parsons.edu/home…
a little bit ago. fantastic event!James Baldwin writes on the significance of Black Artists coming together in his Uncollected Stories publication. If you're ever in a BN or indie bookstore, check it out.
Anyway... any contributions here welcome. I'm trying to compile a list.
- pango0
Thought you were gonna ask about and technical colour question...
didn't know colour of your skin is still relevant to your work.
leaves thread...
- bulletfactory0
- fourth one from the top looks like burnt sienna. bottom one looks like raw umber.CanHasQBN
- ohhhhhsnap0
Archie Boston: http://www.aiga.org/fellow-archi…
Recognized and awarded by AIGA in 2007
- ohhhhhsnap0
cool source: http://www.linkedin.com/answers/… and it was my experience too that I never learned about any PoC designers throughout my BFA or MFA course of study.
- ohhhhhsnap0
Silent Minorities: Industry Employees Speak Out About Adland Isolation
- akrok0
what! you don't know jimmy, then.
- CanHasQBN0
Couldn't you say "few and far between" about any occupation regarding blacks (or any minorities in any given country)?
As zoozoo said, "white people are more than black people".
- "Couldn't you say "few and far between" about any occupation regarding blacks" no.ohhhhhsnap
- explain.CanHasQBN
- albums0
racist thread is racist.
- 20120
There's nothing racist about being proud of your background as a minority.
- The First Deadly Sin - Pride
http://francinemorri…utopian - lol2012
- The First Deadly Sin - Pride
- 20120
If someone started a "women in graphic design" thread, would you call them sexist?
- Only if they were fat.JackRyan
- someone has!ohhhhhsnap
- and btw. that wouldn't be called sexist because the liberation of all women hasn't happened yet.ohhhhhsnap
mi·sog·y·ny muchohhhhhsnap- http://www.qbn.com/t…ohhhhhsnap