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Design Interchange – An Avant-Garde Approach to Success [AF8]
Date: Monday, June 14 Time: 4-5 p.m. Credits: 0.2 CEU Register On-Site at Neocon (Association Forums held in Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 14th Flr) Fee: $15 r During economic decline, design is considered a “luxury” and not a “necessity” by many probable clients. Outside of the finance discipline, the architecture and design industries have arguably suffered one the most aggressive business... [Read more]
Design Interchange Networking Event
Date: Monday, June 14 Time: 5:30-7 p.m. Presented by: The KOHLER Store Sponsored by: Project Osmosis, FocusOnDesign, Designers for the 21st Century (D421) and The Black Design News Network Location: The KOHLER Store, 100 Merchandise Mart Fee: $5 at the door This social networking event follows an association forum (AF8) on challenges /solutions in the design industry during this... [Read more]
DISASTER SOS: HAITI
Date: Tuesday, June 15 Time: 2-4 p.m. Presented by: The Black Design News Network Location: IIDA Learning Center , 567 Merchandise Mart Fee: $15 at the door CEU: 0.2 A thought provoking forum on Haitii with some experts from the fields of design, planning, international development and cultural anthropology. The forum will involve critical thinking about shelter and... [Read more]
Where have all the African American web designers gone?
When one takes a little time to peruse the ‘Net and look around at all the usual trendy sites on ground-breaking design [Zeldman, AListApart, Eric Meyer, Dan Benjamin just to name a few], I see no black faces. No faces of color. And let me state, before continuing, I do not believe that any of these individuals or web sites linked to here in this article are out to purposely make this a reality or... [Read more]
Asian Design meets American Architecture
At first glance, Los Angeles might seem like the last place anyone would visit for architectural inspiration: Patchwork quilts of parking lots and strip malls alternate with vast carpets of matching faux-Mediterranean subdivisions, all knit together by a web of eight-lane freeways. But look closely and you’ll see daring architecture dotting the scrubby hillsides. There are Frank Lloyd Wright... [Read more]
African American Car Designers Add New Flair
Earl Lucas is one of a handful of black car designers in the industry, but his role in the design of Ford Motor Co.’s 2010 Taurus illustrates that something major is happening. Call it change sans the blue donkey or red elephant. Actually, strike that. Call it change on wheels. No, better yet, call it style noir on wheels. Black car designers are being tapped to handle critical auto products,... [Read more]
French Vogue “blacked up” model backlash
French Vogue has found itself in hot water after publishing a 14-page spread featuring a white supermodel in blackface. The model, Lara Stone, is featured on all 14 pages in blackface, which is historically known as a form of racism. It began in the United States in 1830 and would be an acceptable form of entertainment for white people for the next 100 years. It also became popular in other countries... [Read more]
Is Black Barbie Getting a Lukewarm Response?
This is certainly not the kind of attention she’s used to getting. Barbie, with her legs for miles, perfect (yet perfectly impossible) measurements and glittering, shimmering presence doesn’t seem to be wowing her critics with her latest incarnation: black Barbie. The three new Mattel Barbies — Grace, Kara and Trichelle — were conceived with features more in keeping with African... [Read more]
