Virtual Lecture Design for Everyone: An Intro to Design Justice

Design Justice © Form Function Studio

Thu, 08/20/2020

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Zoom

An introductory virtual lecture on the practice of design justice.

Join us for the third program in Design for Everyone, a lecture series that seeks to open up conversations about design to broader, more diverse audiences. Produced by Form Function Studio in partnership with Goethe-Institut and DC Public Library.

Design for Everyone: An Intro to Design Justice

Learn what the practice of design justice encompasses, from the perspectives of architecture and graphic design.

About the Speakers

Bryan Lee is the Design Principal of COLLOQATE and a national Design Justice Advocate. Lee has a decade of experience in the field of architecture Lee is the founding organizer of the Design Justice Platform and organized the Design As Protest National Day of Action. Bryan has led two award-winning architecture and design programs for high school students through the Arts Council of New Orleans and the National Organization of Minority Architects.

Jerome Harris is a graphic designer, curator, and educator originally from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent project is a touring exhibition titled As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes. The show is a survey of 20th-century African-American graphic designers, which challenges the history of design. Harris also maintains an ongoing recreational choreographic practice on Instagram named @32count. He is also a gamer, loves to cook, and DJs under the moniker DJ Glen Coco. He holds an MFA from Yale University in Graphic Design, and a BA from Temple University.
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