Episode 14
Where Are The Black Designers with Mitzi Okou
Published on:
1st February, 2021
Black designers make up 3% of the entire industry.That was the report that came out of the 2019 AIGA design census report.
That includes graphic designers, illustrators, web designers, UX designers, a wide sweeping set of roles. This number is also the foundational problem addressed by an initiative turn movement called where are the black designers? It was co-founded by my guests in this episode, Mitzi Okou. We walked through exciting developments in her career and the origins behind the, Where Are The Black Designers movement and what's in the organization's future.
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