‘Black designers are here, have been here and are not going anywhere’
Frame Magazine speaks to The Nexus’ founders, Tara Oluwafemi and Caleb Negash, about the show’s driving mission and what they’ve learned since starting it.
Day Labor Station was a design and advocacy campaign by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Public Architecture, led by designer, urbanist and spatial justice advocate Liz Ogbu. The project, which sought to address 'critical issues of space, dignity, and community' through a conceptual adaptable shelter, was a collaboration with day labourers across the US. Render: © Liz Ogbu
The Nexus was launched in June 2020, just a few months after the US murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd propelled the Black Lives Matter movement and conversation surrounding civil rights issues into a global arena. ‘The timing of our release, just as uprisings against police brutality and racial injustice began to flare up, was completely coincidental,’ says Negash. ‘But we’re so glad things worked out that way.’