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In The News

Press and media coverage of the African American Design Nexus.

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‘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.

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The African American Design Nexus’ Harlem StoryMap traces the neighborhood’s Black-designed places

Sala Elise Patterson interviews the AADN’s Thandi Nyambose on the meaning behind the Harlem StoryMap.

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The Nexus Podcast: A showcase for Black scholars, writers, designers, and educators

Ultimately, The Nexus will add to the broader intellectual ecology that is the African American Design Nexus and will contribute to the Loeb’s ongoing open access bibliography that makes available key texts related to “the intersection of race and design.”

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Harvard’s GSD launches platform to feature work of black designers

Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) has launched a new platform to counteract the pervasive and enduring impact of racism that disproportionately affects black designers.

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Harvard launches online hub celebrating African American designers

It’s true that African Americans have been and remain deeply underrepresented in the design industry, but those glaring statistics also obscure the critical work that the community has been producing.