Nexus Podcast

The Design Nexus presents The Nexus, a podcast that explores the intersection of design, identity, and practice through conversations with Black designers, writers and educators.

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Bibby

Bibby's architectural preservation with the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF) reflects his belief that architecture has a social good and can make a change for the social betterment of all.

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Euneika (Ndgo) Rogers-Sipp and Mavis Gragg

Mavis Gragg's legal advocacy for Black heirs' property rights and Euneika (Ndgo) Rogers-Sipp's creative preservation practices and food sovereignty demonstrate the inherent role of design as care in the Black feminist tradition.

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Tura Cousins-Wilson

Co-founder of The Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA), Tura Cousins-Wilson has made visible and reinterpreted the cultural ingenuity of material and making across the Black diaspora.

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Alexus Davis and Jason Pugh

The sustained commitment of Gensler and Smith Group signals a commitment of the design disciplines’ and industries’ inclusion-based theory of change. As a platform of an educational institution, we wish to reaffirm the importance of all perspectives when we consider design and architecture.

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Silas Munro and Tobi Ashiru

Season 4, Episode 3: The work of Polymode and Poche Design both give reference to Black visuality: odes to their West African cultural heritage, traditional architectural education, deep knowledge of the Black archive to offer two disparate, but fully embodied approaches to graphic design.

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Ryan Clarke

Season 4, Episode 2: dweller has been unearthing the Black origins of electronic music and informing political discourse through provoking, and expansive expert interviews understood in the lens of Black electronica.

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serpentwithfeet

Season 4, Episode 1: serpentwithfeet has exhibited this versatility through experimental R&B music, and the creation of safe spaces for Black queer communities to relate and flourish through critical reading, and self-reflection.

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Mpho Matsipa and Antawan Byrd

Title: Season 3, Episode 4: Mpho Matsipa and Antawan Byrd navigate Pan-Africanism and Counter-Cartographies in curatorial and archival practice.

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Ama Gisèle and RESOLVE Collective

Season 3, Episode 3: Ama Gisèle and Resolve Collective’s Akil and Seth Scafe-Smith offer a candid exploration that challenges traditional boundaries in art, architecture, and filmmaking, all while pondering the future of design and its impact on inclusive spaces.

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Kennedy Yanko and Camille Bacon

Title: Season 3, Episode 2: We explore the relationship between art, spirituality, and abstraction with Kennedy Yanko and Camille Bacon, as they reflect on their professional practices in sculpting and writing, and on their explorations of visual perception and Black feminism.