The Griot Museum of Black History earns one of Monument Lab’s $100k Re:Generation project grants to support the launch of its “Black HerStory Initiative,” which seeks to honor Black women whose contributions span political, social, and cultural spheres of the city through oral histories and public mark-making.
Read MorePre-Order Art of Protest ahead of its October 2021 publication release. Guided by activist, lecturer, and speaker De Nichols’s powerful narrative and stunningly illustrated by a collaboration of young artists, this volume also has plenty of tips and ideas for creating your own revolutionary designs. This is a fully comprehensive look at the art of protest.
Read MoreDe Nichols interviews with St. Louis Public Radio about two billboards she created in collaboration with The Luminary gallery and STL Made campaign. These works emphasize the role and importance of art as both a form of protest and public declaration of community power.
Read MoreDe is an #AdobePartner with Adobe and IxDA for the 2020 World Interaction Design Day (#IxDD).
On September 29, communities across the globe will hold space on #IxDD to come together and activate the power of design to think critically about the themes of culture and sustainability.
Read MoreDe Nichols presents at the 2020 Chicago Camps convening to share about her consultancy, Civic Creatives, as part of its Leadership by Design sessions.
Read MoreIntroducing Design As Protest, Growing Griot, and the Forward through Ferguson Racial Healing & Justice Fund—three creative efforts I am championing for racial justice throughout this summer.
Read MoreTwo of De Nichols’ works about the COVID-19 pandemic are on display at the Smith Campus Center at Harvard University May 12–June 30, 2020.
Read MoreFor the Harvard GSD Design Research Forum’s 2020 colloquium, I share thoughts on five roles that design researchers can serve as the world navigates the #covid19 pandemic. In this audio recording, I discuss how these roles can help generate data, expose bias, synthesize information, clarify truth, forecast new possibilities, and evaluate current processes and systems of power. I also identify a range of U.S. audiences and demographics for which each of these roles might elevate a deeper sense of personal agency due to histories of marginalization and targeted violence.
Read MoreMallory Nezam, De Nichols, and Damon Davis are the artists and designers of MADAD, a collective from St. Louis, MO, selected for the 2020 corhort of Monument Lab’s Transnational Fellowship. MADAD works to reimagine how joy, justice, and interactivity improve public spaces and cultural experiences in St. Louis.
Read MoreThe Chouteau Greenway is one of six North American projects to earn Architecture Magazine’s 67th Annual Progressive Architecture Award. Each year, its panel of jurors select works within the built environment that “exemplify progress by using design to draw connections between individual users and the communities around them.”
Read MoreThe Commonwealth Project at Harvard University is accepting applications from St. Louis-based visual artists interested in building a long-term collaborative arts initiative between undergraduate students and faculty at Harvard University.
I received the honor to have a conversation with STL by Design, a new podcast produced by AIGA STL leaders, Anna Heinze and Jayvn Solomon. Catch how the conversation unfolds as we talk design journeys, social justice, and the power of relationships.
Read MoreJoin Adobe and designers across the globe for World Interaction Design Day (IxDD), a global celebration of interaction design’s ability to improve the human condition. On Tuesday, September 25, the community will come together through activities and events taking place around the globe that showcase the diverse ways interaction design impacts everyday life.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, my favorite platform (Instagram) launched Instagram TV (IGTV), and though I really like it so far (you can check out my channel here), it is quite different from how content creators like me are used to using video in our work.
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