As a capstone to our fellowship experience with Monument Lab and the Goethe Institut, St. Louis’s MADAD Collective (De Nichols, Damon Davis, Mallory Nezam) was featured in a new exhibition by Goethe’s Montreal organization. “Shaping The Past / Inscribing The Future” features works by several of the 2020 ML fellowship cohort, as we reflect on our artworks that engage topics of spatial justice, memorialization, and public art within our local communities.
Read MoreIn this live conversation by Exhibit Columbus and Dezeen, a panel of experts discussed how cultural organisations and communities can work toward creating equitable civic spaces across the US.
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 joins design leader, Jessica Helfand, for a conversation on reliance, entrepreneurship, and activism for her daily essay series, The Self-Reliance Project, on Design Observer.
Read MoreThe Visionary Dialogues was created to support women artists in St. Louis by bringing them together virtually to share their challenges, strategies, and successes during this time of historical uncertainty.
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 MoreDuring the current COVID pandemic, parents and educators may seek to help their children understand and navigate the new life changes that are required for remaining healthy and safe from the spread of the virus. Pangea Publishing sent me a copy of their latest book, The Unwelcome Stranger, which teaches emerging and early readers about the virus through the story of Jasmine, a young girl who learns about the coronavirus through the wisdom of her grandmother. In this video, you can read The Unwelcome Stranger alongside me by accessing a free digital copy of it at https://www.pangeaeducation.org/the-unwelcome-stranger.
Read MoreDesigner and social worker, De Nichols, capstoned Design Futures Forum with a reflective talk about sustaining personal and collective well-being in the fight for racial healing and justice in the United States. De shared lessons from civil rights leaders and fused insights from her personal challenges of navigating design activism with a chronic illness. By introducing a framework to assess the collective trauma in the built environment, De proposed a set of provocations that designers might consider as they design toward a more just and healthy future.
Read MoreThis week's note inspired by "Tell the truth, and always seek justice," a statement made in a course session with Dr. Cornel West.
Read MoreDuring this time of uncertainty with the spread of the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, cabin fever, depression, and anxiety can easily creep into our daily lives as we social distance and self-quarantine. In this video, I share some of the ways that I have sustained structure in my life in efforts to ward off anxiety and continue to be productive at home.
Read MoreWatch the recorded talks and “Conflicts in Inclusion” panel that De moderated for the Conflict by Design conference at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design
Read MoreIntercourse is a series by Afrosexology that brings young black people from different genders, sexualities, and experience levels to talk about how we have navigated sex throughout our lives.
Read MoreVideo of De Nicholsspeaking at the Young Collectors Contemporary conference in Memphis, TN.
Read MoreAnxiety succckkkkkssss, but it does not have to overpower us. This #StickyNotetoSelf dives into it.
Read MoreIn a recent video blog, I opened up about how complications with anemia and endometriosis affected how I spent my 30th birthday.
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