The 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 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 MoreDuring the Loeb Fellowship’s 2019 Fall Study Tour trip to San Diego and Tijuana, one of the most undeniably impactful features of the experience was the interweaving of art and creative practice that has grounded so much of the activism and cultural life at the border. De Nichols writes about how art infuses life in the two cities.
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.
When I think about the candidate who I trust to be responsible and accountable to this promise in collaboration with my communities, Senator Warren exhibits the moral leadership, track record, and actionable commitment. Therefore, I stand in solidarity in support and endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for President.
Read MoreDe joins the team at Entrepreneurially Thinking podcast to speak about social challenges that matter to her and how her team at Civic Creatives uses design and creative organizing to bring awareness to these issues. Listen to the conversation.
Read MoreVideo of De Nicholsspeaking at the Young Collectors Contemporary conference in Memphis, TN.
Read More“I feel like we are a really amazing cohort of badass designer change-makers.”—De Nichols, Social Practice Designer Where a lot of people see problems, designers see solutions—and we can’t wait to hear about yours.
Read MoreArtist. Activist. Global Speaker. Curator. Entrepreneur. De Nichols is an international changemaker at one of the highest levels of her field, and she is one of 9 designers from across the world who has been selected as a 2020 Loeb Fellow of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD).
Read MoreThere’s something about the simple act of breaking bread – sharing a home-cooked meal with others – that nourishes not only the body but also the mind and soul. But with the right ingredients, a meal can also spur social change. That is the idea that De Nichols, a civic designer, social entrepreneur and founder and co-organizer of local grassroots organization FoodSpark, is banking on.
Read MoreIn this morning news television segment, I joined my friend Sherita Love (EdHub STL) on Fox 2 Now to share our experiences as women in the St. Louis startup community.
Read MoreI 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 MoreDe Nichols is a featured artist of Counterpublic, a major new triennial exhibition by set to animate the everyday spaces of Cherokee Street with expansive artist commissions, performances, processions, and public programs from April 13th to July 13th, 2019.
Read MoreAs an extension of the Sticky Note to Self project collaboration with The Soulard School, we are creating a mural!
Read MoreJoin me on a day in Madrid as I adventure to South Africa for the new year.
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 MoreAnxiety succckkkkkssss, but it does not have to overpower us. This #StickyNotetoSelf dives into it.
Read MoreArt publication, Sixty Inches from Center, highlights the Dwell in Other Futures festival that featured me and artists, poets, visionaries, and leaders to engage in futurism theory and practice in order to imagine a more equitable, vibrant, and creative St. Louis of the future.
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