Event Info
The innaugural Where are the Black Designers? conference took place on June 27, 2020. Seventeen amazing speakers and over 10,000 attendees came together to celebrate Black voices in design and address pressing issues in the design industry.
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2020 Event Speakers
Mitzi Okou
Founder, Where are the Black Designers
Raja Schaar
Program Director, Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Dori Tunstall
Dean, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
Antionette Carroll
Founder, President, and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab
Chris Livaudais
Executive Director, IDSA
Sandy Speicher
CEO, IDEO
Elaine Lopez
Associate Professor in Graphic Design, AICAD Fellow, MICA
Kelly Walters
Assistant Professor, Communication Design, The New School
Founder, Where are the Black Designers
Raja Schaar
Program Director, Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Dori Tunstall
Dean, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
Antionette Carroll
Founder, President, and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab
Chris Livaudais
Executive Director, IDSA
Sandy Speicher
CEO, IDEO
Elaine Lopez
Associate Professor in Graphic Design, AICAD Fellow, MICA
Kelly Walters
Assistant Professor, Communication Design, The New School
Vanessa Newman
Head of Brand, Ethel’s Club & Founder of Design 2 Divest
Naj Austin
Founder & CEO, Somewhere Good (Ethel’s Club, Form No Form)
Christina Harrington
Assistant Professor of Design, HCI, DePaul University
Jasmine Burton
CEO, Wish for WASH
Kennedi Johnson
MA Student, Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
Shabnam Kashani
UX Designer, Google
Underground Resistance
Legendary DJ Collective
Spinning: Waajeed
Lindsay Logan
Founder & Designer, Current Theory Studio
Head of Brand, Ethel’s Club & Founder of Design 2 Divest
Naj Austin
Founder & CEO, Somewhere Good (Ethel’s Club, Form No Form)
Christina Harrington
Assistant Professor of Design, HCI, DePaul University
Jasmine Burton
CEO, Wish for WASH
Kennedi Johnson
MA Student, Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
Shabnam Kashani
UX Designer, Google
Underground Resistance
Legendary DJ Collective
Spinning: Waajeed
Lindsay Logan
Founder & Designer, Current Theory Studio
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2020 Event Schedule
