#Repost @emilyforgot @download.ins --- So by now we can probably all agree that yesterday’s black square had some issues. Here’s the content I had prepared but didn’t post. Yes it’s more art and design which might feel like a frivolous thing to be posting right now but when @sukrachand asked why there weren’t more black voices in design, I decided to investigate this uncomfortable question . Today’s newsletter will share some black voices from the past and some from the present, it’s a small start but I look forward to sharing and celebrating more work and doing further research. All the discoveries I made create beautiful design and art and many from the past never received the recognition they should have because of the colour of their skin. . Todays newsletter includes the work of #Paulreverewilliams (designed more than 2500 buildings in Hollywood) learn’t to draw upside down so he could sit opposite his white clients rather than next to them 😬 could only visit the area of the Beverly Hills hotel he designed if escorted by the owner 😬 #roberttrayhamcoles , trying to get my hands on a book called ‘architecture and advocacy’ printed by a small press in buffalo. His goal throughout his career was to make the architecture profession look more like the society it had to serve. The wonderful paintings of #mavispusey , never got the recognition she deserved because of the long-standing biases in the art world. #JoelRobinson , the first African American designer in MoMA’s collection - his story is still being written - a reminder that art and design history is in constant need of reappraisal ... and to creatives working today - the work of @maccollins__ whom I first discovered at the London design festival, the art of @dozie.kanu and a beautiful hybrid piece of art/dance/sculpture and sound by @solangeknowles___ . An article written in Frieze in 2016 by @alice.rawsthorn accompanied by the work of #emorydouglas , imagery from @studiomuseum in Harlem as well as an edit of informative links to educate, donate ( if you are able) and advocate for the cause. . Whatever industry you operate in I suggest you hold a mirror to it. No more silence , there’s work to celebrate. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-vCmtAJjA/?igshid=1qr61mqn6psyt