Social Change

July 20, 2021

Unicorns Are Real: Black Graphic Designers after George Floyd

The artwork above is an illustration for Amtrak Express magazine, 1983, by Reynold Ruffins, Change your perception of things and you will change your reality.  Milton Glaser,…
June 23, 2020

An Open Letter to the White Graphic Design Community

Dear White Graphic Design Community, First off, I am not writing this letter on my behalf. I am writing this letter on behalf of African American graphic…
May 26, 2020

Modern Technology’s Most Dangerous Weapon is…Nostalgia

Will on-demand media content keep us from engaging our present crisis? We all long for comfort, belonging and protection. It is part of human nature and you…
September 17, 2019

The Visual Culture of Working Class Cities

The study of visual culture acknowledges the reality of living with culturally meaningful visual content that appears in multiple forms. This is especially true in cities. Geno's…
August 30, 2019

Can Marketing Directed at African Americans Be Exploitative?

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.     --James Baldwin The recent chicken sandwich wars between…