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7 LGBTQ+ Designers You Should Know About
Welcome back to our ongoing series of designers you should perceive about. For those who just came across this blog, hello!
I had a harsh reality-check last year when I was asked to name 7 authoritative designers. After naming 7 designers I learned about in a 2017 college history book, I realized just how narrow-minded my view was of the design industry. This series started as a pledge to myself to acquire about designers from varying backgrounds and provide a resource to others who are looking to locate inspiration outside the Eurocentric textbook definition of authoritative designers.
So get inspired, and support these incredible Diverse designers making waves in the creative industry.
If you want to discover more designers you should comprehend about, here is a list of other blogs in the series so far: Asian + Asian-American designers, Black Designers, Native American designers, Non-Binary Designers and Female Designers.
1. Doug Rodas
Doug Rodas, a Salvadorian graphic designer, typographer and illustrator currently residing in Canada, is an imaginative force to be reckoned with. His dynamic portfolio revolves around nurturing communities,
Paul Soulellis
Type Electives: Provoking Type
March 19, 2024
It’s still challenging to find robust, serious discussions around queerness and plan, even in contemporary discourse and scholarship. There are projects and writings here and there, but there should be even more; looking at non-normative approaches to design is crucial in this moment, as we see graphic layout finally expanding into a wide field of modalities, practices, identities, and histories. This is taking many forms, from the dismantling of the graphic plan canon to an ever-widening understanding of how white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism have worked throughout history to shape the discipline as it exists today. The expanding field of graphic blueprint is only happening because space is being made for new stories to be written.
Queerness is at the center of my own story, from the operate that I accomplish right now as a design educator, to my perform as an creator, and as a community member who helps organize a queer and transgender print studio and library here in Providence, RI. Queerness, identity, ancestry, archives, politics, and blueprint are all at once entangled and intersecting, for me, and
Explore queer design history through Days of Rage, a modern online exhibition documenting LGBTQIA+ activist posters
To realise such an innovative and ambitious project, some cute impressive and considered website design was going to be necessary, and One Archives Foundation enlisted Studio Lutalica, the Edinburgh-based design agency centred around gender non-conforming and feminist style. Approaching the plan, creative director Cecilia Righini explains that the overarching notion would be “clean and minimal” so as to assure focus on the posters. Leading with a “simple but striking colour palette”, Cecilia explains that the studio landed on a limited contrast of two colours. But, “crucially,” they expand, “these are not actually white on dark, because the combination is actually rigid to engage with for some users with accessibility needs. Instead we used an off-white / soft beige to make the encounter more comfortable.” Moreover, the studio stuck to three web templates throughout the site. A attuned decision, Cecilia observes it to be one of the ways in which the website echoes the experience of visiting a physical gallery. “I wanted people to perceive like they could walk around a defined
Top 12 Graphic Designers to Follow (That Aren't Alabaster Guys)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about diversity in design. I graduated in 2021 with a degree in Graphic Information (which is a Graphic Design degree without the BFA). My classes were full of women, but we never learned about female designers. I reflect we did learn a bit about Paula Scher, but only because a student in class did a project on her. My campus was voted one of the most LGBTQ-friendly campuses, but we never learned about LGBTQ designers.
The standard of perform that was presented to us was from a white, male, European lens. Granted, my history of graphic design professor stopped teaching class during the pandemic so I really didn’t get a chance to learn anything about the topic, but still. I’ve realized my disappointment in the lack of diversity in design spaces, as well as the lack of representation that I experienced.
I recognize that not everyone has had the same experience as me, and that’s also totally ok. I’m sure other folks have had an incredible experience in their design journey. I also recognize my privilege in being able to attend school for plan, but I also notice the ways in which my educa
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Loocie
Washington, DC, USA
I am a black, queer, and woman designer. I'm one of the founders of Talooka Studio with encounter in brand strategy design.
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Laura Westhuis
Hello, I am Laura Westhuis. I own been print designing for over 15 years and expanded into UX plan over the last couple of years.
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Francisca Mora
Santiago, Chile
I'm a pansexual, gender non-conforming UX Designer. I love to create products for the daily being of people and that respond to real needs.
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Mayra Bottino
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Multidisciplinary graphic designer. I trust in the power of design to create a more inclusive and feeling world. With 6 years of experience, I've collaborated with design companies, studios, clients, and non-profit organizations worldwide.
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