Founder, Bright Polka Dot & Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design
Kelly Walters is a designer, educator and founder of the multidisciplinary design studio Bright Polka Dot. Her ongoing design research interrogates the complexities of identity formation, systems of value, and the shared vernacular in and around Black visual culture. She is the author of Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race published by Princeton Architectural Press and a coeditor of The Black Experience in Design. Kelly is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the BFA Communication Design Program at Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York.
Panel Discussion – Intersectional Us: The Black Experience in Design
(presenting virtually to all attendees)
There has never been a time when Black designers were not shaping, creating, packaging, distributing, and celebrating through, with, and by design. Black designers from across the diaspora have been integral to the development of our professions and practices, contributing to the design of typography and posters, chairs and wearables, modes of transport and methods of care, financial services, and speculative futures. This panel will subsequently focus on the diversity of experiences and backgrounds within a so-called “Black Experience” that have informed and will continue to inform the design profession.
In this session you will learn:
