The Native Graphic Design Project

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  • Eye on Design Op-ed: Why Can’t the U.S. Decolonize Its Design Education?

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    Back in October, I participated long-distance in the panel “Respectful Design: Decolonization as an Urgent Imperative” as part of the Culture of Criticism Symposium at the national AIGA Conference. Panel organizer Dori Tunstall, Lakota designer Sadie Red Wing, and I were co-creators of a video presented at the panel, and I was streamed in for…

  • AIGA Design Journeys: Angel DeCora

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    Check out AIGA’s Design Journey’s article on early Winnebago (Ho-chunk) graphic designer, illustrator, and educator Angel De Cora, which I wrote: http://www.aiga.org/diversity-inclusion-design-journeys-essay-angel-decora The full, final version of the article, which AIGA opted to not post, appears as below, with footnotes included: Angel De Coraby Neebinnaukzhik Southall Angel De Cora was an artist, illustrator, graphic designer,…

  • Designer Profiles

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    I’m looking to feature more Native designers on this blog, and to facilitate that, I’ve put together a questionnaire. I’m asking that designers submit images of their work, 3-7 pieces (typography, layouts, posters, t-shirt designs, logos, etc), along with their answers to the questions. (Please feel free to give me feedback on the questions themselves…

  • Tumblr account yields awesome Native design finds.

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    I decided to start a tumblr account just to see what Natives are up to on the site, and to keep track of graphic design finds. And as luck would have it, there’s quite a bit going on! So much so that it would be an overload to repost it all here. Check out neebinator.tumblr.com…

  • Seven Grandfather Teachings Poster by Ashley Fairbanks

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    Throughout my research, I’ve been coming across a lot of really cool design projects, and while I originally was striving to go in depth on every post, I think I need to change up my style and just share what I find as I find it! So here goes! While browsing tumblr, I came across…

  • Indigenous Familia – Migration is Natural

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    I recently came across an article about a fantastic project/art movement engaged in by West Coast artists Melanie Cervantes and Jesus Barraza (Melanie and Jesus collaborate under Dignidad Rebelde), Cesar Maxit, Ernesto Yerena, Julio Salgado and Favianna Rodriguez. The art movement utilizes the beautiful monarch butterfly to symbolize the movements of undocumented peoples across North…

  • Graphic Design in the Arctic: Featuring Thomassie Mangiok!

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    Some time ago, I decided to look up Inuit graphic design and came across work on the Pirnoma Technologies Inc  website. Pirnoma Technologies is an Inuit-run company that offers IT support, webdesign, and graphic design in Nunavik, a region in the northernmost reaches of Quebec, Canada. That’s right, it’s in the Arctic!  Nunavik means “great…

  • Indigenized Book Forms

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    While browsing through the online collections on the National Museum of the American Indian, I came across this beautiful Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Bible cover made sometime around 1880-1900. Now, as an Ojibway myself, I am particularly fond of it. Look at those colors!  The flowers are just beautiful. What is particularly interesting about the cover is…