Webinar: Designing In Color by Nashville Design Week

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About This Webinar

Designers of color discuss what design means across disciplines, regions, and Identity.

Though designing in color has been around for decades, the reality of designing as a person of color is still filled with nuance. Join us as we discuss the future of design across disciplines and ask, “What is Design” as it relates to the future while designing in color/as a person of color. What is the outlook of the design field? What will innovation look like in the coming years? How can we get ahead of the curve or help shape it? What or who will we need to keep our eye on? Let’s get real about the obstacles but also highlight the triumphs and advancement that have come from this community. This discussion will feature designers of multiple regions of the United States and of several disciplines. Listen and engage in this important conversation.

Presenters

Nashville Design Week

Shanese Brown

Director of Programming

Emmanuel LeGrair

Director of Programming

Irene Inouye

Irene Inouye is an Experience Designer and educator with a background in visual communication design and fine art. She has created intuitive user experiences for notable clients such as CVS Health, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Infosys. Her career in art and design includes being a jewelry designer in corporate fashion and teaching design principles to high school students in the New York City public school system. She has had the privilege of teaching in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons School of Design.

Mustapha Williams

Mustapha Williams is an Associate and Licensed Architect at Gensler Chicago. Born and raised in Nashville, TN, Mustapha was inspired by the growth and development in the city in the early 2000s. This led him down the path of architecture, earning his Professional Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee in 2018. After graduating, Mustapha joined Gensler Chicago full time – working on projects on interior and group-up architecture scales for the last 4 years. As a former ACE Mentor Nashville student, Mustapha is now a mentor and sits on the local Associates Board for ACE Chicago. To help increase the diversity in the architecture industry, Mustapha is also the Professional Development Chair for the local National Organization of Minority Architects chapter, I-NOMA.

Joe Gomez

Raised by two graphic designers, Joe Gomez is a filmmaker and writer who has traveled the world making documentaries, short films, and commercial work. Originally from the Bay Area, he has lived in Nashville for the last 14 years.

Chynna Monforte

Monforte Studio is a QWOC-owned studio that advocates through design. We empower underrepresented and historically excluded communities through custom websites and authentic branding for entrepreneurs, creatives, and organizations that are invested in radical futures. Our founder, Chynna, brings years of experience in the arts and custom Squarespace builds since 2017. Prior to founding Monforte Studio, Chynna worked in the arts education sector with museums such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Getty, and non-profits like Self Help Graphics and ArtworxLA.