How do we change the commercial design field to include a diversity of voices and visions? 

 

What will the commercial design field and the study of design history look like in 20 years?

 

The way we change the commercial design field is to actually teach people that this diversity of voices and visions actually exists. For example, my knowledge on the black artists I know now such as H.O. Tanner is only because I learned about the history of African American art in a class I took at city tech. If I was asked in highschool to name 3 black artists off the top of my head, I wouldn’t have been able to give one. The only ones that we are really taught in society are Leonardo Davinci and Micheal Angelo. So I believe there needs to be more of an emphasis on exploring these diversities in art curriculums. 

I believe the commercial design field and the study of design history in the next 20 years will focus on artwork and art trends from under-represented groups of people. This will especially include movements such as the LGBTQ+, minorities and maybe people from non dominant religions. I also believe that because of the efforts now to give voices to the under-represented in our society there will be new history uncovered that describes how those groups of people influence mainstream design. This in turn would challenge even more ideas in design and inspire more designers. 

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