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#Making and Unmaking
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A Rejection of the Term “Vernacular”
An analysis of the colonizing word coined for the sake of othering design languages that dare to challenge Eurocentric norms.
#Politics of Display
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Reflejos Ajenos
The museum, national identity and the impossibility of classifying the intangible.
#Contra-Colonial Colors
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Gold
Fighting for existence in the wake of stolen wealth, toxic metals, gilded bureaucrats and golden visas.
#Politics of Display
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South is Up
On subjective worlds, alternative Earths, and map projections.
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Preserve, Revise, Remove, Radicalize
Monuments and memorials in the United States of America after 2020.
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#Image Matters
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The Dark Side of Pictograms
How sports—in particular the Olympics—perpetuate multiple systems of oppression.
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Hi Vis
Toxic Trades, Constructed Masculinity & The Vibrance of Anonymity.
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Yellow
Framing and re-framing oppression through cinematic clichés, khaki hues, and a desert of lies.
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Before and After
Make-over fantasies, flawed dualisms, and how two images side by side can change public space.
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On Isolation, Heirlooms and Solidarity
How the Sankara Rug became a comfort away from home.
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On Isolation, Heirlooms and Solidarity
How the Sankara Rug became a comfort away from home.
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Blue
Bolting a chain of exploitation, from hardy rocky plants, to deep indigo dyes, and monumental stones.
#Colonial Histories
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Blue
Bolting a chain of exploitation, from hardy rocky plants, to deep indigo dyes, and monumental stones.
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As a queer intersectional feminist platform, Futuress strives to be a home for the people, histories, and perspectives that have been—and still often remain—underrepresented, oppressed, and ignored.
#Contra-Colonial Colors
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Red
Tracing the bloodline of an ink from sixteenth century Abya Yala to the National Gallery in London.
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Red
Tracing the bloodline of an ink from sixteenth century Abya Yala to the National Gallery in London.
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When a House is Not a Home
The design of matchbox houses in South Africa and the challenges of COVID-19.
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When a House is Not a Home
The design of matchbox houses in South Africa and the challenges of COVID-19.