Committee on Architecture for Education

On Thursday July 2nd, the CAE Research ThinkTank hosted it's fourth virtual conversation, Changing the Conversation in Design: Race, Equity, Bias. The featured speakers were Lesley-Ann Noel, PhD, Professor of Practice in Design Thinking and Associate Director, Design Thinking for Social Impact at the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking at Tulane University and George Aye, Co-founder of Greater Good Studio in Chicago. The conversation touched on structures of power and ways to include a multiplicity of voices and experiences in design work.

If you're interested in learning more here are a few resources to investigate:

• Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking
• Greater Good Studio
• George Aye's It’s Time to Define What “Good” Means in Our Industry 
• George Aye's Dismantling White Supremacy Culture Within AIGA 
• Christina N. Harrington's Towards Equitable Design When We Design with Marginalized Communities 
• Lesley-Ann Noel's A Designer’s Critical Alphabet 
• Albert Shum's It’s Time for the Design Industry to Redesign Itself 
• Nahliah Webber's If You Really Want to Make a Difference in Black Lives, Change How You Teach White Kids
• Why Am I Always Being Researched from Chicago Beyond
• Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook from Dismantling Racism
• How to think differently about doing good as a creative person from the Creative Independent