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Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World

Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World

Design for Identity presents an approach that celebrates diversity, promotes inclusion, and ensures the design profession aligns with the real world.

2023

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Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Ask yourself what action you’re willing to take

I will admit that I’m especially triggered by people who talk a big game about how much they support this community or that group, and then…

Oct 16

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Ask yourself what action you’re willing to take

Oct 16

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Consider your role in relation to the lived experience…

Continuing this brief series of lessons on allyship, let’s turn our attention to a common ally phrase: “I know what it’s like to walk in…

Oct 9

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Consider your role in relation to the lived experience…

Oct 9

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Practice asking how you should be involved

It’s been a while but I’m back with a new challenge! My work in DEI puts me in many spaces with people of marginalized backgrounds as well…

Oct 2

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Practice asking how you should be involved

Oct 2

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Look up how cultural observances are celebrated

As we wrap up Celebrate Diversity Month, this is a good time to be mindful of how cultural observances are celebrated. We see holidays and…

Apr 30

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Look up how cultural observances are celebrated

Apr 30

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Try one new type of cuisine and learn its origins

Celebrate Diversity Month is the perfect time to try a cuisine from a region, country, or culture that’s new to you. This challenge is…

Apr 17

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Try one new type of cuisine and learn its origins

Apr 17

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Listen to music from 3 different cultures

Continuing the recognition of Celebrate Diversity Month, take some time this week to listen to music from 3 cultures that are different…

Apr 10

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Listen to music from 3 different cultures

Apr 10

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Reflect on your identity and celebrate what makes you…

It’s Celebrate Diversity Month! With so many terms being misused and vilified in recent times, I especially appreciate the sentiment of…

Apr 3

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Reflect on your identity and celebrate what makes you…

Apr 3

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Objectively evaluate your environment

Many organizations talk about the importance of recruiting to increase diverse representation and to add more diverse perspectives to…

Mar 13

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Objectively evaluate your environment

Mar 13

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Research Black history makers in your industry

February is Black History Month and it’s right around the corner. While there are plenty of iconic, noteworthy figures who are typically…

Jan 23

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Research Black history makers in your industry

Jan 23

Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Be intentional about showing up

There is someone you know who would appreciate nothing more than to look out in an audience and see your face, or to circulate at a…

Jan 4

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Be intentional about showing up

Jan 4

Jessica Bantom

Jessica Bantom

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) Professional, Interior Design Consultant, & Author, Design for Identity (coming April 2023)

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