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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: 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…

2 min readApr 30, 2024

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

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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…

1 min readApr 17, 2024

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

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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…

1 min readApr 10, 2024

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

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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…

1 min readApr 3, 2024

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

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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…

2 min readMar 13, 2024

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

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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…

1 min readJan 23, 2024

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

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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…

1 min readJan 4, 2024

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

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Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Consider starting a shared holiday calendar

As we wind down for the end of the year, this is a good time to think about how we experience this “holiday season” and several other…

1 min readDec 21, 2023

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This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Consider starting a shared holiday calendar

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Jessica Bantom

This Week’s “Start Where You Are” Challenge: Dear white men: Ditch “I’m just a white guy”

In conversations about DEI, difference, and identity, I often hear white men say “I’m just a white guy.” And I find it troubling for a few…

2 min readNov 2, 2023

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This Week’s “Start Where You Are” Challenge: Dear white men: Ditch “I’m just a white guy”

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Jessica Bantom

This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Ask Yourself What Stories You Tell Yourself About…

I recently watched and discussed Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s thought-provoking TedX Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” with my class. In…

2 min readSep 21, 2023

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This Week’s ‘Start Where You Are’ Challenge: Ask Yourself What Stories You Tell Yourself About…

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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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