Trini lecturer: Black designers on brink of a major renaissance
By Caribbean Life
The recognition of work by
previously uncelebrated and
unheralded Black designers
could be the spark of a major
design renaissance, says Trinidadian
born Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel,
director of Undergraduate Programmes
in Design Studies at
North Carolina State University
(NCSU).
Dr. Noel is one of the editors
of the eagerly anticipated
book “The Black Experience in
Design,” which will be available
in bookstores and on Amazon on
Feb. 1, 2022. Through a “Black/
African diasporic lens,” the book
explores the past work of designers
of color as well as the new
methodologies employed in the
sharing of knowledge about
all aspects of design for and by
Black designers. The book is
being described as a much needed
text for both design students
and the general public — especially
in the aftermath of George
Floyd’s murder and the worldwide
movement towards inclusion,
racial justice and cultural
equality that has followed since
— as it will clearly demonstrate
the impact that Black designers
have had on the field.
The co-editors on “The Black
Experience in Design” are Anne
H. Barry, Kareem Collie, Penino
Acaya Laker, Jennifer Rittner,
and Kelly Walters. Several
contributors to the book also
have Caribbean roots, including
Jamaican born June Grant, Kellie
Walters and Darhil Crooks of
Jamaican heritage, Cheryl Holmes
Miller who grew up in St.
Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Kareem
Collie who has Bahamian
ancestry, Rick Griffith who is
of Trinidadian heritage and Dr.
Audrey Bennett who was born in
Nassau, Bahamas to Jamaican
parents.
According to Dr. Noel, “I’m
very excited to be part of the
team of editors and authors who
have contributed to “The Black
Experience in Design.” The book
gives us an opportunity to honor
and reclaim the work of formerly
unrecognized black designers
who have been consistently
overlooked for years in favor of
their European counterparts,
while providing us with a template
going forward to assess and
analyze the manner in which we
make changes to design education,
research, and practice. It is
my belief that the book can be a
catalyst for a black renaissance
in design, offering a new generation
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Dr. Lesley Ann Noel conducting one of her clases at Tulane University. Sally Asher
of designers an entirely
different view on perspective and
practice for the future.”
A former Fulbright Scholar,
Dr. Noel is the holder of a Ph.D.
in Design from North Carolina
State University, as well as a Master’s
Degree in Business Administration
from the University of the
West Indies and a Bacharelado
(Bachelor’s Degree) in Industrial
Design from Universidade Federal,
do Paraná in Brazil.
She is quick to point out that
contextually, design in her world
does not refer merely to the traditionally
well-known design
fields such as architecture, fashion,
and graphic design, but to
design in a much broader sense,
and newer applications of design
such as design thinking, user
experience, social design and
service design.
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