This episode explores the intentionality of design decisions. From selecting the color of flesh-colored bandaides, to designing colored bathrooms or locating confederate statues, design is not neutral.
Links:
Actual flesh-colored bandaids: https://trucolourbandages.com/
Timeline of White Supremacy: https://medium.com/the-new-standard/black-history-a-history-of-permanent-white-oppression-from-1619-to-2016-8bcfa38dfce
Quote of the week:
“Preservation makes the gap between space and time disappear unlike any other form of history. There is power in preservation”. - Brent Leggs, Nat’l Trust for Historic Preservation
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