Practical tips for creating equitable designs

How, exactly, designers can make big culture shifts possible.

A wise teacher once told me Black Lives Matter is not a “movement” (nor is Me Too or any other for that matter) as that implies it is something that will come and go with time, that what it really represents is a sea change, a significant cultural shift.

Too often, we designers take for granted that we are the key crafters of culture, and thus we play a critical role in such shifts. We create imagery and the experiences that…