Design Activism/2017/18 min/Reel № 17.001
ByEkene Ijeoma
Ekene Ijeoma combines data and design to tackle pressing global issues
Inspiration Is Nothing Without Action/Recorded 2017
A close reading, kept within reach.
Ekene Ijeoma takes design activism as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.
Recorded in USA in 2017, the conversation is grounded in Ekene's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.
The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.
From diversity in design to the refugee crisis, this data designer's projects are breaking the news cycle.
About the speaker
Ekene Ijeoma
New York/USA
Brooklyn-based Ekene Ijeoma is a socially-focused interdisciplinary artist and designer who uses data to translate overlooked facts into informed feelings.
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