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Black, Queer, and Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers


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Growing up in Seale, Alabama as a creative Black Queer kid,  Jon Key imagined himself as a professional artist and designer. But in lecture halls and critiques in art school, he struggled to see and learn about people who intersected with his identity — the stories and artifacts that reflected him.

Jon started asking himself questions: What did it mean to be a graphic designer with his point of view? What did it mean to be a Black graphic designer? A Queer graphic designer? Someone from the South? Could his identity be communicated through a poster or a book? How could identity be archived in a design canon that has consistently erased contributions by designers who were not white, straight, and male?

In Black, Queer, & Untold, acclaimed designer and artist Jon Key delves into these questions and manifests a book he (and so many others) needed when they were coming up. Black, Queer & Untold pays tribute to the incredible designers, artists, and people who came before.  Jon offers these stories an enduring, reverential stage – and in doing so, gifts us a book that immediately takes its place among the creative arts canon.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Levine Querido (November 19, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1646143760
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646143764
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.07 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 1 x 9.9 inches

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