Diversity & Inclusion
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What does it mean to be a LGBTQ+ woman working in design today?
Embracing Confidence, Community, and Rejecting Conformity – Poppy Thaxter speaks to Becca Brooker, Chris Campe, Cari Sekendur, and Dominique Falcone about the joy and value of LGBTQ+ perspectives in design.
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Sisterhood
Rachita Saraogi and Rebecca Thomson on empowering young women to effect change through their design-based initiative Sisterhood and insights into what we as an industry can do to create a more accessible space for all.
Career Development, Coaching & Mentorship, Design for Good, Diversity & Inclusion, Emerging creatives, Women Founders
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Suhair Khan
Suhair Khan on her inspirational career path, her time at Google Arts and Culture and founding the platform open-ended design that focuses on projects at the nexus of creative technology and innovation.
Creative Strategist, Design, Diversity & Inclusion, Woman Founder
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Noopur Agarwal
Noopur Agarwal on her journey to teaching, the influences of her Indian-American heritage on her practice, and her love for promoting artists’ social impact and climate change-related work through design.
Climate Change, Design, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Social impact, Sustainability
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Lorelle Skelton
Lorelle Skelton on her motivations behind founding community and platform The Creative Occupation, her career journey so far, and her thoughts on creating a more diverse and inclusive creative industry.
Branding, Creative Consulting, Design, Diversity & Inclusion, Tips & Advice, Women Founders
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Fiasco Design – Open Internships
Nathalie Crease, Head of Marketing at Fiasco Design, on launching an Open Internship programme that is looking to set a precedent for the way design agency internships can be made more inclusive for emerging creatives.
Career Development, Design & Branding Agency, Diversity & Inclusion, Open Internships
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Katie Cadwell – The NDA Podcast
Design Director Katie Cadwell on why discussion and debate on key issues affecting people working in the creative industries is important and how this led to her new podcast series: The NDA Podcast.
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Grace Enemaku
Grace Enemaku on how co-founding Irish diversity initiative DesignOpps and her passion for social activism, feeds into her expressive and imaginative design practice.
