Sela Lewis is a creative director, designer, and culture writer. She is the owner of Inherent Design by Sela Lewis (IDSL), a space for design, travel, identity, media, and politics to intersect from a particular Black millennial feminist point of view. Sela has worked in such varied settings as commercial real estate, law firms, retail, political campaigns, and education advocacy. Currently, she works in creative direction and industrial design. She is a graduate of Howard University, with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design.
Senior design writer Sela Lewis details her experience as a mentor through SHINE, AIGA DC’s peer mentorship program.
There’s an understanding gap between Black design/tech professionals versus Black professionals in other fields. What can we do to bridge the divide?
Learn more about the Organization of Black Designers through some of its former members: Andrew Bass, Leon Lawrence III, Sela Lewis, Shauna Stallworth, Jacinda Walker, and Lorenzo Wilkins.
It’s graduation season, and there’s one question on the minds of graduates: design school or no? We talk to two designers to get their feedback on whether design school was necessary for their current design careers.
As companies become more diverse, so are their creative teams. But why are our colleagues reluctant to give constructive critique to Black creativity?
