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Jon Daniel, designer and creative director, passed away yesterday. Jon‘s work has been part of the design community for the past 30 years, and was best known as a design columnist for Design Week, his work with recognizing Black designers through his column Four Corners, and his exhibit Afro Supa Hero.
Let me add a personal story here. Jon was absolutely so supportive of Revision Path. I interviewed him back in 2014, and we bonded over our shared work of recognizing Black designers and their contributions. He was always nice, always positive, and always willing to help out and spread the word. I remember he sent me a poster and some buttons of his Afro Supa Hero exhibit, and I still have them on my desk back home today. Jon was also big about helping out the next generation of Black designers, and was always willing to connect with others to share his work. He even taught graphic design concepts to prisoners to help them gain useful skills once they were released.
Jon leaves behind his wife Jane, and his two sons Noah and Gil.
RIP Jon. Thank you for your contributions to the design world; you will definitely be missed.
Are You Using These New Diverse Stock Photo Websites?
- September 29, 2017
- Tagged as: Colorstock, CreateHer, stock photo, stock photography, stock photos, TONL
It has been three years since our multicultural stock photos post, and since then, several businesses have popped up to stake their claim in this market and offer their own diverse stock photo catalogs. Writer Louis Rawlins explores two of these businesses — Colorstock and TONL — and also gets some perspective from working Black designers on what they want to see in terms of stock photos. — MC
In Part 2 of our conversation with Tré Seals and Kwesi Amuti, we dig a little deeper into what it means to dedicate yourself to the craft of type design. Taking a look at family and the cultural changes around type design, we think about the future of type design.
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As we prepared this latest installment of the Talking Type series, Nina Stössinger at Frere-Jones Type, posted a photo from TypeCon in Boston with Bobby C. Martin, Jr. asking the very question we’re starting to answer.
.@bobbycmartin asking the tough questions at #typecon. pic.twitter.com/M5tBxheper
— Nina Stössinger (@ninastoessinger) August 25, 2017
Talking Type continues with the first of a two-part conversation with Tré Seals and Kwesi Amuti, two Black type designers in conversation about cultural appropriation and how to be heard in the design industry.