The black experience in design: Identity, expression & reflection

This edited collection makes Black experience visible as a source of design knowledge, history and critical reflection. Its EDI contribution is both representational and structural: it counters the exclusion of Black practitioners from dominant design narratives while examining how race shapes education, professional practice, objects and visual culture. The multiplicity of voices prevents Blackness from being treated as a single user category and highlights intersections with gender, geography and discipline. This matters because curricula and repositories influence who is recognised as an authority and which problems are considered legitimate design concerns. For EDIDesk, the book broadens the canon and supports more accountable discussion of race, identity and institutional belonging in design.