St. Louis designer Antionette Carroll doesn鈥檛 know what might resolve thorny and multi-faceted problems like racism, stereotypical thinking and gentrification. But she thinks design professionals 鈥� and others like you and me 鈥� might have bits and pieces of solutions within ourselves.
Carroll launched a nonprofit called after Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer. She wanted to challenge creative thinkers to address institutionalized inequality and other social issues.
In our Cut & Paste podcast, she tells us her idea has given birth to a card game about what police protection should look like, a chalk project challenging stereotypes and a match-up system for volunteers.
Here鈥檚 some of what you鈥檒l hear in the podcast:
- Carroll, on how our living/working environment is all part of a plan. 鈥淓ven the way we walk around on the streets and the room has been designed.鈥�
- Her advice to designers about pro bono work: 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 just have to create a logo. You can create a movement.鈥�
- On why she has protesters talk with designers: 鈥淏ecause they鈥檙e the true experts. They are the ones that say, 鈥楾his is what I鈥檓 living.鈥欌��
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