Now You See Me: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design

This book highlights the work of Black designers in major industries throughout the 20th century, correcting the oversight of their contributions. It is organized into three sections by discipline, featuring interviews and visual essays that explore the history and sustainability of Black Design in Western culture.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2023
Publisher: Prestel

From advertising to architecture, cartooning to fashion design, Black designers have been working in every major industry, yet for the past decades, they have not been given the spotlight anywhere near to the extent of their white counterparts. This vibrant and wide-ranging book more than corrects that oversight, bringing a century of Black designers and their work fully into focus. The book is organized into three sections by discipline, focusing on Fashion, Architecture, and Graphic Design. Each section explores the key figures from the 20th century whose pioneering work gradually entered the mainstream, before revealing how, today, the Black design community is finally becoming visible. Each section features interviews that shed light on its historic period, as well as a deeper dive into several designers whose work and life represent their era. Filled with photographs and illustrations throughout, this is a compelling and entertaining visual essay that reports from the intersection of race and the arts while raising important questions about the nature and sustainability of Black Design in Western culture.

From advertising to architecture, cartooning to fashion design, Black designers have been working in every major industry, yet for the past decades, they have not been given the spotlight anywhere near to the extent of their white counterparts. This vibrant and wide-ranging book more than corrects that oversight, bringing a century of Black designers and their work fully into focus. The book is organized into three sections by discipline, focusing on Fashion, Architecture, and Graphic Design. Each section explores the key figures from the 20th century whose pioneering work gradually entered the mainstream, before revealing how, today, the Black design community is finally becoming visible. Each section features interviews that shed light on its historic period, as well as a deeper dive into several designers whose work and life represent their era. Filled with photographs and illustrations throughout, this is a compelling and entertaining visual essay that reports from the intersection of race and the arts while raising important questions about the nature and sustainability of Black Design in Western culture.

Weight: 876g
Dimension: 245 x 176 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783791388472