Black Voices in Design

The history of modern decorative arts and material culture is not a fixed monument; it is a continuously revised manuscript, and for too long, several of its most profound chapters have been excluded. The history of furniture, lighting, jewelry, and ceramics, particularly across the American and European canons, remains fundamentally incomplete due to the systemic marginalization of Black and African-American designers. This historical oversight is not simply an accident of memory but the enduring result of sustained social, economic, and psychological oppression, where discriminatory policies...