Design For Identity: The Importance of Cultural Competence for the Design Profession
Why is it more critical now than ever to factor identity into design? How can we as designers pivot to get ahead of the cultural and demographic shifts that are shaping our customer base and our talent pool?
Get the answers to these questions and more at our Keynote Series with Jessica Bantom, author of Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World. Presented by High Point Market Authority in partnership with the Diversity Advocacy Alliance.
dmi: Design Leadership Conference
dmi:Design Leadership Conference + dmi : Design Value Awards
The Power of Design in Turbulent Times
The Power of Design in Turbulent Times As we move past the pandemic and confront new global headwinds, how are we leading and adjusting and using the power of Design to reexamine values, reevaluate goals, retool business structures, reconfigure work, and redefine success to include the health and well-being of the earth and all it’s inhabitants? At the dmi:Design Management Conference, we’ll explore how Design and Innovation Management are helping organizations large and small make fundamental changes in the way they deliver value.
Join us for the 48th Annual dmi:Design Leadership Conference, a gathering of exceptional leaders in Design and Innovation. On the evening of Day1 / September 26th, we will celebrate the winners of the dmi:Design Value Awards 2023. Food and Drinks will be served.
In Store Signing / Meet And Greet at Barnes & Noble
IN STORE MEET & GREET/Book Signing
Barnes & Noble in Bowie Town Center, Bowie MD
2-4pm EST
DMI: Design Management Institute
6 HABITS OF CULTURALLY COMPETENT DESIGNERS
Jessica Bantom, Author and Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) / Interior Design Consultant
Register and Listen to a short Webcast version of this talk, that will be presented in full at a future DMI Conference.
Jessica Bantom is the author of Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World, a go-to manual for any design organization that wants to know what it looks like to activate the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in their work. In this webcast, Jessica will present the 6 Habits of Culturally Competent Designers and how they can help designers create in a way that honors humanity and ensures that the design profession keeps up with the realities of our evolving world.
About Jessica:
Jessica Bantom is a skilled management consultant with over 20 years of experience, a DEIB practitioner and a certified facilitator whose mission is to help people and organizations activate the values of DEIB, become more culturally competent, and thrive in a connected global economy. She is the author of Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World.
You can also order Jessica's new book, Design for Identity, here!
Webcast: July 12th, 10:30am - 11:15am MST
Design Leadership Network
Join DEI practicioner, Jessica Bantom, as she discusses cultural competence for design firms from her book Design For Identity. Learn how to incorporate identity into the design process and engage in breakout sessions. Order her book and come with questions!
Morgan State University
Morgan State University
Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies
Baltimore MD
3:00pm
Design for identity BOOK LAUNCH
In 2023, the impact of COVID-19, which disproportionately affected Black and Brown people from historically marginalized communities, and the racial reckoning following the murder of George Floyd, are only beginning to be fully addressed in tangible ways. That is because until now, with the publication of Design for Identity: How to Design Authentically for a Diverse World by Jessica Bantom, no one had provided a blueprint for real cultural transformation. The author presents her ideas from the book, which have been called "visionary" and "full of hands-on ideas to help professionals implement culturally competent design elements and practices" by the BookLife Prize, and answers your questions.
Book signing will immediately follow presentation and discussion.
Design for identity At University of Cincinnati
I will be sharing about my book “Design for Identity” at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.