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As designers committed to decolonizing our practices, we feel that it is important for us to help amplify Black voices that have historically been underrepresented within our discipline. We are using this site as a public platform in support of Black Lives Matter within our communities and beyond. We ask that you take some time alongside looking at our work, to explore these collected resources.

FOR DESIGNERS:

Dear white & non-Black POC designers
Where are the Black designers?
Decolonial Teaching in Action

FOR EVERYONE:

Anti-Racist Resource Guide: Become a better ally
A Radical Library (incl. books, texts, podcasts, & articles)
How to talk to people who disagree
How to support Black artists

Samiya Karim

Reviving Bloordale

Reviving Bloordale examines how the Bloordale neighbourhood has shifted from an immigrant community to being known as an arts district and the impacts that these changes have had on the immigrant-owned small businesses at Bloordale.

Information Design
Motion Graphics
Video
History

About the designer

Hello! I am Samiya Karim. I am a big lover of colour, story-telling and exploring the city. I have a passion for motion design and packaging. I love learning and creating and I am constantly looking at the next project to dig my nails into

Go-to colour combo?

Lime Green and Navy

This timeline examines the impact that the rise of the residential property prices in the area towards the diverse immigrant businesses as loads of longstanding immigrant businesses have disappeared in the area
These set of AR postcards are meant to exist as a way a window to my memory of these shops that are otherwise long forgotten. More can be found here.

Recession Grads is a digital archive & exhibition set to showcase the work of the Graphic Design 2020 graduating class at OCADU.

INSTAGRAM

BLM RESOURCES