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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

Sarah Feng

Data Obscura

The idea of Data Obscura is a narrative base website that conveys a story which is happening every second on us the cyber world. The story separates to two layers of meaning-surveillance and capitalism, the part of surveillance reveals behavioral targeting, which is centered around the activity/actions of users, and is more easily achieved on web pages. On the other side, capitalism is how behavioral targeting is used as a marketing method, because advertisers believe behavioral targeting formulate ads that align with the individual consumer's trackable preferences and needs, without conveying messages the viewer would find unappealing or irrelevant. Data Obscura wants the audience to think about the question of whether transparency and truth should be the ultimate aim online, and why have we failed even now to take notice of the effects of all this surveillance? Visit the project webpage here. data-obscura.com

Web Design
Information Design
Coding

About the designer

My name is Sarah Feng. As a graphic designer with 5+ years experience, it might seem strange that I get excited thinking about colors, typography and cascading style sheets, but my passion for all aspects of graphic design has remained strong throughout my design history.

Favourite typefaces?

Agency Fb

Data Obscura is a website divided into three interfaces, on the right side is the browsing page. While the audience “browsing” through the webpage interface, there are pages such as google maps, Facebook event, posting tweets which are often used in daily life.
On the bottom left side, a “profile” is slowly building up base on the clicking, typing and viewing. The profile includes interest, personal information and avatar that are possibly detect by companies.
All of the information finally output to the ad campaign interface on the top left, and achieve the goal of forming ads that match the users’ preference.

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

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BLM RESOURCES