Diversifying Design: Inclusion through mentorship and collaboration
Beatriz Lozano, designer, typographer, and educator
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 5:30 PM EST
via YouTube Live
Co-hosted by Associate Professor Clarissa Ceglio and Digital Media and Design Student Kara Rondinelli and Early College Experience Student Sam Marcus
This talk emphasizes diversifying design as an active process of mobilizing, mentoring, and collaboration.
LEARN MORE AND REGISTER: https://dmd.uconn.edu/major/diverse-perspectives/diverse-perspectives-beatriz-lozano/
About the Speaker:
Beatriz is a designer, typographer, and educator exploring how technology can push typography to exist at the intersection of the physical and digital world. She teaches interaction design at Parsons and was formerly a design director at Sunday Afternoon. Originally on the path to becoming a mechanical engineer, Beatriz shifted to graphic design as her involvement in immigrant rights activism exposed her to the power of visual communication. Her work has been recognized by the ADC, TDC, Communication Arts, and PRINT. In 2022 she was awarded the Art Directors Club Young Gun Award, which recognizes the world’s best creatives under the age of 30. In 2023 she was a recipient of the TDC Ascenders Award and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award. Some of her clients include ESPN, Target, and NPR.
About the Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design 2024 Speaker Series:
To paraphrase James Baldwin, nothing can be changed until it is faced. This is certainly true of the inequities that have historically shaped digital media content, fields, and careers. Join UConn’s Digital Media & Design department in welcoming industry professionals, artists, and media scholars from the film, design, cultural, game, and other sectors to discuss how issues of equity manifest in their work, creative processes, and professions, allowing us to reflect on how our own practice can support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion.
For more information, contact: meredith friedman at meredith.friedman@uconn.edu