Diversify Design

If you are in Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo Institute of Art has a couple of upcoming events this week with the designer Wilson W. Smith III, the first Black designer for Nike.

The rest of us can access his great Ted Talk https://youtu.be/LKAaAZb8UvE?si=bZRpAegHGjeIEztH

I've included a photo here of one of his iconic designs, the '96 Air More Uptempo, made famous by Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pippen.

The surprising 2nd life of a 1958 building whose iconic interior was designed by Helen Lui Fong

A Googie Icon Was Supposed to Die. Instead, It Became a Chick-fil-A A 1958 Googie landmark by Helen Liu Fong is meticulously restored in Los Angeles. Discover how preservation and adaptive reuse aligned.

From the Smithsonian History Museum, highlighting the work of Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, a . Video about more of her inventions about her inventions in the comments.