Diversity in Design

The Asian Fashion Archive is a digital resource project highlighting Asian fashion, culture, and history. Resources featured include film, exhibitions, publications, and podcasts.

A charitable organisation set up to address the lack of diversity within the Interior Design industry.

A report on the landscape of equity, diversity and inclusion in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Design. At its heart are two questions: what applied research has been conducted so far, and what is being done to create
positive change?

A directory of female illustrators

A showcase of creatives of color and their craft in design, advertising, tech, illustration, lettering, art, and more.

St. Louis-based designer Tim Hykes’s 28 Days of Black Designers project, which featured profiles of under-recognized black designers.

A directory of female high-end commercial photographers.

A crowd-sourced virtual archive that includes photos, letters, oral histories, anecdotes, published and unpublished articles, essays, and other supporting material in the form of documents, videos, audio, as well as links to other relevant archives and websites. Potentially these resources will enable new stories and new interpretations of graphic design history—and of our culture.

Online journal published by AIGA, the professional association for design.
Tip: Search for words like "race" or "diversity" for articles on these topics.

African American professional association. Features interviews with designers.

Profiles African American designers - includes samples of their work.

A showcase of Black designers, developers, and digital creatives from all over the world. Through in-depth interviews, you’ll learn about their work, their goals, and what inspires them as creative individuals.

A collection of stories about the professional lives, contributions, and portfolios of designers—contemporary and historical—from traditionally under-represented groups or backgrounds.

The Native Graphic Design Project is intended as a way to increase the visibility of Native, Native American, First Nations, American Indian, AmerIndian, Aboriginal, Metís, Native Alaskan, Indigenous, Indígina, and Inuit people working in the field of graphic design.

Presents the design contributions of women from around the world. Works date from 1900 to the present and are drawn from the Stewart Collection.