blkHaUS studios

I founded my other enterprise blkHaUS studio in 2016 with designer norman teague, as a chicago-based, socially focused collaborative design studio dedicated to using design as an agent of change to uplift and transform marginal communities. since 2018, i have remained its principal, and teague formed norman teague design studios in 2019. on occasion we work collaboratively through blkHaUS. in both our individual and collaborative practices, we continue to strive for our work and presence in the design profession to instigate greater inclusion of black and brown narratives in the history of design and promote design’s relevance to contemporary communities of color. design is a language that can be used as an agent of change, and as makers and educators, we aim to develop educational pedagogies and creative methodologies, so that communities of color can thrive and be seated at tables of power influencing contemporary urban and social design.

Photo by Sandra Steinbrecher