A Growing List of More Than 100 BIPOC Designers and Architects Just Started Circulating
Architect Dong-Ping Wong and a cast of creatives—among them fashion mogul Virgil Abloh—have created a living spreadsheet to promote more diverse studios.
Architect Dong-Ping Wong and a cast of creatives—among them fashion mogul Virgil Abloh—have created a living spreadsheet to promote more diverse studios.
Last week, Dong-Ping Wong of design firm Food New York posted to Instagram with a timely imperative: "If you own, run, work at, or know of BIPOC-owned design, architecture, engineering, or planning studios please DM me with info." In just a short amount of time, the view-only list, titled BIPOC Studios, has surged to highlight more than 100 national and international businesses.
About half are Black-owned and operated, and the spreadsheet’s no-frills layout shows which are run by women, where they’re based, and their Instagram handles. The list also acts as a job board, creating a direct channel for talent to apply for posted openings, or to just get in touch.
Dong-Ping Wong’s Instagram post from June 4 urges BIPOC creatives to add to the growing list.
Courtesy of @dongpingwong
Hana Getachew takes her design drawings and sends them to her artisan partners in Ethiopia to help her bring vision to life. Her Brooklyn-based studio Bolé Road Textiles brings bold, traditional fabrics that are handwoven in Ethiopia to a broader market.
Courtesy of Bolé Road Textiles
"For the young designers looking to apply to offices and seeing a ton on the list that aren't labelled as hiring, send them your portfolios anyway," says Wong. "It doesn't mean they aren't hiring, and trust me, you never know where an office is at week by week, including mine."
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