Category: Other
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Blacks Who Design. Where Are A The Rest?
Did you know only 3% of the design industry are black? Yes, 3%! Caucasians make up 73% of the industry. There is a reason why things are the way they are. As a black designer, I have encountered barriers by being apart of the industry. I had to figure out how to exist in it…
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Why Aren’t There More Black Owners/Founders?
As we start Black History month, this is still on a lot of our minds. Black Americans make up over 13% of the population & make up a tiny portion of the tech workforce. Black-founded companies receive just 1% of venture funding—and the disparity has only widened over the past year. Black founders are under-represented…
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We The People Art Exhibit
As black artists, we have been largely overlooked. However, the last few years black artists have been seen a little more in exhibits and other places where art is welcomed. That’s joy. The Ontario Museum of History & Art hosted an open called for an exhibit called: We the People: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. This…
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My Step by Step Branding Design + Web Design Process
What started back in 2012 as the title of my senior capstone in college. Ai-Konic Graphics was a title to make a name for myself that turned to an actual business to help ambitious solo & entrepreneurs expand and stand out from everyone else in corporate society. That mission has grown to help your entire…
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There’s No Such Thing As “AI Art”?
The United States Copyright Office (USCO) reversed an earlier decision to grant a copyright to a comic book that was created using “A.I. art,” and announced that the copyright protection on the comic book will be revoked, stating that “copyrighted works must be created by humans to gain official copyright protection”. This is a good…