At least 19 Black Trans women have been killed by fatal violence in 2019 in the United States.
Know Their Names, Black Trans Women Deserve More was a project that highlighted the Black Trans woman killed by fatal violence in the United States. The art direciton team partnered with the Zora editorial to create an interactive collection of life stories-A counter point to the news cycle which focused on death, our tribute focused on life.
Art direction had a unique task of creating a serious, yet celebratory visual language in which the tribute would be structured. We used the reference of the AIDS quilt, where family and friends created a patch square dedicated to their fallen loved one. The power of the quilt was revealed when it was unfolded to span over several mile - The physical manifestation of the lives losts to the AIDS epidemic.
Art direction had a unique task of creating a serious, yet celebratory visual language in which the tribute would be structured. We used the reference of the AIDS quilt, where family and friends created a patch square dedicated to their fallen loved one. The power of the quilt was revealed when it was unfolded to span over several mile - The physical manifestation of the lives losts to the AIDS epidemic.
Social Campaign
Credits
Produced at Medium.
Project: Know Their Names
Client: Zora Magazine, Medium
Date: 2019
EIC: Vanessa De Luca
Deputy Editor: Christina Tapper
Product Design: Erik Hinton
Art Direction: Jovanna Tosello, Renald Louissaint
Graphic Design: Renald Louissaint
Illustration: Geneva Bowers, LiKai, Rachelle Baker, Bimpe Alliu
Scope: Art Direction, design, and production.
Project role: To direct the visual production of KNOW THEIR NAMES, including managing the design, commissioning outside illustrators, and crafting the reader experience for mobile and web.
Client: Zora Magazine, Medium
Date: 2019
EIC: Vanessa De Luca
Deputy Editor: Christina Tapper
Product Design: Erik Hinton
Art Direction: Jovanna Tosello, Renald Louissaint
Graphic Design: Renald Louissaint
Illustration: Geneva Bowers, LiKai, Rachelle Baker, Bimpe Alliu
Scope: Art Direction, design, and production.
Project role: To direct the visual production of KNOW THEIR NAMES, including managing the design, commissioning outside illustrators, and crafting the reader experience for mobile and web.