Thread by @michaelbierut

Thread:
A week ago, I asked for suggestions for interesting speakers who might be good replacements for me, an old white guy, at your next design conference. I got some great suggestions. Here they are
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First, two great resources that speak for themselves:
A Reparative List for The Male-Dominated Conference
docs.google.com/document/d/1RU…
and
Women Talk Design
womentalkdesign.com
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Next, check out what’s happening at
@DisabledListOrg & consider
Shannon Finnegan @shanfinnegan
Alex Haagaard @alexhaagaard
Liz Jackson @elizejackson
and
G Peters @mssinenomine
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Then, how about
Mina Markham @MinaMarkham
Douglas Davis @DouglasQDavis
Jerome Harris jwhgd.co
Jen White-Johnson @jtknoxroxs
Tatiana Mac @TatianaTMac
Sabrina Hall @SabrinaHallnyc
Nontsikelelo Mutiti @NontsiMutiti
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And of course
Wael Morcos @waelmorcos
Jon Key @jonkey13
Maurice Cherry @mauricecherry,
Chantal Jahchan @chantaljahchan
Renald Louissaint @renaldl_
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Some names you may know, or not:
Khoi Vinh @khoi
Kelli Anderson @kellianderson
Göran Söderström @lettersfromswe
Charlotte Dumortier charlottedumortier.com
Raban Ruddigkeit, ruddigkeit.de
Ines Cox inescox.com
Nicole Jacek @nicolejacek
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Respect to the true elders:
Margaret Calvert en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_…
Matthew Carter aiga.org/medalist-matth…
Gere Kavanaugh eyeondesign.aiga.org/gere-kavanaugh…
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon typeroom.eu/article/superg…
Lance Wyman @LanceWymanNews
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Finally, right here @pentagram:
Natasha Jen @njenworks
Giorgia Lupi @giorgialupi
Emily Oberman @emilyoberman
Eddie Opara 99u.adobe.com/articles/63542…
Naresh Ramchandani creativereview.co.uk/creativeleader…
Paula Scher aiga.org/medalist-paula…
Yuri Suzuki @yurisuzuki
Marina Willer @marinawiller
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This list is *far* from complete! Feel free to add people I missed.
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