@Ogorchukwuu
Researcher, Writer, and Designer
My Design Portfolio
My Design Portfolio
Subscribe to my design substack - READ THE ROOM🫰🏾
Subscribe to my design substack - READ THE ROOM🫰🏾
A design publication exploring the subtle and explicit ways race is written into the spaces we inhabit. Click to read read the room, by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
Writing
Interior Race Theory — Journal of Interior Design
Interior Race Theory — Journal of Interior Design
The Cost of Being Seen - WRONG HOUSE
The Cost of Being Seen - WRONG HOUSE
How racism devalues Black interiors—and erodes generational wealth.
Remembering is Resistance — GIDA Journal
Remembering is Resistance — GIDA Journal
Shop Stockists Stories News Press Contact About 1 Shop Stockists Stories News Press Contact About Remembering is Resistance: Archival Practices to Disrupt Memoricide by Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah Photography by Stephen Miller March 2024 | GIDA LIBRARY “How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?” - Ernesto Che Guevara I often
A Death by a Thousand Designs — Communication and Place by SEGD
A Death by a Thousand Designs — Communication and Place by SEGD
Reader for Issuu
Building Interfaces That Avoid the “White Default?"— AIGA
Building Interfaces That Avoid the “White Default?"— AIGA
In 2016, the artist Deborah Roberts created “Pluralism Series,” a series of prints that, borrowing the aesthetic of a Microsoft Word document, lists the names of Black people. Name after name has that jarring squiggly red line underneath it, as if it was a misspelling. I know this squiggly red li
Speaking
The Black Home — Harvard Graduate School of Design
The Black Home — Harvard Graduate School of Design
PANELS & PANELISTS REPRESENTING THE BLACK HOME This panel will explore the myriad ways artists, creatives, and designers from Black diasporic communities have represented home. We consider how the Black home is captured and portrayed in visual, auditory, and multi-media arts and the significance of these portrayals toward the formation of Black identity and community […]
Equitable Content Design for Digital & Physical Spaces — Button
Equitable Content Design for Digital & Physical Spaces — Button
Join Jacquelyn Iyamah at Button 2024 for actionable strategies on racially inclusive content design and fostering diverse spaces.
Investing in Black Art for the Home — San Francisco Art Fair
Investing in Black Art for the Home — San Francisco Art Fair
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A Death by a Thousand Designs — Society for Experiential Graphic Design
A Death by a Thousand Designs — Society for Experiential Graphic Design
This event is a forum for trends in design education research, projects and curriculum innovation for design academics, students and researchers.
Transformation for Equity, Climate Change and Health — Harvard GSD
Transformation for Equity, Climate Change and Health — Harvard GSD
Design Impact is a global design leadership speaker series sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Design Alumni Council. These virtual events bring
How Environmental Graphic Design Shapes Belonging — AIGA
How Environmental Graphic Design Shapes Belonging — AIGA
Environmental graphic design is more than aesthetics—it influences who feels seen, welcomed, and valued in a space. In this talk, Jacquelyn Iyamah explores how spatial messaging can either reinforce exclusion or foster belonging. She examines the role of design in shaping experiences across rac...
Beyond the Margins, Inequity in the Built Environment — State of Black Design
Beyond the Margins, Inequity in the Built Environment — State of Black Design
Join us to discover thought-provoking workshops and be inspired by influential speakers shaping the future of design. Don't miss this unique opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute to the ever-evolving narrative of Black design excellence. Visit our website for a glimpse of our exciting worksh
Spatial Stories on Youtube
Spatial Stories on Youtube
Videos about design, architecture, and space.
Features
...but, who are we building for? — Danish Architectural Press
...but, who are we building for? — Danish Architectural Press
Architecture shapes both human and more-than-human worlds. Historically, it has served (and still does) as an instrument of power—creating, restricting, and distributing both control and access. Yet architecture also carries the potential for care and inclusivity, offering shelter, and fostering bel
Architectural Digest | Interior Race Theory
Architectural Digest | Interior Race Theory
What do the objects that we keep really say about our values?
The power and responsibility of experiential design — The Drum
The power and responsibility of experiential design — The Drum
Instructor on Inclusive UX Design — Parsons School of Design
Instructor on Inclusive UX Design — Parsons School of Design
Ready to dive into the world of UX design? Apply for the Parsons UX Design Foundations Course and gain the skills to succeed in the industry!
Decentering Whiteness in Design | Communication Arts
Decentering Whiteness in Design | Communication Arts
Designer, storyteller and educator Jacquelyn Iyamah outlines her methods for ensuring that design research produces equitable results.
Books
Racial Wellness Book — Penguin Random House
Racial Wellness Book — Penguin Random House
The Geometry of Being Black
The Geometry of Being Black
Tender Reminders Cards — Penguin Random House
Tender Reminders Cards — Penguin Random House
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