It’s official! I’m so excited to share that my new book, The Anti-Racist Vocab Guide, is being published January 30, 2024 from @ChronicleBooks and is now officially available for preorder! Link is my bio!

New website drop 👀 Family Style is here with: 🔗 A new site 💙 A richer feel 2️⃣ Two new case studies And a sharper focus.... 🧵

Episode 1️⃣3️⃣ is live! In this episode, we have an inspiring conversation with our exceptionally talented guest Maya Ealey (@MayaEaley) Brand Design Lead, Illustrator, and Author. In this episode we discuss: 🌟 Maya's early career and journey into design 🌟 Her experiences working in-house and shaping some of the world's most notable brands (@lyft , @asana, @Square to name just a few!) 🌟 Being able to connect with the brands you work for on an deeper level 🌟 Creating her book "The Anti-racist Vocab Guide" 🌟 How Brand can influence Product 🌟 What it means to be a "multi-hyphenate" creative and so much more... We hope you leave this episode feeling as energized and inspired as we did! Tune in on: Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=3BZ-xvvG… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4oI… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

We are still reeling over how incredible #Config2024 was! After taking some much needed R&R last week, we're back to work editing our two final episodes of season 1: Episode 13 (goes live this week) with our guest @MayaEaley, brand design lead, illustrator, author with an impressive track record of building brands for Lyft, Asana, Square (to name just a few), as well as creating and publishing the book "The Anti-Racist Vocab Guide: An Illustrated Introduction to Dismantling Anti-Blackness" Episode 14 (live next week) with @jessicahische, lettering artist, designer, author, mom -- We had the incredible opportunity to interview Jessica IRL right after her inspiring talk at Config. 🤩🤩

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Look how talented my friend is

Stamped from the Beginning premieres today on @netflix around the world. This morning, I watched the documentary for this first time with my parents, my brother, my partner, and our daughters. What a surreal experience, watching them view and interact with the film. 1/3

Jumbo Button Telephone by Webcore Zip (1980s)

Wild that after 11 years in the tech industry, it was just last week when I was interviewed by another black person / black woman for the first time.

For those who have been to the Great Lakes, what’s the top three things to do and see? 👀

Hi everyone 👋🏾 so I’m on out on the job market.. Currently open to any freelance illustration roles or projects ✨ Or any full-time design lead roles focusing on brand identity and evolution ✌🏾

I have a more to say about design and money than fits in one tweet, thread, article, or podcast episode, but please consider this my starting point: Salary & Income transparency. Some details and context around how much I’ve made each of the last 19 years of my career: 🧵

can we talk about the glow up dog poo bag company Earth Rated had seemingly out of nowhere?! incredible rebrand

why buy the goggles when you can do this

It’s really true the further you get into your career, the easy it is to forget the things that you’ve done before. So important to document your journey, if only as a reminder to yourself and all the amazing things you’ve learned & accomplished.

RIP graphic designers???

I'm beyond thrilled to be able to announce that I directed the title sequence for Netflix #QueenCharlotte📷 a Bridgerton story, with @STUDIOAKA! I hope you folks will enjoy :) vimeo.com/825104779

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