The designers spotlight was developed to showcase the works of the professionals that have joined OBD. Your work will be displayed for two (2) weeks on the homepage of the OBD site.
How to get your artwork featured:
Join OBD – fill out your application for membership and pay all fees applicable
After receiving your membership information please submit via email the following:
1-3 signature pieces (can include a shot of you working on your piece)
A short bio (150 words) along with a photo of yourself
Contact information (phone, email, website)
The Designer Spotlight will rotate the designs of its members every two weeks. You will receive an email with the dates that your work will be featured. Once your work is rotated; the Gallery link on the website is where you will be able to find your listing.
Promotion
An announcement of your Designer Spotlight feature will be email broadcast to over 25, 000 design email addresses. The broadcast includes design magazines, organizations, firms, schools and individual designers.
Artwork Guidelines:
Please submit all artwork in jpeg format. Artwork will be reviewed prior to posting. This is a professional organization so we ask that you please be mindful of the material you submit.
Email all work and bio information to:
Olivia Garrett | webappeal@comcast.net
OBD Weekly Meeting
Come Join Us for Income Opportunities, Presentations,
and Lively Discussion about the State of the Black Designer. Help plan events and programs to meet our goals.
Every Wednesday at 6:45pm
Washington Design Center
300 D Street, SW
(corner of 4th & D Streets, SW)
Lower Level Conference Room
202-489-4822
Applications for membership will be accepted at the weekly meeting.
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JoAnna Rogers, Founder and design director of iDESIGNltd. interior environments Established in 2004 out of Columbus Ohio. with location also on the New York City area. iDESIGNltd.
A multidiscipline company, which provides interior design service for individual clients as well as top 10 architectural firms in the following markets: Healthcare, Commercial, Higher Education, large and small scale Retail, high-end Residential and Hospitality. In 1985 Joanna Rogers received a B.F.A.(bachelor of fine art) degree in Interior Design from Pratt institute, Brooklyn, New York.
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Olivia Garrett, owner and lead designer of her own consulting firm; has offered graphic, web, marketing, and web design consulting services for more than 19 years throughout the Washington Metropolitan area. In 1989 she received her B.F.A (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degree in Visual Communications with a concentration in Illustration from The Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD.
Olivia's design style articulates your firm’s brand, vision, and message through multiple channels and formats (e.g., print, web, client and industry events) Whether you are starting a new venture, need a new look or update to existing design pieces, our vision meetings are designed to help you focus on your company and assist you with a proven step process from vision to final design. more...
Charles "Chuck" Harrison, has been called the "Jackie Robinson of industrial designers." The first African-American to be hired by Sears Roebuck in a salaried position, he talks with Vicki Matranga about his exceptional career.
CHARLES HARRISON: LIFE'S WORK
Review by Afrogeek
Forget the Illumanti. When history judges this present as past the designers will be branded as the unspoken architects of these postmodern times, the shadow sculptors of the current psyche. Charles Harrison belongs in this pantheon of design legends, and his autobiographical survey of his design career, A Life's Design proves it.
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Donavan Lyons, Art is the product of a vision. For Donavan Lyons, Jr., that vision is the source for his inspiration. Donavan Lyons, Jr. is the President and Founder of Lyon Custom Designs.
His award-winning designs have been recognized by such organizations as the The Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the United States Department of State and has been published in Sanskrit Magazine.
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