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Mar 2023
50m 52s

024 • GRACE HAMILTON

The Chicago Graphic Design Club
About this episode

Our guest is Grace Hamilton, host of the podcast Design Is Not Neutral, a thesis project created during a design master’s program at the University of Notre Dame. Hamilton focuses on challenging perceptions of design, conversations on the meaning of socially conscious work, design education, and history. 

In this episode, Hamilton speaks with host Christian Solorzano about her early introduction to graphic design, growing up in South Bend, Indiana, her approach to teaching design to designers and non-designers, equity within our industry, and much more.

Music by the band ⁠Eighties Slang⁠.

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