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April 22, 2021 4:07 pm A group of 140 designers from around the world has developed a font “made entirely out of periods” to protest period poverty in North America. Periods for Periods is an initiative campaigning for free menstrual products in schools. According to the group, one in five teens can’t afford period products and a further one in seven have missed school due to a lack of period supplies. Product shortages as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have only served to make the issue worse, and the group says black women and women of colour are affected at higher rates.

Change The Lens identity UTA Brand Studio’s identity for Change the Lens helps this initiative uphold its pledge to ensure more representation for Black filmmakers within the film industry. Responses by Change the Lens and UTA Brand Studio Background:Change The Lens is a global initiative, and a pledge, created to ensure the representation of Black filmmakers within the commercial and music video film industry is reflective of the greater population. The pledge calls on companies to staff at least fifteen percent of production teams and rosters with Black talent. To achieve its mission, ...

Change The Lens and UTA Brand Studio unveils a powerful new identity system The CTL identity is bold, inclusive and universal – a reminder to the world of the reasons for posting a black square on social media last year. Words Share Think back to a time in June last year. It may feel like a lifetime ago, but it was a time of great change. Not only were we hit by various iterations of lockdowns, we also saw a rise in solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement, following the death of George Floyd and many others. This sparked a social media demonstration called Black Out Tuesday: a move t...

PRINT Awards Editor’s Choice Winner: “No Justice, No Peace.” On March 13, 2020, plainclothes officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department burst into the home of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor and fired their weapons, killing Taylor. The tragic incident and others gave rise to protests around the country and globe against racism and police violence—and deeply wounded the city of Louisville, Kentucky, with citizens and community leaders alike demanding justice. As local and national media focused on reporting the facts of the case, Louisville Magazine wanted to take a deeper dive ...

January 28, 2021 2:45 pm “Everyone found out about Vocal Type at the same time,” Tré Seals says, recalling the race protests from summer 2020. “Part of me felt like it wouldn’t be successful if it wasn’t for George Floyd.” Vocal Type is the type foundry that Seals runs from Washington, D.C., US – it’s his second venture, following Seals design studio which he closed down last year because of his typography’s sudden popularity. The foundry creates typefaces inspired by protest signs from real-life movements, like the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968 or Vietnman War protes...