PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Growing up in Seale, Alabama as a Black Queer kid, then attending the Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate, Jon Key hungered to see himself in the fields of Art and Design. But in lectures, critiques, and in the books he read, he struggled to see and learn about people who intersected with his identity or who got him. So he started asking himself questions:

What did it mean to be a graphic designer with his point of view? What did it mean to be a Black graphic designer? A Queer graphic designer? Someone from the South? Could his identity be communicated through a poster or a book? How could identity be archived in a design canon that has consistently erased contributions by designers who were not white, straight, and male?

In Black, Queer, & Untold, acclaimed designer and artist Jon Key answers these questions and manifests the book he and so many others wish they had when they were coming up. He pays tribute to the incredible designers, artists, and people who came before and provides them an enduring, reverential stage – and in so doing, gifts us a book that takes its place among the creative arts canon.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 7.5" x 9'"

Number of Pages: 448

Binding Method: Casebound paper over board with matte lam and emboss on front back and spine

Paper: FSC Certified 120 gsm Golden Sun uncoated woodfree paper

Typefaces: Legacy Serif Std, by Westchester Publishing Services

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Jon Key

Art Director:

Book Designer: Jon Key

Jacket/Cover Designer:

Illustrator:

Photographer: All Photo Credits Listed on Page 428

Picture Editor: Jon Key

Production Director: Jon Key

Production Coordinator: Jon Key

Production Artist: Jon Key

Other Credits:

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