Targetβs first documentary film βDesign for Allβ examines how an inclusive approach to design affects culture and improves the ways we relate to the built environment, to our communities, and to one another. It sheds light on how we stop the cycle of exclusion and features Founder + CEO, Tiffany D. Brown, and other influential Black and brown artists who are bringing youth into design conversations. Click here to see Brown tell her story and what drives her motivation for inclusion or watch the documentary in full at this link.
Sir David Adjaye, one of the leading architects of his generation and a global cultural ambassador, spoke at the Detroit Institute of Arts on the power of architecture to achieve positive social change. Adjaye was joined on stage by the award-winning landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh in a conversation with Jamie Bennett, Executive Director at ArtPlace America, New York. 400 FORWARD were invited as special guests of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.
400 Forward's creator be featured in a segment on the Emmy-award winning kidsβ science program Curious About Careers which airs on WKAR, PBS Kids! The show was filmed in SmithGroup Detroit's office located in the historic Guardian Building in Downtown Detroit. Click here to watch the segment.
Now What?! is the first exhibition to examine the little-known history of architects and designers working to further the causes of the civil rights, womenβs, and LGBTQ movements of the past fifty years. The exhibition content, conversations, and stories will inspire a new generation of design professionals to see themselves as agents of change by looking at the past to see new ways forward. 400 FORWARD is proud to be part of this traveling exhibition. Click here for more info.