Metal pin with the slogan "Black Designers Matter": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A round metal pin with the slogan Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pin (a) is made of metal. It is primarily black and features, serif, centered, white debossed text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. On the back of the button the text [Black Folks / In Design] is embossed under a metal point. The pin back (b) is made of silver-colored metal. The pin is secured on thick white paper (c). The text [Black Folks In Design] is printed in black ink on the top of the paper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2016
• Designed by: Little Wing Lee
• Subject of: Black Folks in Design, American, founded 2017
• Type: pins (jewelry)
• Medium: metal and ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (a. pin front): 1 × 1 × 1/16 in. (2.5 × 2.5 × 0.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (b. pin back): 1/2 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (1.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (c. paper holder): 3 × 2 in. (7.6 × 5.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Museums
• Object number: 2025.52.5abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Little Wing Lee
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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