Pinback button with the slogan "Black Designers Matter": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button with the slogan, Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features bold, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is made of metal and has a pin closure. Printed bold white text along the top edge reads [BLACK FOLKS IN DESIGN].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2016
• Designed by: Little Wing Lee
• Subject of: Black Folks in Design, American, founded 2017
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper, plastic, and metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/8 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Museums
• Object number: 2025.52.3
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: No known copyright restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.