Image courtesy of the artist This lecture is presented as part of the Spring 2021 Design Lecture Series, free and open to all. Somnath Bhatt is an artist and designer living in-between India and USA. […]

Munro will explore how his mutable practice as a designer, educator, writer, researcher, historian, poet, surfer, and activist has attempted to create a form of integrity in the face of racism, homophobia, classism, stigma, and other forms of exclusion. This attempt at integration is reflected in his lived experience as a queer biracial man and the experiences of his clients and students.

Chris Hamamoto is a Bay Area-based designer. He is an Assistant Professor at California College of the Arts, and has also lectured or given workshops at Letterform Archive, OCAT Shenzhen, The Book Society in South Korea, SUNY Purchase, Meiyi Art Academy in China, and RISD, among others. His work has been exhibited in the Gwanju Design Biennale, Brno International Graphic Design Biennial, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Typojanchi, as well as published in C Magazine, IDEA Magazine, and the Walker Art Center's Gradient.