Blak Design Matters - First Peoples Design Forum

Blak Design Matters – First Peoples Design Forum explores First Nations design and why it matters. Presented by the Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT), the Forum extends the ground-breaking work of the KHJT explored in the 2018 exhibition Blak Design Matters and the subsequent Blak Design Program.

The forum will include a series of panel discussions and conversations, storytelling, Q&As and to finish the day, a celebration of Blak Design through food and music. Panel discussions include: What is Blak Design; Ownership of Identity; Stories from KHTs highly successful Blak Design Program; Cultural appropriation and misappropriation; and New ways in Benchmarking Fashion Sovereignty.

KHT has led the way in this space with its innovative Blak Design program, now in its third year, fostering First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and providing a platform for nurturing sustainable, First Nations design practices.

As a First Nation only event, the forum will provide opportunities for designers from all spheres of the design and artistic world to connect in a culturally safe space to interrogate the question of “What is Blak Design?”.

Speaker details, forum partners and the forum program will be announced shortly. Participants must register here.

A First Peoples only event, the Blak Design Forum is presented by the Koorie Heritage Trust in partnership with Creative Victoria. Supported by Fed Square.

Schedule

Forum: 10am-4.30pm
Post show after party: from 5pm

Image credit:
ENOKi (Darcy McConnell) (Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta)
Fallen From Grace, 2022
digital print on paper
Winner of the Josh Muir Digital Art Award, 10th Koorie Art Show 2022.
Collection of KHT