Malene Barnett is design’s force for change
LIKE many (if not all) industries, the design community has long been marred by inequality and a lack of representation and diversity where the privileged, white and European have always stood for a higher quality. This belief has gone on to be not only perpetuated but cemented by glossy magazines, exclusive galleries and other entities tasked with signifying the “who’s who” in a notoriously fickle industry. For artist Malene Barnett it was time for change – real, meaningful change – and if it was going to start it was to start with
