The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) today announced four finalists for the latest version of its prestigious Wheelwright Prize competition. The annual initiative awards $100,000 to emerging early-career practitioners, who are each granted the opportunity to deliver a.
Theaster Gates' initiative is aimed at empowering emerging and established designers of color. Through design awards and public programming, the Experimental Design Lab will act as a think tank that will amplify the work of young designers of color in the areas of fashion, furniture, industrial and graphic design, and the arts.