Typesetting the table

Solange enlists Montreal based designer Frédérique Gagnon to work her typographic skills on the accompanied art-book-to-album—A Seat at the Table

Design is political

Sold as endless creativity, replicated aesthetic, and trendy progressive hashtags with only the best intentions. Design can change the world, all the while amping your Instagram feed. Design welcomes sticky notes of hope slapped onto large-scale problems, and our collective action translates change-maker words and phrases on posters and buttons. Cutesy takeaways from vague progressivism …