Pinback button with a Black Designers Matter slogan
date: label: Date
content: 2016
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Designed by
content: Little Wing Lee
label: Subject of
content: Black Folks in Design, American, founded 2017
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button with the slogan, Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features, thin, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is silver tone with a pin closure at the top center. Printed bold white text along one edge reads [BLACK FOLK IN DESIGN].
place: label: Place collected
content: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michelle Joan Wilkinson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.36.2
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Qusai Akoud and Rania Karamallah
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 5.6 × 0.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)