Black DIY Tradition
Chuck Harrison designed 8-12 sewing machines every year for 12 years.
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Beyond Madame CJ: Black Presence in the Beauty Salon
Beauty salon chair designed for Belvidere Beauty Products (1957)
Segregated vs Sustainable
Segregated or Sustainable? In his book, A Life’s Design, world-renown African-American industrial designer Charles Harrison starts with his story of life in rural Louisiana and Texas under Jim Crow. “At Prairie View,” he says, “we were all African Americans, so there was no segregation. We saw white people only when they came to the hospital …