- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Designed by
- Karamallah, Rania, Sudanese American
- Akoud, Qusai, Sudanese American
- Distributed by
- Harvard Graduate School of Design African American Student Union, founded 2012
- Date
- 2019
- Medium
- ink on rubber with magnetite
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 7/8 × 3 15/16 (4.8 × 10 × 0.1 cm)
- Description
- A magnet with the slogan, Black Futurism 2019, designed by Rania Karamallah and Qusai Akoud for the conference, Black Futurism: Creating a More Equitable Future, held October 4-6, 2019 at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The flat rubber magnet features thick light pink text that reads [Black / Futurism / 2019], set against an orange background. The magnet shape roughly contours the outline of the text with thin orange border around the exposed edges of the letters and numbers. The back of the magnet is plain brown.
- Place collected
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- magnets
- Topic
- Activism
- Advertising
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Graphic design
- Identity
- Professional organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Michelle Joan Wilkinson
- Object number
- 2023.36.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Qusai Akoud and Rania Karamallah
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




