A Month to Be Proud Of
A Month In, Our Community Is Going Strong
This month, we launched Queer Design Club and have been overwhelmed by the support from the community.
Our searchable LGBTQ+ designer directory has nearly 100 designers from all over the world. We’ve also welcomed over 150 people to our closed Slack group. All in the last month!
In that time, our designers have networked, swapped stories and inspiration, and given each other advice on everything from job hunting to Pride playlists. Members have helped each other find freelance work, fine-tune resumes and cover letters, and deal with burnout. We’ve also sent each other tons of GIFs, memes, and sparkle emojis.
Pride Month was one hell of a coming out, and we’re just getting started!
June’s Featured Members
You can see a running thread of monthly featured members on our Twitter page, or look out for them on Instagram every Wednesday.
Matt Clifton, he/him
mttclftn.com 📍Brooklyn, NY
Matt Clifton is a Brooklyn-based product designer from Louisville, KY currently working for The Infatuation/Zagat. Prior to his current role, he worked as a designer at Tumblr and Kettle. When he’s not working he’s usually playing video games, watering plants, or dreaming about going to space.
Isabel, she/her
byisabel.com 📍New York, NY
Isabel is a New York based Art Director, Designer & Illustrator, originally from Madrid, Spain. She spent 5 years as an Art Director at Refinery29 before becoming a Design Director at Thinkful. Her work has been featured on Forbes, Print Magazine, The New York Times, Art Directors Club, Metal Magazine, Eyeondesign, Envato, just to name a few.
Jordan, they/them
smaragdine.net 📍Seattle, WA
Jordan Green is a designer and user researcher based out of Seattle, Washington. They have worked in the public health field for 18 years, working as everything from a health educator to a policy specialist. Currently, their work focuses on design for public good, public health, and information systems. They have lent his design skills to organizations like Multnomah County, Oregon Health Authority, Washington Department of Health, and the University of Washington; and various nonprofits such as ACLU of Northern California, Health Initiatives for Youth, Cascade AIDS Project (CAP), Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center. By day, they’re a UX Designer at Story2 Design, a people of color led design cooperative. At night, they’re sketching mermaids.
June’s Featured Projects
Here is some of our favorite work shared by Queer Design Club members this month:
Pride Pals by Joey Donatelli
Job Hunting While Trans by Seth Katz
Gay Binches Who Cook by Huy Do
What’s Next
We want to give our members a platform to share more deeply about who they are and the work they make. So we’re working on dedicated profile pages for our designers, which will include questions about their work, identity, and inspirations.
We’re also writing our first newsletter! We are gathering content for the first issue of the QDC newsletter to be released at the end of the summer. Make sure you sign up for our mailing list before then at queerdesign.club!
✨Keep designing and shining!✨
— John Warren Hanawalt and Rebecca Brooker
