{"product_id":"designed-to-be-red","title":"Designed to Be Red: Native American \u0026 Indigenous Graphic Works \/\/ (Pre-order, Oct 20 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first publication dedicated to Indigenous typography, poster design, lettering and graphic arts across the Americas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesign history has a problem. Native American and Indigenous peoples have been making decisions about form, function, communication and meaning for millennia--and the canon has looked right through them. Mythmakers and marketing teams have long used graphic design to tell stories about Native Americans, First Nations, Métis, Alaska Natives and other Indigenous peoples rather than with them, creating reductive and harmful representations of a living, vibrant and varied group of people.\u003cbr\u003eYet Native graphic art has a rich history that shows that its practitioners are innovators who have created dynamic, subversive and optimistic work. Modern graphic expressions such as posters, digital fonts and even stenciled cars intertwine with traditional Indigenous pottery, weavings and paintings. Through examples spanning nearly two centuries and representing over 80 tribes and nations, \u003ci\u003eDesigned to Be Red\u003c\/i\u003e reveals and celebrates design histories that have always existed alongside, despite and in resistance to dominant colonial narratives, illustrating the full spectrum of Native life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists include: \u003c\/b\u003eNeal Ambrose-Smith (Flathead Salish, Métis and Cree), Crystal Worl (Tlingit\/Deg Hit'an Athabascan), Terran Last Gun (Piikani), Marie Watt (Turtle Clan, Seneca Nation of Indians, Haudenosaunee Confederacy), Melissa Cody (Diné).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e (Monacan Indian Nation) is an award-winning designer, curator and partner of Polymode studio. He is a graduate of RISD and was a 2025 Mellon Fellow at the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA). He is in conversation with:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDylan Miner\u003c\/strong\u003e (Métis Nation of Ontario), professor at Michigan State University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSadie Red Wing (Lakota\/Spirit Lake Nation), assistant director of Native student programs at the University of Redlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathleen Sleboda (\u003c\/strong\u003eNlaka'pamux\/Coldwater Indian Band), professor at RISD.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Vicenti\u003c\/strong\u003e (Jicarilla Apache Nation), professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJessica Moore Harjo\u003c\/strong\u003e (Otoe-Missouria, Osage, Pawnee and Sac \u0026amp; Fox Nations) and Monique Ortman (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), designers based in Oklahoma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Delmonico Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: October 20, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781636812113\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 11.0 X 9.2 X 1.0 inches | 3.4 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC: Design \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003cbr\u003eDesign \/ Graphic Arts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Brian Johnson","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Oct 20 2026) Hardcover","offer_id":67949481099499,"sku":"9781636812113","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781636812113.jpg?v=1791742288","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/designed-to-be-red","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}