Looking for design inspiration with African American culture in mind? We have the perfect resource for you. Interior Design maven Celeste Alexander will launch Curated Quarters, a resource for the interior design professionals in January 2019. The mission of the magazine is to celebrate the heritage and history of the often-underrepresented African American design community and their unique contributions to style and home décor.
Alexander believes the contributions of African American designers
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Curated Quarters: The Showcasing of African American Homes
Curated Quarters: The Showcasing of African American Homes
Residential design has historically relied heavily on colonial and provincial influences associated with France, Italy and England. Alexander would like to see influences from Africa and other continents with people of color used throughout design theory. “Due to the cultural differences of the African American experience many of our contributions have been overlooked by the mainstream interior design community,” Alexander says. “Curated quarters will provide an educational and historic look at the journey of African Americans and other people of color in the space called home.”
sales over the next ten years. It’s important that African American and designers of color are a part of this growth in a major way. Our immediate goal is to be a resource to potential clients, the interior design industry on ways to integrate African and African American artistic influence as a viable option in the marketplace. Our long-term goal is to support and highlight designers of color that are breaking barriers and setting trends in the industry,” Alexander says.
Curated Quarters will premiere in January 2019. For more information on the debut and launch of Curated Quarters visit http://www.curatedquartersmag.com.
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Michiel is a Black Southern Belle living a lowcountry life. I love all things fashion, home decor and southern! When I am not running around doing fun stuff for Black Southern Belle, I live in antique stores and have a minor obsession with historic homes :)
