Benevolence Farm Opens Pathways For Formerly Incarcerated Women On 13 acres in North Carolina, Benevolence Farm—founded by Tanya Jisa—exists as an employment and residency program that helps recently incarcerated women adjust to life after prison. Through fair wages, housing and a connection to nature, this initiative provides residents with support that the criminal justice system fails to supply. While it’s creating pathways toward a sustainable, …
This fall, two books and two international exhibits will highlight women designers whose groundbreaking work shaped the industry, redressing the design world’s exclusionary history. The upcoming works will span genres of design. The book Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History, for instance, covers calligraphers and bookmakers among other designers, while the book Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births showcases …
MoMA Design Store’s newest curated collection comprises products designed for women, by women. The Design Innovations for Women section spans several categories—from reproductive and sexual health to sport, apparel and accessories. “This is an opportunity to recognize just how far these products have come in terms of quality and to celebrate the fearless female entrepreneurs, designers and innovators who have changed the game,” Chay Costello, …
