Interior designers Sophie Ashby and Alexandria Dauley have set up United in Design, an organisation that aims to increase racial diversity within the interiors industry.
The initiative, which is supported by designers Martin Brudnizki and Joyce Wang, as well as Dezeen columnist Michelle Ogundehin, will invite studios to pledge committing a series of actions to make the interior design industry racially inclusive.
"Our goal, together with our esteemed steering committee, is to create a UK wide initiative and provide an actionable road map for design studios, magazines and suppliers to follow," said Ashby and Dauley.
"We are the definition of grassroots for now, but we are thinking big and in it for the long-haul," they continued. "We aim to create equal opportunities to those who may previously have been overlooked, side-lined or worse." United in Design was founded by interior designers Alexandria Dauley (left) and Sophie Ashby
A steering committee comprised of the founders, Brudnizki, Wang, Ogundehin, and a roster of others such as Graeme Brooker, who is head of design at the RCA and Emily Senior, who is digital editor at House & Garden magazine, will determine United in Design's direction.
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