Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative (design) career guide for everyone!

Part textbook and part comic book, zine, manifesto, survival guide, and self-help manual, Extra Bold is filled with stories and ideas that don't show up in other career books or design overviews.

* Both pragmatic and inquisitive, the book explores power structures in the workplace and how to navigate them.
* Interviews showcase people at different stages of their careers.
* Biographical sketches explore individuals marginalized by sexism, racism, and ableism.
* Practical guides cover everything from starting out, to wage gaps, coming out at work, cover letters, mentoring, and more.

A new take on the design canon.
* Opens with critical essays that rethink design principles and practices through theories of feminism, anti-racism, inclusion, and nonbinary thinking.
* Features interviews, essays, typefaces, and projects from dozens of contributors with a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, gender identities, and positions of economic and social privilege.
* Adds new voices to the dominant design canon.

Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, with original, handcrafted illustrations by Jennifer Tobias that bring warmth, happiness, humor, and narrative depth to the book. Extra Bold is written by Ellen Lupton ( Thinking with Type ), Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Kaleena Sales, Leslie Xia, and Valentina Vergara.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About this book (p. 4)
• Theory (p. 8)
• Feminism (p. 10)
• Systemic racism (p. 12)
• Anti-racism (p. 14)
• Intersectionality (p. 16)
• Equality vs. equity (p. 21)
• Voice | kristy tillman (p. 24)
• Teaching black designers (p. 26)
• Meet mythical norm (p. 30)
• 'Splaining (p. 34)
• Disability theory (p. 36)
• This body is worthy (p. 42)
• Anti-stairs club (p. 43)
• Voices | shannon Finnegan and aimi hamraie (p. 44)
• Embodied learning (p. 48)
• Leaves with you (p. 52)
• Life | sugandha gupta (p. 53)
• Mother cyborg (p. 54)
• Binary structures (p. 58)
• Sex and gender terms (p. 62)
• Typographic binaries (p. 64)
• A queer year of love letters (p. 72)
• Voice | shivani parasnis (p. 74)
• Voice | tré seals (p. 76)
• History (p. 78)
• Mapping history (p. 80)
• Life | yolande bonhomme (p. 86)
• Life | ann smith franklin (p. 87)
• Life | sojourner truth (p. 88)
• Life | William wells brown (p. 89)
• Life | angel decora (p. 90)
• Life | anni albers (p. 92)
• Life | charlotte perriand (p. 96)
• Feminism in india (p. 100)
• Life | ed roberts (p. 102)
• Life | neil marcus (p. 103)
• International symbol of access (p. 104)
• Timeline | queer history (p. 108)
• Life | wait whitman (p. 112)
• Life | ruth ellis (p. 113)
• Lives | claude cahun and marcel moore (p. 114)
• Life | susan sontag (p. 116)
• Life | Willi smith (p. 117)
• Work 180 (p. 118)
• Internships 182 (p. 120)
• Voice | tanvi sharma (p. 122)
• Starting out (p. 124)
• Voice | farah kafei (p. 128)
• Voice | valentina vergara (p. 130)
• Design leaders (p. 132)
• Voice | amy lee walton (p. 134)
• Voice | elaine lopez (p. 136)
• Voice | Irene pereyra (p. 138)
• Voice | leslie xia (p. 140)
• Voice | njoki gitahi (p. 142)
• Voice | sabrina hall (p. 144)
• Voice | shira inbar (p. 146)
• Workplaces (p. 148)
• Working from home (p. 152)
• Wage gaps (p. 156)
• Hiring for diversity (p. 158)
• Where are the black designers? (p. 162)
• Discrimination at work (p. 166)
• Parents at work (p. 168)
• Coming out at work (p. 170)
• Salary transparency (p. 174)
• Exit strategies (p. 176)
• The entreprecariat (p. 180)
• Confidence equity (p. 182)
• Emotional housekeeping (p. 188)
• Psychological safety (p. 192)
• Giving and taking credit (p. 196)
• Mentoring (p. 198)
• Cover letters (p. 202)
• Presentations (p. 204)
• Social media (p. 208)
• Publishing (p. 210)
• Activism (p. 212)
• Advice for new designers (p. 214)
• Index (p. 217)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Billed as "part textbook, part comic book, zine, manifesto, survival guide and self-help manual," this book is all that and more. The meaning of "inclusive design" is addressed in the wide-ranging essays that open the volume and speak to a broad audience: individuals, organizations, institutions, and businesses open to re-examining their work or employment policies, and programs, products, or services. Other sections profile selected historical and contemporary figures marginalized by racism, sexism, and ableism, as well as the nitty-gritty of getting a job and benefitting from all varieties of employment. Throughout, there are interviews with designers at different stages of their careers, glossaries, and time lines. As might be expected, the book is packed with visuals and graphics on topics from intersectionality and mansplaining to appropriation in typography and the hiring journey. VERDICT This work empowers readers with theory, historical precedent, and practical information, while encouraging everyone to "amplify other voices and disrupt patterns of inequity." Don't pass on this singular resource.

CHOICE Review

Anyone who has watched Mad Men is aware of the masculine bias that prevailed in the Golden Age of advertising. All of visual communication within business tended to be a men's club, with a few exceptions in the area of fashion publishing houses. Now, most of the students in design schools and colleges are women, and the number of minority and LBGTQ young designers is also significant. In this book, Lupton (Maryland Institute of College of Art) et al. help balance what design history has weighted toward the white male end the spectrum. The book is light, breezy, and an easy read with ample illustrations, but the reader should not be fooled into thinking that the book is lightweight. Social equity is an important subject, and Extra Bold gets into many of the critical details. This is a must-read contribution in a rapidly changing field. Summing Up: Essential. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; students in technical programs; professionals; and general readers. --Steven Skaggs, University of Louisville