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2021 Latham Fellow Jon Veal Has Died

February 13, 2023

Jon Veal, Co-Founder and Creative Director of alt_
Memorial Planned for February 18

ID is saddened to learn that 2021 Latham Fellow Jon Veal has died. The Chicago Sun-Times has more.

As part of his fellowship, Jon participated in a video-recorded panel conversation about how designers are embracing new roles in society to create new outcomes with those most affected by their designs.

COVID disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities around the country—affecting employment, mental health, and education, and highlighting that these systems were not designed with, or for, us all. Chris Rudd moderates a conversation with Jon Veal and other Latham panelists about how designers are embracing new roles in society to create new outcomes with those most affected by their designs.

We might not be able to make permanent change because permanence in our world is not sustainable, really. But what we are able to do is push the needle forward just a little bit for someone else to be able to take up the baton.
—Jon Veal

Jon Veal Memorial

Saturday, February 18, Noon CT
Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois
Reserve your spot

Attendees are invited to bring canned food and prepackaged goods to the memorial, which will be donated and distributed through existing alt_ markets.

Jon Veal

Jon Veal

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