A WINDY CITY FIRST

Among the most memorable—and moving—events at the symposium was a landmark gathering of seven of Chicago's African-American design pioneers, who spoke not only of the still-painful-to-remember discrimination they experienced during their long careers but of their ultimate triumphs and collective responsibility to help and encourage new generations of designers and design students.

Shown here (from left to right) are trailblazers Herbert Temple, art director, Johnson Publishing Company; Charles Harrison, retired industrial designer and design manager, Sears Roebuck and Company, and adjunct professor of industrial design, UIC; Leroy Winbush, Winbush Design; Eugene Winslow (seated), retired graphic designer; Andre R. King, Andre Richardson King Designers, Inc.; Vince Cullers, ceo and chairman, Vince Cullers Advertising, Inc.; and Thomas Miller, retired graphic designer.