You can shop my online store at www.ketchupstain.xyz/shop it will be up until December 17th so I can get your gifts to you on time and recharge for the new year.

Read @kristenstain.bsky.social's first piece for us on their journey building a ceramics class for and by Black folks.

Along with making art and designing for clients with @aroko.bsky.social, a huge part of my practice is teaching as a means to serve community. I reflected on my two years building a community and home in Oakland. www.aroko.world/two-years-of...

Join The Folklore Story Lab Part 2: (r)EVOLUTION (Diaspora & Lineage) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — an online writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore. 📅 Nov 22, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST 🔗 Register (Free): bit.ly/wwfotg

Movie theaters as modern-day Underground Railroads? Read how "Sinners" carves space for Black truth in plain sight. www.aroko.world/how-sinners-...

Hey #BlackSky we thought y'all might be interested in a Black worker-owned publication focused on design. Come on down and give us a read!

And last but not least, a big shout out to our illustrators! Thank you to Rachel Domond, @mdlcomics.bsky.social , Diana Ejaita, Franco Égalité, Aaron Marin, Islenia Millen, and Megan Tatem for your beautiful pieces!

You can also purchase a physical copy of this manifesto with an accompanying workbook on our website. www.aroko.coop/product/desi...

And of course, tear all this shit down as needed. If you want to read the manifesto in its entirety (and see some stunning illustrations), you can find it at www.designtodivest.org

Design is circular. Ancestral and indigenous design practices regenerate and harmonize with nature and span multiple generations. A design process never truly ends; it is always ongoing. We reject the linear approach and the notion of "failure" and see circular opportunities to modify.

Design for mutual care. Care for self must align with care for community, care for society, and care for the environment. We adhere to needs, not standards, and reject the notion that design is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on rigid aesthetics instead of how it serves a need.

Create with community. By community we mean cross-cultural, cross-generational and cross-spiritual collaboration and sharing. We never design alone; we co-create across generations and understand the interconnected nature of our decisions through time and experiences.

Dignify through design. Design should create the conditions for dignity for everyone and should not be used as a tool for dehumanization. We reject ableism, work to eliminate barriers to equity, and constantly seek out the voices of the most vulnerable to inform our decisions.

Be ecocentric over egocentric. An Ecocentric approach acknowledges the interconnectedness and interdependence of humans, and more-than-humans: animals and plants; land, water and air; materials and artifacts. To save the planet means we design to preserve our place within it.

Respect the locals. Indigenous communities hold the knowledge of their land through generations of experience and existence; this knowledge is sacred and provides a foundation to build on, not one to erase.

Divest. By divest we mean depriving systems of dehumanization and oppression of influence and power. Divesting from the now creates liberated minds in action. A liberated mind can embrace the joy of limitless possibilities to imagine and create the world as one needs it to be.

The following principles guide our work, and can maybe guide yours too. This is how we Design to Divest. #designtodivest #arokocooperative #design #divest

you can also find us on are.na where we post bangers like this~ #blacksky #design #coop #arena

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We are available for work of all types! Whether you need a new brand, a publication designed, a package for your new album, or assistance building out an exhibition, we have you covered. If you’re interested in working with us, please get in touch at [email protected].

Hello bluesky 👋🏽 we're Àrokò Cooperative. We have a lot to share with y'all, but figured we should introduce ourselves first.

What’s for you is yours. What’s for me is beautifully and divinely mine.

seems like y'all are pretty interested in a black owned design and publishing coop huh? well come see us in oakland next week for a pop-up with all kinds of goods as well as a panel on how we operate. we hope to see you there!

It’s nice they let these guys get their zoomies out before the Kendrick Lamar concert

made this last year but its definitely time to do a new batch of protest flyers and sticker designs

I hope February is more kind to all of us, truly

If you‘re on Bluesky looking for alternatives to what Meta and Musk have on offer, check out are.na – by far the absolute best platform and run by wonderful people @are.na

WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!

So many beautiful things have been flowing into my life. I say I can do something then I do it. I write it down and I make it come true. And it feels so good.

“will this be the year earth refuses to forgive us…” -Audre Lorde in “Out of the Wind”

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

I’m a Dodger Blue sun, Man at the Garden rising, Hey Now moon.

kendrick. my favorite kind of surprise.

beloveds, i am here for this experiment. let’s grow.

alright, I’m in here.