Jon Key
BLACK =, QUEER, & UNTLD
In “Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, and Trailblazers”, acclaimed designer and artist Jon Key canonizes Black and Queer voices, stories and objects from the 1800s until today. Through newspaper clippings, lithographs, magazines, posters and photographs, this book is a tribute to the incredible designers, artists, and people who came before. Intertwined with personal memoirs and histories, questions around identity, place and resilience manifest a book that surfaces design stories that are not often celebrated or even known.
About Jon Key
Jon Key is an artist, designer, and writer originally from Seale, Alabama. After receiving his BFA from RISD, Jon began his design career at Grey Advertising in NYC before moving on to work with HBO, Nickelodeon, and The Public Theater. Now he is co-founder of the Brooklyn–based design studio Morcos Key with Wael Morcos. As an educator, Jon has taught at Cooper Union, Parsons, and currently teaches at SVA. Jon was selected for Forbes 30 under 30 Art and Style list for 2020 and was the Frank Staton Chair in Graphic Design at Cooper Union 2018-2019. His work has been featured in Jeffery Deitch Gallery NYC, the Armory Show, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Jon holds an MA in Design Research, Writing and Criticism from SVA. His writing has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, The Black Experience in Design and AIGA. His first book Black, Queer & Untold: A New Archive of Designers, Artists, & Trailblazers was released November 2024 with Levine Querido.
