My experience working in design studios suggests that there is still a ‘boys club’ atmosphere in the industry.
A common practice is for graphic design studios to hire people who fit in with the studio ‘culture’. This approach to recruitment is likely to be biased and creates an excuse to ignore people from marginalised genders and ethnicities.
When interning, it was obvious to me that joining team members for a post-work drink at the pub would earn me brownie points. Innocent-seeming practices like this are bound to exclude people on social, cultural, and religious grounds.
There are countless examples that highlight how graphic design studios unconsciously recruit/nurture new talent in the image of existing employees.
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