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As promised, artist Theaster Gates and Prada Group are helping pave paths of access for creatives of color. Three members of the 14-person Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab assembled last yr for the inaugural three-year collaborative program are making their approach to this yr’s Venice Architecture Biennale, opening Saturday, to indicate their work. When the cohort was announced in April last yr, Gates, the brainchild behind this system, told WWD, “The Experimental Design Lab will develop into each a platform and a pipeline for exceptional Black and brown designers to be acknowledged for his or her brilliance and regarded for creative opportunities at the highest levels of artistic collaboration.” And he’s making good on his word. Architectural designers Mariam Kamara and Germane Barnes, in...