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Wacom Creatives: Illustrator Caroline Vos talks creativity, inspiration and artistic expression
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:03:13
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26 Apr 17
How do digital artists bring their creativity to life? We ask some seasoned illustrators.
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Making interactive furniture in Senegal
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:02:40
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25 Apr 17
As part of an ongoing exploration of African design, we spoke to Thierry Giles, founder of the first UX research lab in West-Africa.
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Inside Impact Hub Accra
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24 Apr 17
Entrepreneurship is part of Ghanaian culture. Impact Hub Accra leverages both formal and informal business opportunities.
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Alexa Pollmann: Design, migration and a future form of statehood
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:05:12
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21 Apr 17
Alexa Pollmann’s project Indivicracy presents a future statehood, where governments are no longer territorial and citizens are followed by a social network.
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Not for art’s sake
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:02:31
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21 Apr 17
Senegalese digital artist Papi on the tools that give abstract art a tangible form
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Rich Mnisi: Fashion forward design
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:02:41
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20 Apr 17
We talk to emerging South African fashion designer Rich Mnisi about the challenges of making a name for yourself in a young, local market.
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Celebrating traditional Nigerian style
Video Interviews
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20 Apr 17
Tunde Owolabi creates Afrocentric sneakers, bags and more by reviving an almost extinct African fabric.
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Classic: Minedumps and Tokoloshes
Video Interviews
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19 Apr 17
In a 2015 interview, South African comics artists Ray Whitcher and Moray Rhoda talk about bringing the genre closer to home.
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Telling positive African stories through photography
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:03:18
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18 Apr 17
An interview with Senegalese photographer Abdoulaye Ndao.
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Eddie Opara: Always a work in progress
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17 Apr 17
A brief jaunt through design, part three. Today we share a short interview with innovative graphic designer Eddie Opara.
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Free language education for the world
Video Interviews
• Duration: 00:01:40
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12 Apr 17
Tech entrepreneur Luis von Ahn created an app that enables anyone, anywhere to learn a language for free.
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