2014 Archive

Inside Kenya's iHub

Video Interviews • 28 Oct 14

The iHub is the heart centre of Kenya's tech revolution. We took its pulse on this tour inside. >
Studio Propolis: The labourers of love

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:53 • 30 Oct 14

Inside the Nairobi-based workshop of Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner, a husband-and-wife team who make all their own designs by hand. >
Make. Change: A DIY sleeping bag for the homeless

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:34 • 3 Nov 14

Meet Jo Maxwell, an ordinary citizen who prototyped a sleeping bag made of newspaper and plastic bags that has been distributed to more than 20,000 people. >
Evans Wadongo: The little light that could

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:25 • 4 Nov 14

Kenyan engineer and businessman Evans Wadongo tells us about his award-winning MwangaBora light and creating a sustainable economy in rural areas. >
Teaching the next generation of tech trailblazers

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:42 • 12 Nov 14

Judith Owigar, president of Akirachix, talks tech and its ability to empower young women in Kenya. >
Lara Bohinc: I was dying to design something really big

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:30 • 13 Nov 14

The jewellery designer tells us how collaborating with large-scale producers enabled her to branch out. >
Wangechi Mutu: I'm interested in how the eye can trick you

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:28 • 18 Nov 14

The Nairobi-born artist tells us about the making of her first video animation, "The End of Eating Everything". >
Alberto Alessi: What defines Italian design?

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:41 • 21 Nov 14

The man who brought us the Anna G corkscrew confronts the impact of globalisation on Italian design. >
Akosua Afriyie-Kumi: It's time for African fashion to shine

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:47 • 24 Nov 14

The Ghanaian designer behind AAKS accessories brand tells us why she thinks Africa's time has come. >
Weaving new ways of thinking

Video Interviews • 25 Nov 14

Sabrina Kraus López teaches Berber weavers in rural Morocco to look with new eyes at their culture for design inspiration. >
Sindiso Khumalo: I’m a textile nerd

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:14 • 2 Dec 14

This South African-born fashion designer tells us how she draws on her Zulu and Ndebele heritage for her bespoke collections. >
Yinka Ilori: Chairs tell stories too

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:11 • 9 Dec 14

We pull up a seat with this Nigerian-British designer to hear how he draws on his heritage to create once-off pieces. >
Lakwena Maciver: A little bit of Africa on every street

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:59 • 16 Dec 14

This Ugandan-British artist turns words into titanic pops of colour on city streets all over the world. >

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