June 2015 Archive

Beyond Entropy Africa: A new kind of common ground in Luanda

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:05 • 3 Jun 15

The Angola-based architecture group Beyond Entropy Africa brings radical change to an urban sprawl with a single plant. >
Chu Suwannapha: Tradition is the new black

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:26 • 5 Jun 15

The “prince of prints”, Chu Suwannapha, has made reinventing tradition a core part of his new fashion label. >
Thula Sindi: Understanding the dynamics of being an emerging fashion designer

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:02:15 • 8 Jun 15

Thula Sindi believes designers have to make themselves indispensible to customers by making truly wearable clothes. >
Blowing up walls for the sake of art

Q&A • 8 Jun 15

Portuguese graffiti artist Alexandre Farto hammers his point home quite literally – with a drill, hammer and chisel. That’s when he’s not using explosives. >
Inspired Luxe launches online global marketplace

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:28 • 10 Jun 15

Entrepreneur Denise Bradley-Tyson presents handcrafted luxury curated from a global array of master artists, beginning with those from South Africa. >
The Nest: A DIY approach to storytelling

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:05:08 • 12 Jun 15

Kenyan arts collective The Nest makes impressive use of limited resources – from running a radio station out of their bathroom to making an award-winning film. >
Margo Selby's pageantry of pattern

Q&A • 16 Jun 15

Kent-based textile designer Margo Selby weaves her magic using age-old threading techniques. >
Michael Murphy: Training African architects is one of the most important needs of our time

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:06:05 • 17 Jun 15

Architecture can help bring about wholesale change in Africa, one building at a time, says the founder of MASS Design Group, Michael Murphy. >
Roy Choi: The food truck revolution that spread like wildfire

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:50 • 19 Jun 15

The LA food truck kickstarted a global movement thanks to Twitter, says Roy Choi. >
Juliana Rotich: Harnessing Africa’s potential with technology

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:00 • 23 Jun 15

Kenyan technologist Juliana Rotich lays out the tangible ways that governments can harness technology’s power to deliver services efficiently. >
Darb 1718: A place of exchange for Egypt’s artists

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:04 • 25 Jun 15

Reem Hatem fills us in on Darb 1718, the Cairo centre that is fostering the North African country’s art scene. >
Martijn Engelbregt: Breaking society out of its rut

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:04:31 • 26 Jun 15

Meet the ringmaster of Circus Engelbregt who oversees the delicate act of subverting social norms using design. >
To be a South African storyteller, here and now

Profiling • 29 Jun 15

In the third episode of the Future Lab Africa podcast series, Jepchumba speaks to up-and-coming filmmaker Lebogang Rasethaba about his storytelling aesthetic. >
Breaking down social barriers with a game of ping pong

Video Interviews • Duration: 00:03:08 • 30 Jun 15

Danish photojournalist Anders Find’s novel approach to bringing people together in public space. >

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