The Slum Studio: From fashion waste to wearable art
Multimedia artist Sel Kolfiga examines the charm, colour, chaos, and contradictions of Kantamanto.
This Ghanaian designer is Gucci
Ghanaian fashion illustrator and designer Steve French is going places. And fast. He has worked with Vlisco & Co, Studio 189, and Amsterdam’s International Fashion Week. He’s dressed Deborah Vanessa, Lydia Forson, Efya, and global fashion icon Naomi Campbell. In 2019 French won a coveted Gucci Fellowship and is currently working directly with the preeminent label’s design team. We caught up with him in Rome.
EAT: Mix Design Hub
The ‘Mix’ moniker makes sense. It is described as an ‘architectural manifestation of culture, cuisine and innovative office design’. This four-storey building is located in the hip zone of Osu in the streets around Ako Adjei Park contains co-working spaces, a gallery, an events space and a restaurant.
Jamestown Coffee: Coffee & culture
Jamestown Coffee started life as a coffee roastery, but with the recent opening of a café, ambitions are brewing far beyond an exceptional cup of coffee
ONIPA: Bright future
In teaming up with musician and producer Tom Excell, K.O.G. (Kweku of Ghana) has created one of the most exciting Afro futurist sensations
Waving flags
Patrick Tagoe-Turkson has been reassessing the Asafo flag art, but it’s his work with found items such as upcycled flip-flops and nature art that has garnered attention around the world