Park is filled with impressive arts at each turn striking in magnitude and meaning just like the creator and tongue smith. Anton believes that to succeed as an artist, you should be willing to take big risk. Another child plays that is man i korea who leads the way in the name architecture in more ways than one is never been one to shy away from the was never been done like this before. And rightfully deserve her title. As a leader in the field of architecture, we also visit picking up a 2nd largest city to find out how history and culture makes in this hot bed of cultural exchange, food and these of all done later with flow. How a creative from nigeria is keeping as yorba culture relevant for the new generation. I landed samantha and this is that re max ah, a straddling the glossy well, the fashion and design process behind the scenes when did denies the translate that her own right. We believe that growing the industry can be done through design process clients will buy the pieces as well as that thing called fashion filled with by about. But its all about. African designers are in a position to compete internationally and tell their own stories. Its important that our designers tell the story in the narrative and the way they want to be received. Fashion trends said her when didnt as oh, believe that fashion can be used to tell powerful narrative and Creative Space for self expression. African style is intertwined with history. Tradition, color and design through randys work and fashion of photography and her phone best to vote. She helps africa say a powerful stories, threads, people, and what they can use to wear these videos, asia sondra on its own. So our fashion forms, fashion forms can be used on television as a narrative. They can be placed on social media. We can play fashion forms actually store as a design um and we use, its called the narrative of the artist or the designer themselves. What inspired them to create the range or the actual brand from wait spotted to weird is at that moment in time. The landscape of fashion forms in africa and south africa. Its not much, you know, at this point we are educating a lot about fresh informed people dont know what a fashion from is. And i think theres a whole lot of work that we still need to do as a continent. And as a country, i want to help build the saundra of for making because my mission is to push african stories and african designers forward. The story is what makes you who are as an african and to take that to the world is what were trying to do. Ive always been passionate about her being of always been passionate about storytelling and to combine full and fashion kind of made sense to me. A fashion entrepreneurs, somebody who doubles in Different Things within fashion. I think being a fashion entrepreneur makes a lot of sense in terms of what i do. Sometimes i model sometimes i dabble in general being in front of the camera sometimes and behind the scenes sometimes im the one pitching the work. So i think being a fashion entrepreneur just kind of sums it up quite a while, wendy, move seamlessly between foam and photography, creating a free online monthly magazine featuring different designs in the run up to her annual fall festival. So right now we are, she brought me with his street style. Look, this will be used on my magazine. And the, the style of photography is street style. Almost told to be shed in the brief i think it to actually help my career to the next level in our life to reaching the other customers that i dont balky, you know. So yeah, im very honored to be. This is a bit i just love how he gets pieces together, how he expresses himself and i think it was quite important for us to celebrate to him and to say, look to see you. We shall spotlight and i ran beef. Its black, merge fashioned phone festival li celebrates people that work with in the fashion industry. People that put a fashion form together. We check your work if youve done well, then right at the end of the 5th floor, we have a ceremony. We would announce food enough as to who won the best special form or the best makeup or the best sound and the best directing. I think weve got our short guys. What do you think . Yeah, we want to use as many mediums as possible to push fresh and forward to the world as africa and as south africa. So the fashioned phone festival happens once a year and the magazine comes out once a month. So we are using the publication to kind of keep the momentum going and to celebrate artist looking at how different and diverse we are as a continent, i think be so many stories that are coming out slowly cuz its still challenging. Obviously what we have experienced in south africa is not necessarily whats nigeria has experience. So its very important that we expose what african designers are doing at the moment in time. You know, 10 years from now, well be looking back and seeing while this is ruby were, and this is where we are. So i quoted history document to documenting history for the archive. I worked with only on every max to we bring you the leads of talent in the continent as africa is leading the way in the modern design space. That designed innovation represents it. Here at the anthem from its culture park a mere hours drive away from johannesburg. As you wonder between the imposing sculptures it creates a sense of wonder and re stalls body and mind. Africa is starting to reclaim our voice when it comes to the fields, environments, and one person who is not waiting for permission to lead the way is canadian architect, man, i quailed. Lets see how she is boldly changing the face of a cra. Ah, i literally started the same with my baby in the court next to me. Half of my stuff have been having the baby squirrels working and its become something of a character. This embraces the cold values of innovation and growth, then that it create upon bear me ransom on the top female architect c o in gun ah mm. Whats special about architect choice, but its so specific. No to clients, obviously not whose site obviously no to me or a scene for every projects. We look at this really from a blanket wrap, and that design process is worked out for asking the right questions and teasing out what is the most few trouble with this particular project. The capital city of government occur is no dots. It would move in and functional Architectural Design spaces impact on the People Living there. Ah, incorporate a passive innovation to make a building a trolley, wic will and efficiently within our climate is for us to design something that gives you the freedom to express that culture or betty has to be in a place that is well defined with a lot of times we translate the raphael such roof that communal african if not, we dont have it got me in africa. Architectural plans because guardian as an african myth, is not in the structure in how you live within this week for the challenges and counted as a young professional with 2nd in for meaningful family life. All building excellence in her career lead to the bank. In 2011. Is inception. It has offered a home to several young female exit that vine for space in this meal. But we make that area. We are largely female architectural fin somehow, and ive always liked to work with us because we do mission to film pregnancy maternity and all that with diligence and persistence upon bear. Me know how to convey that field. Often, meal clientele, i had a concept of what i want to for 2 able very well i and weve been able to work very well together. And im actually seeing the results of the concept that we put on paper in reality. So yes, theyve done an amazing job for so many people who are trained here of the scene like minded people who have gone out and doing things for me. I think we are experiencing an architecture landscape thats a very like when i drive around when i go to places and i see that of course people are putting into the really present area. Its encouraging and i think thats that piece. A good picture for going to pull it. Im excited about where it is going to go. She believes design is a collaborative process that is responsive without being matic, which results in fresh spaces that reflect the distinct character of each project and find a coffee. At the time the client came to us, you know, they wanted to do a very more than 40 story apartment building. We went with these rights in contrast to everything that was happening around we chose to go for them was new trucks of the color, black and white, auto need said in a way that made the black floors to recede and the white last project. So in the end, i hear what you see this building youre looking to fight wondered, which was quite contrasting for the environment. It was coming to city, one of the most significant things that happened every one on the streets about it, changing the fat. And thats one of the things we also look forward to whenever we police are building some way, it should have positive impact on the environment with how much she has achieved in full little time. As america said, the wife and mother are full upon the young. Be no anything you put your mind to, you can achieve no one that was named one of the greatest cases in 2021 attribute to the people and businesses that i as a full front of industries that adapt bill and innovative walking through this all inspiring space i realize how lucky we also had this project space filled with and times work collections and galleries have the hands on these incredible pieces opened in 2003. This unique outdoor exhibition has slowly been built up to what we see today. I caught up with anton to find out what lies the hush and then i have to ask you the august, what made you create this space . Well, this has been my dream. All life longs to create this space like this. And didnt make it in a permanent way. But maybe you see, god willing to remain, you know . When did you love for this article . I saw a book about Michael Angela when there was a kid. Was i thought i was going to become in my raj pilot as all kids do it. But when i saw michelangelo sculptures in a book, i thought this is what im going to do. The rest of my life office to this my whole life and try and be as what and i didnt succeed in doing that, but i succeeded in being me, which is better, which is better. And i studied a lot. I thought to myself, my dad was where it was universe. So i went to university, i sneaked in the back door and i just went into the library. And i got the books that i needed. And i was in the library and i didnt take them out. I just took them off the shelf and im all live. Ive been dreaming about doing this and being bragging load, please give me the money to be able to do it because its an expensive hobby. To build a place like this, and we did, and the box that should be down there. Every single team i was planning to do so i was out from the nation of the god and, and the landscaping, if i wouldnt be able to do this. And without the help from above, i wouldnt i known as a storyteller. How did time, nate . This and you know, some of the most beautiful things on earth are problems and words. I read poetry and write poetry. And i tell story. And i think thats my work also has to tell story. So people ask me, what is the thing me . And i told him that i was thinking about this and this and, and i came up with the idea of making the sculpture. Many of my stories are related to the work that i do. So i just loved doing that with me. Visual, find out is usually a stone approach, but because of the magnitude of this space youve made it more collaborative. What are some of the pros and cons of them . Well, a lot of a lot of those like working with other people around them. Im not like that. I just absolutely love people. So the more people that helped me the better ive got whole team of guys that have been with me for more than 20 years. So what i do is i make the original always the original, and then we make moles, and then we do cause things from the moles. And the thing is, once youve made them all, failed a lot of money because its not, its cheap material. So once youve got the mode, you can cross over and over in the same mode. So our cars, 24. 00, and in fiberglass and 12 in wrong. And that keeps all these people busy. The african proverb, the i never forgets that the hot his seed is a true word spoken when it comes to this culture park. It really is a journey for the so choreographer i get booth and new takes us through yet another journey through his hometown as the unpacks would fetus. So many t history i give i am, i give money to the wilson with kinetic to in bonita. So im going to show you the very small little town where i was re around do bubble a la, ill be similar. So what do you love to . Affectionately called bobo by locals, is picking up also 2nd largest city, around 900000 people live here. Its not far from the western border to molly and ivory coast. Bobo is an economic and transport hub and also part of an important Railway Network between fixing a fossil and ivory coat. The station was built in 1933 and bring back memories from the val are goblin, to thought i will go out in front of the sea to real station. My grandfather, my father, and many of my uncles, worked here as mainly walker. I spent a little of my childhood here as a son of a railroad worker. I had free tickets to take me from here or delete to abby sharma. The people will do that for you. Scott, as the the name bobo de la. So comes from the regions 2 largest ethnic groups, the bobo and the dula. Both architecture also signifies the cities islamic influences built in 1890. The de la copa mosque has become a sticky land. Why is this jewel that you see behind me is more than 135 years old . It is built only with food and it still holds well to day. While i am part of a very large moving family of my romance are the same time, we never renounced our traditional practices of the hunters masquerades. Chanel la muska, in this chapter, ah costumes on our next stop is the show grants of the in and out dance festival. One of the biggest dance events in west africa. Its a major cultural highlight held every year in bo boyd to lasso. A gable made his name here beyond the borders of wiki. No far so as the festival director is in. So here we are in the field district said this is my street tree fell out. This is the state of the in and out. Dance is to pull them up for an International Dance festival in public spaces in this neighborhood, even when a dances the mammals gratified the uncles that those artists are not come on down. At the end of our tour, our cable brings us to his favorite restaurant for a taste of burkina faso signature, addiction, garlic chicken plant, or phil. I met with nancy ha tucker reporting. I like the grilled old galaxy chicken is mid august mexican or what we call bicycle chicken. It ran behind on catch it and it goes on the grill. You simply cannot visit kilo without trying our galaxy chicken, but you might be specialist. I will have come by and test my good chicken with me. When i pity to all who are watching us. Parents are going to the full vin, a biggest there wont play columbia either 11. 00 up. Its ethic. When we got home. My list of places to travel is getting too long. I better start catching up, let it how nice urine design that sunday or lobby has be that new life into the material used to design his products all the way from shoes to hand bag. The meaning of ash ok, muz cloth from a country or club from them. But for me its more than just not fabric. That people, the facts, its something that i was own. Given me a lot of inspiration in your something that has given me a lot of life in terms of how its made. The dish history behind. Its the people you know how it connects. Different parts of the yorba culture. Nigeria is known for its textiles, rich with cultural diversity, with over 500. 00 ethnic groups and cloth that are associated with the group ashok. It is a type of fabric that is hand woven and has a rich cultural and Traditional Association for the euro by try and pop julia who originated from the southwest of the country in traditional times this fabric, which was formerly used at engagements, weddings and funerals, has become a part of one fashion. I mean, these are some of the fabrics that work. This is, this is taken from the ox shamble holes. You know . So if you notice the ocean national, lose the jingle for fire thunder tuned it. Willoughby has made this fabric into something fashionable in contemporary fashion spaced, making ash okay. Fashionable. Everywhere you turn. I turned as a Graphic Design and i was my 1st inquiry and i thought of what i trained as was photography, which i studied in u. K. I thought when i came back home, i worked in advertising for a while. Always wanted to work in the greatest vision of, but i felt like i wanted to impact more. But i wasnt sure what it was going to be. I had no clue in cinema fashion. Ive never designed in fashion, i think as an artist, a design, you can apply yourself in various ways and that was what i did. This is a few, mostly clothes. And yes, we combine this letter in some cases depending on the kind of design that we are looking for. We are trying to go for. So yeah, this was combined with leather. We get our live out here locally. So, so from on mission markets, for us, its all about pamphlets and style. Its very flattering when people copy, you only get your, your tools that keeps you going in because you know, thats by the time well create the next on, they will come and copy. So you have to keep them busy. Recently i was just checking on instagram and someone that copied one of my favorite things. And then i said to the guy, you can build a brand. When the copy out of control, you have to be true to yourself and create things from your, you know, you have to create your own design from your heart. Thats what makes it to you. If you are true to your brand new tricks, youre always find this fresh on the front where this place is. You know, whenever you create a new thing, becomes a masterpiece. Again, around coming to couple that i think thats what i was kept in is also knowing that theres a history to what im doing. I didnt just give up. I came from an artist such an a fan in how it works, up sitting down with possible and whats not possible. So that helps all the time. Does inform how i design this done, is it design . I was not going to let circumstances. And his love for fashion, but merely decided to adapt and this, designing and selling the latest must happen. I took the mic back. Yes. All right, for the so not the person for the, for the, so this is the full but then then you have the one for the lead on top of it. All right, so this one else i can fill out stories using the fabric. We do a lot of experimentation with our fabric. You also have to see what the recombined is fabric with because he asked for some, you have to line them for something. You dont necessarily have to live in combining their most stitching them directly on leather. So again, it depends on the type of bug please. Bug is not a structured because its a rock sock you want to be able to take a lot. Its very nice for traveling with a briefcase. Theyre not, theyre not the same. Basically because of the shape of the bug and also the functionality of the bug