Design233 - Profiling Ghana's Art & Architecture

THROUGH THE LENS

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

May 28, 2016

Arts

Photographs impact our lives daily. They are powerful tools with the ability to transform minds and lives. Researching on Ghana and Africa on the world wide web has always been a tedious and daunting task prior to social media, with very little docum ...

GALLERY 1957

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

April 12, 2016

Arts

This year’s March Independence Day celebrations for Ghana were markedly distinct, with the opening of Gallery 1957, a contemporary art gallery within the lush Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, Ghana. The gallery’s name is synonymo ...

ADOMAA

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

January 28, 2016

Arts

It’s noon on a dry and hazy harmattan afternoon. I’m sitting in the garden of music sensation Adomaa’s family home in Accra, preparing to interview her. A few feet away, she’s chatting with some members of Vision Inspired Musi ...

BIBI OWUSU SHADBOLT’S DIARY

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

January 20, 2016

Literature

” I love the originality of African literature. I grew up studying works of greats like Ama Atta Aidoo, Ayikwei Armah, Prof Awoonor and Aminata Sowfall, and one thing I liked about their works was the ability to use art and beauty to deal with ...

GIVING IT BACK – TARKWA BREMAN

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

December 8, 2015

Works

“Without better health policies governing healthcare access, the attainment of quality healthcare in rural areas will forever remain an illusion. The biggest challenge in policy-making remains the notion that rural areas are just like urban are ...

ALBA KUNADU SUMPRIM

Interview By: James Grant-Monney Jr.

July 6, 2015

Literature

The Imported Ghanaian and its sequel, A Place of Beautiful Nonsense, are must-reads for any African that is able to find humor in self-deprecation. Though it focuses on the Ghanaian, most Africans will surely find bits and pieces of themselves in th ...

KURT MERKI JR.

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

May 31, 2015

Design 54

“Just Do It“, a phrase coined/ trademarked by Nike – this is the ideal by which Kurt Merki Jr. lives by. Unafraid, bold, creative, hungry and persistent still despite all his success and fame, from designing products and spaces for ...

BEING AFRO-AUSTRIAN

February 1, 2015

Literature

Being Afro-Austrian is an Academic survey in explaining and suggesting ways to form a multi-cultural society. Abdallah has coined an acronym that could readily take hold of society in the future – PADs (People of African Descent). He has articulate ...

SOM AIDOO

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

November 23, 2014

Arts

Som Aidoo is a budding Ghanaian-born actor and musician based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a broad range of talents, ranging from acting to writing and producing his own films and music. He has featured in a number of A-list movies, from The Hunger Ga ...

ATO DELAQUIS

Interview By: Korantemaa Larbi

October 6, 2014

Makers

Ato Delaquis (pronounced De-la-kee) is a renowned artist of our time whose art brings to light the clash of ideas and concepts, shown explicitly in the painting strokes of this genius. His works span across 40 decades and more, and are expressed in d ...

ATO DELAQUIS: STROKE OF GENIUS

GIVING IT BACK – TARKWA BREMAN

THROUGH THE LENS

KURT MERKI JR.: CULTURE PURPOSE & LIFE

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THROUGH THE LENS

GALLERY 1957

ADOMAA

BIBI OWUSU SHADBOLT’S DIARY

GIVING IT BACK – TARKWA BREMAN

ALBA KUNADU SUMPRIM

KURT MERKI JR.

BEING AFRO-AUSTRIAN

SOM AIDOO

ATO DELAQUIS