POWER DRESSING

I want this Book.

POWER DRESSING: Men's Fashion & Prestige in Africa

Discover the artistic diversity and visual splendor of African men’s dress in this first exhibition of its kind in the United States. Power Dressing: Men’s Fashion and Prestige in Africa brings together fifty spectacular examples of male attire from across the continent, from Morocco to South Africa, representing over a century of fashion. Drawn from the Museum’s own important collection, as well as from private and public lenders, the works on view reveal how a man’s clothing can define, sustain and reinforce ideas about power and status. The exhibition is organized into four broad and intersecting themes-Style and Status, Fit for a King, Divine Dress, and Identity and Innovation -- that offer rich insights into the meanings of men^s fashions within Africa^s diverse and ever-changing cultural and political landscape.

Africa investing opportunities

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister for Nigeria (and the first woman to hold that job), talks about the good in Africa as opposed to what the media potrays.



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Photosynth demo

ohh this is amazing, the possibilities and of course dude works for Microsoft.




"Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar. "Perhaps the most amazing demo I've seen this year," wrote Ethan Zuckerman, after TED2007. Indeed, Photosynth might utterly transform the way we manipulate and experience digital images."

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Digital sweetness

Wow the digital world. Microsoft has come up with some really cool touch screen
ways of manipulating data on a an interactive table. This is probably how people are going to be shopping in the future.
Check this out http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

conformity

Ever since web 2.0 all new websites seem to look the same, everyone is using Div tags instead of tables which increases loading spead but...its boring the CSS is getting to be more complex or lengthy but the pages all look the same. If you think I am kidding look at this designs, http://bestwebgallery.com even blogger, MSN does this.

Art

Jaques Leconte

Art

Ben Agbee from African encounters

Ahhh Art

Wiz Kudowor African Encounters

Oumou Sy

Oumou Sy has made a name for herself as a designer of Couture and Ready-to-Wear fashion, as well as jewelry and other fashion accessories. Sy has also made a name for herself as a costume designer for theatre and films, garnering awards for her work in film festivals in Milan, Johannesburg and Ouagadougou. She has even done set design in films. She has over a dozen films to her credit. She has strong ties to the international entertainment industry. Singers Baba Maal and Youssou N’Dour and filmmakers Ousmane Sembene and Flora Gomes are among her clientele. An artist and a businesswoman, Oumou SY works to build a sound infrastructure for the African fashion industry. To that end she has organized the annual Semaine de la Mode (fashion week), during which designers from all over Africa display their work. Further promoting the continued African presence in the world of fashion, Sy has taught at Ecole des Beaux Arts and ultimately founded Ateliers de Stylisme et de Formation aux Arts et de la Parure en Afrique et en Occident. Métissacana, a cybercafe Sy created, not only highlights her work, it is a project she uses to help build and promote a stronger Senegalese presence.

conceptual fashion2

Seidnaly Alphadi, Known as the “the child of the desert”, Alphadi combines traditional African techniques with contemporary style to create fashion for the modern African woman. He is aware of the fashion’s power to bridge cultural gaps. Alphadi is a founding member of the Federation of African Creators. From his base of operations in Niger, Alphadi organized the first Festival International de la Monde Africaine, FIMA. He would like to prove that African designers “can reach the summit of fashion like all other famous designers”

Uzuri

Personal Development for Smart People

For those of you who are motivated and ambitious you might this site very handy steve pavalina

My space

Whats up with my space, it must be because I am over thirty but I cant figure out the clutter. No privacy either anyone can look at you and all your friends and all the correspondence. And I cant stand the scroll with the translucent background GRRR! Cant even read it. The first time I was had my page up, I went back to find some really wierd people requesting to be my friends. Thats why I am sticking to my blog. Its clean and legible.

sandrabacklund blank page

Wow the possibilities. Just glue and paper?

The brain machine interface

Sheer genius, I would like to know how you can move objects without moving a finger, hmmm.

Hitachi, Ltd. Scientist Hideaki Koizumi holds a brain model while researcher Akiko Obata wearing a head gear during a demonstration of a new technology that reads brain activity and lets you control everyday objects without lifting a finger at Hitachi's research lab in Hatoyama, near Tokyo, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. The 'brain-machine interface,' developed by Hitachi, analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow to detect brain motion and translate it into electric signals.