colorful masai beads

Mzuri

Bag, Maasai, Kenya
Second half of the 20th century
Cow hide, glass beads, iron, plant fibre
53 cm (l) x 43 cm (w)
Patterns featuring half moons are found on many Maasai personal objects and ornaments.

White beads

Oh white beads Must be Maasai from Tanzania I noticed the color differences bettween Kenyan and Tanzania Maasai beads and clothing. Availability...I guess

African bride

african bride

African bride

Whenever I think of the African bride I think of rich colors and fabrics, warm hues, and the most beautiful jewelry. I am embarking on a journey to find just that all over Africa or... the web

Such rich colors from BBC Nigerian bride

OMG

Oh my Gosh, I finally found it.

The Hello Africa Trunk show, Bridal wear with an African twist also very sophisticated

http://www.adelewechsler.com/ my future competition its on girl!

African inspired bridal gown

message in the clouds

nature

I AM AFRICAN

If you want to donate money for a good cause the keep a child alive org. works towards helping children affected by the AIDS pandemic in our motherland. click on the link below

http://keepachildalive.org/

Harriets alter ego

I was surfing and accidentally stumbled upon Harriets alter ego. way to go girl!

also featured on Runway Africa.

http://www.runwayafrica.com

Structural

just absolutely love em, very inspiring.
her statement "Helena Hörstedt is a Swedish design label. It was created after my graduation from Beckmans School of design, Stockholm, 2004.
The label provides handmade garments with emphasis on structures and techniques, advanced details and classic tailoring.

I think the genuine work and the handcrafted feeling gives an irreplaceable value to the garment. The trade of handcrafting is always one of the most important sources for both construction of and inspiration for my design.
I want my garment to be a fascinating visual experience as much as a usable. I want them to build a desire, continuously expand and to surprise the beholder."

Tree

O.k is this strange... it looks androgynous too.

Duro Olowu

LONDON, February 12, 2007 – Duro Olowu's show has finally brought the talent that's been cooking away in his Portobello Road store, OG2, into full sight. A Nigerian with a sophisticated eye for mixing splashily printed vintage couture fabrics with seventies-style tailoring and hoards of exceptional jewelry, he has steadily built a business—and many friends—around the first signature wide-sleeved, high-waisted patchwork dress he designed two years ago. Today's violet and bright-green African-print velvet coats instantly captured the essence of his appeal in their exuberantly luxurious swing.

"I wanted it to have practical volume," he said, "a regal normality. I called it 'Bamako Pompadour.'" Bamako is the capital of Mali, which, he explained, "had an empire of huge wealth and intellect—and beautiful women."

If it was smart to lay a foundation for a couple of years before deciding to show, the move also raised the bar for Olowu, setting him the task of proving he can do more than just that one dress. He pulled that off by orchestrating a total look, from leather headband visors to necklaces made from recycled belt buckles and beads to shiny patent shoes and boots—all sourced from craftspeople he found around London. His new squared-off agbada dress, in fluid brown, black, and gray color-blocked jersey, had an easy, drapey elegance that looked fresh. And though a too long section of gamekeeper tailoring in the middle broke the spell a bit, that was only a minor beginner's demerit in a collection that brought a welcome shot of energy to London's shows.

– Sarah Mower

Respect yourself: The politics of black pride

While still thinking of African art...I came across this a article about black pride back in the 60's. The one thing that struck a code was the importance of identity,
or identifying with something be it, music, art, (culture) that you feel represents who you are. Sort of taking back what is rightfully yours.

Respect yourself: The politics of black pride

‘I suppose culture and style . . . [are] a symbolic aspect of our resistance,
our determination to be identified different from others, to have something
we can say is our own, that sets us apart from others.’ Linton Kwesi
Johnson, 1991

During the 1960s and 70s many young black people in Britain used
clothes to express the inequalities of racism and a sense of alienation.
It was a defining period in black British history, what Stuart Hall calls a
‘certain moment’ when an individual or group defines itself as ‘black’,
African or Caribbean following migration to a country that is
predominantly white.

Black people in Britain looked to the Civil Rights and Black Power
movements in the United States for guidance. They rejected Euro-
American notions of beauty and dress to express their black identity
and cultural heritage. Instead, they sought alternative dress styles
which included African textiles and embraced the ‘true’ beauty of
natural hairstyles such as the afro. The dashiki, the afro comb and
the leather ‘Shaft’ coat became key components of what Van Dyk
Lewis calls ‘the archive of black styles’, one which reaffirms black
resistance and black identity.

Simultaneously the music of Jamaican ska, jazz, soul and the
counter-cultural ructions of the ‘swinging sixties’ were other sources
of cultural inspiration. Black people mixed these references into their
dress styles to validate their cultural values and sense of personal pride.
(www.vam.ac.uk)

Fashion in Africa

More notable African designers.

Xuly Bet

Lamine Badian Kouyaté was born in Mali in 1962. Formerly trained as an architect in Paris, he turned to fashion and launched his first collection in 1989.

Working under his label Xuly Bet (“watch out” in Wolof), Lamine has created a young, urban and trendy style in which the body is moulded and idolised. He uses synthetic materials (sometimes hand-dyed in Senegal), lace, fake fur, T-shirts with provocative slogans, and the omnipresent red thread to keep track of an extravagant woman who has no inhibitions about flaunting herself.

Using the African tradition of recycling garments, he creates reknitted jumpers, dresses made of patchworked and painted T-shirts, and recycled army coats lined with fake fluorescent fur.

Lamine Youyaté was awarded with the prestigious Creator of the Year award in 1994 by the New York Times and received the ANDAM awards in 1996. His label is sold in Europe, America, Africa and Asia.
Joel Andrianmearisoa

Joel Andrianomearisoa was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 1977. He entered the Fashion Academy of Antananarivo at the age of twelve. The first presentation of his fashion designs took place in 1995. He has been studying architecture at Paris University since 1998.

For his fashion collections, Joel experiments with materials like wood, metal, stone and plastics, ones usually associated with sculpture rather than fashion design. He applies the concept of 'archi-couture', using geometrical and radical forms and creating object-garments, mostly black. He also uses unusual and exclusive woven materials.

In 1996, he was distinguished as Young Talent '96. In 2000 he staged performances at the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Musée d'ArtModerne de la Ville de Paris. He lives and works in Madagascar and Paris, where he designs costumes and scenery for theatre, film and television.
Hassan Hajjaj

Hassan Hajjaj was born in Larache, Morocco, in 1961. Having arrived in Britain in his teens, he grew up amid the emerging club culture of London, absorbing the music and styles of reggae, hip hop and worldmusic. In 1984 he decided to forge a solid relationship with the New York scene and in the same year he launched his own clothing andaccessories label, RAP.

In his work, Hassan Hajjaj playfully applies new technologies to redefine the imagery that pervaded his childhood. From the fez to the camel, he takes on the European stereotypes of the North African world and turns them into a visual celebration of the 'souk with a twist'.

Hassan Hajjaj designed the stunning Salon Afrique interiors that graced the Royal Festival Hall during Africa Remix.

African art-precolonial nostalgia

I was looking at Art from Kenya, and...it seems as if most of the artists on the inside Africa art from Kenya have a very similar style. Sort of precolonial nostalgia or "tourist art" i dislike using that term but really comments please is it just me. I am caught up on the same thinking it seems look at my art. Its filled with a images from a not so distant past women with pots, how many times do you see this in Nairobi. As a matter of fact I have never seen a woman carrying a pot on the head. And then there is the maasai's love them. This culture is very alive and well I grew up in Ongata Rongai so this I have witnessed. I guess its pride, we are proud of our culture, so we are holding on to it and recreating it in our art. Shooo o.k that makes sense.

Fashion texture

Chronology of Africa independence

My art is finally here

To see the rest go to http://www.furahachao.com

The African Channel

Check out the African TV channel and spread the word.



http://www.theafricachannel.com/

John Olympio

John Olympio states that "When I paint I don't think - it's like a dream and you can't plan what you dream," he explains. To keep the connection with the spirits of his home land, he works only with pigment from his native country, Togo.

He comments, "The pigments communicate well with me and are from the earth."

The exhibit 'Something from Nothing', which he initially named 'Everything and Nothing', reflects on one of his life philosophies.

Source Mshale

Data Structure

I started designing this complex data structures,and I am hooked this is one of a series.

Investing in Africa

In the talk that opened TEDGlobal 2007 ("Africa: The Next Chapter"), South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo sets the scene, framing the conversation that would unfold over the four-day event. "What's the worst thing you've heard about Africa?" he asks. After fielding call-outs of "famine," "war," "corruption," he urges the audience to move past these preconceptions -- and offers a compelling picture of a continent on the cusp of enormous change.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/154

Bono on Africa

Musician and activist Bono accepts the 2005 TED Prize with a riveting talk, arguing that aid to Africa isn't just another celebrity cause; it's a global emergency. He argues passionately that mere charity won't solve the serious problems facing the world's second-largest continent. The solution, he says, is equal human rights. And it isn't just our moral obligation; it's an economic and strategic necessity. He ends by unveiling his TED Prize wishes, calling for TED's help to build a new social movement for Africa.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/59

Amazing rendering

Just amazing

Faith

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.



http://www.ted.com

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."

http://www.ted.com

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.

African queen

The power of the media

I was reading this article, I could not help but notice how these words "if you read the newspapers" jumped on me. For decades Africa has been potrayed as a continent plagued with all kinds of evils from war to disease. I feel that its our responsibility as Africans to change that script.



EMERGING MARKETS REPORT
Investors in Africa seeking undervalued names, diversification
Funds head south of the Sahara as banking and telecom sectors expand
By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Jun 21, 2007

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Where most investors see a continent plagued by underdevelopment and conflict, others recognize Africa as the next frontier, whose accelerating economic growth and long-term potential are creating compelling investment opportunities."We're convinced that the perceived risk in Africa is greater than the actual risk for disciplined and focused investment," said Thomas Gibian, chief executive of Emerging Capital Partners, which manages more than $1 billion in five private-equity funds focused on African companies."We thrive on diversification -- across regions in Africa, across currencies, across sectors," he said.

After decades of colonialism, violence and poverty, some African countries, particularly those south of the Sahara Desert, are experiencing an economic renaissance, propelled by more than rich deposits of natural resources. The banking and telecom sectors are luring foreign investors, who are now hunting for deals in smaller countries including Ghana, Botswana and Zambia, not just South Africa. Certainly, significant challenges remain, including ongoing conflicts in some countries, corruption and HIV infection.

"Optimism is what separates people today," said Lawrence Speidell, co-manager of the Frontier Market Select Fund, L.P., a $4-million, long-only hedge fund that invests in frontier equity markets, most of them in Africa."If you read the newspaper, you're very worried because a lot of news is bad news," Speidell said. "If you take a step back and you take a look at the patterns that are in place in the world, you'll see that there's a long-term movement of the world toward democracy and peaceful settlement of disputes. "Optimism is one of the four pillars on which Speidell bases his investment philosophy; the others are history, risk, and globalization.
Sub-Saharan Africa posted economic growth of 6% in 2006 and is expected to grow by 6.7% this year, making it one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund. In contrast, between 1980 and 1999, the region lagged far behind global growth -- its GDP grew by about 2% on average. China, with its insatiable appetite for commodities, is becoming a key destination for African exports.

"While key oil exporters like Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria are expected to enjoy some of the fastest growth rates in Africa in 2007, they are not the only countries enjoying rapid economic growth," said John Orford, South Africa-based strategist at UBS Investment Research, in a June research report.
Sub-Saharan Africa posted economic growth of 6% in 2006 and is expected to grow by 6.7% this year, making it one of the fastest-growing regions in the world.
"Indeed about 18 oil importers will enjoy growth rates of 5% or higher in 2007," Orford said. "A number of factors -- better macro management, lower inflation and rising savings and investment rates -- are supporting higher growth across the continent. "Some countries in Africa have made partial progress on implementing economic reforms, specifically when it comes to monetary, regulatory, trade, fiscal and financial policies, Orford said. Barriers remain, however, in areas like property rights, investment freedom and corruption.

Inflation in sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of Zimbabwe, is forecast to fall to about 7.1% from 7.2% in 2006 and 8.1% in 2005, according to IMF figures quotes by UBS. Investment-to-GDP ratios are still very low, but rising.
External debt has declined and foreign private capital flows are increasing. Net foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa climbed to $18 billion in 2006.
Attractive sectors
"We have been able to identify many investment opportunities where there are near-monopolistic environments," said Gibian of Emerging Capital Partners, the pan-African private-equity firm.
The companies he invests in "operate with preferential access." For example, if it's a natural resource, the company has the rights to the mineral or energy source that they are developing.
Emerging Capital Partners has made more than 35 investments in 30 African countries. In some deals, the firm takes a controlling position, but as a rule it always acquires a seat on the boards of the companies in which it invests.
"We look at businesses where Africa has historically had a comparative advantage -- in energy businesses, because that's where the oil and gas is, in mining, in agriculture, even in tourism," Gibian said.
One such company is Anvil Mining Ltd. (CA:AVM: news, chart, profile) (AU:AVM: news, chart, profile) , a copper and silver producer that is listed on the Toronto and Australian stock exchanges. The company operates several mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Another example is Artumas Group Inc. (DE:A0J34E: news, chart, profile) (NO:AGI: news, chart, profile) , an energy producer that operates hydrocarbon reserves in Tanzania and Mozambique.
"We also look at businesses where Africa has lagged -- in terms of banking, telecommunications, distribution -- these are not areas where historically Africa has held itself up as an example of efficiency," he said. "Our track record is the most complete in the area of telecommunications and now in the area of financial services and financial institutions," he said.
Among the firm's investments are Celtel International, a mobile telecommunications company; Continental Reinsurance Plc, Nigeria's largest reinsurance company, which was recently listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange; Intercontinental Bank Plc, the fifth largest banking group in Nigeria; and Ecobank Transnational Inc., one of the largest regional banking groups in sub-Saharan Africa and a company that is listed on stock exchanges in Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Ghana.
"There has been tremendous investment in Africa -- look at Air France, Exxon, Shell, De Beers etc. -- but investment in Africa typically did not create opportunities for emerging markets buyers to take a position," Gibian said. "We are very keen to build companies that deserve to be liquid."
Low liquidity continues to be one of the major problems for investors in Africa's equity markets, with the exception of South Africa, Egypt and partially, Nigeria. The ratio of market capitalization to GDP remains low, while sector composition is also mostly biased toward the financials.
"With the exception of South Africa and Egypt (relatively diverse sector composition) and Côte d'Ivoire (dominated by a single telecommunications stock) financials account for between 40% and 90% of African equity markets," according to UBS's Orford.
South African stocks stand out as the clearest beneficiaries of African growth, he said. UBS's favored picks from South Africa are communications company MTN; the country's largest retail bank ABSA; food retailer Shoprite; and construction firm Group 5.
One way for American investors to invest in South Africa is through the iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund an exchange-traded fund that tracks the performance of the country's stock market.

Today's prices and tomorrow's liquidity
Speidell looks beyond South Africa in his search for attractive African stocks. As of March 31 this year, the Frontier Market Select Fund owned 18 stocks in 12 countries around the world. Country-weightings include Botswana (10%), Ghana (21%), Nigeria (9%), Malawi (2%), Senegal (8%), Tanzania (5%) and Zambia (5%).
Speidell points out four reasons why he invests in frontier markets.
First, the history of emerging markets is the future of frontier markets, Speidell said. Second, globalization and technology, particularly cell phones and the Internet, are making information available to millions of people in some of the poorest and most remote places in the world. Third is optimism, and the fourth reason is risk. "The reason I say that these countries offer a different kind of risk to a portfolio is because they are different in that they do not move with the other established world markets," Speidell said. "They don't move with New York, London or Tokyo or Russia or China."
Only about 6% of the movement in frontier markets could be considered related to the movement in the S&P 500, Speidell said: "Frontier markets certainly move, but in a way that's so largely independent that they provide wonderful diversification to a global portfolio."
Among Speidell's favorites are the smaller markets in Africa like Ghana, Botswana, and Zambia.

"We're hoping to benefit from the fact that these markets are not well-understood and that there will be undervalued names in almost every market," he said.
"There are local brokers, the companies do publish annual reports," Speidell said. "There are broker services that go out to companies and get the reports; when you have the report, you have market opportunities because the data are not so closely followed that the stocks will only move within a narrow band."
Speidell's fund invests in a variety of sectors, including consumer staples, finance, telecommunications, transportation and construction.
"Liquidity is a problem," Speidell said. "It's not to say that trading is impossible. One needs to be patient to figure that the opportunity here is to get today's prices and tomorrow's liquidity."

Eco-conscious material girl

I am very inspired by her go getter attitude.

By Janice Blackburn

Published: June 8 2007

As a girl, Jenny White decided that her conservative, traditional school needed shaking up, so she launched a student radio station, a newspaper and a gossip magazine and painted murals all over the walls.

After studying graphics at Central Saint Martins, ­London, she spent four years working as a junior art director but soon tired of the “somewhat safe lifestyle”. So she quit her job to become an environmentally friendly textile designer.


“I wanted to create something new,” she says. “I had become very eco-conscious, eating organic food and using Dr Hauschka’s cosmetics. I also knew that textiles was a horrendously polluting industry and I wanted to find a way to make products that were created with care for the environment. I have always been ambitious and wanted to do something exciting and work for myself.”

She returned to Central Saint Martins, enrolling in a two-year masters course in “textile futures” and her final project involved creating a luxury brand focused on sustain­ability. Her tutors were supportive but “they didn’t have any business skills or manufacturing experience themselves”, she says. “They were all researchers and artists.”

Undeterred, White signed up for a series of talks called Create A Living, which focused on the importance of writing a business plan and, by the end of her course, she had one. Her brand, Eco-Boudoir – Luxury with a Conscience, would sell textiles and homewares that were not only eco-friendly but also “very personal, very sensual and sexy”.

“I thought: ‘Great. I have the brand concept, I’ve done some research and there is a gap in the market. It’s time to make some products and see if I can sell them’.” She now realises that was beginner’s naivety. Her business plan was passable but it didn’t have the essential “three Ps – product, place and price” right.

So she spent another tough year mastering more skills: pattern cutting, garment costing, manufacturing, price negotiation, accounts, VAT, customs and shipping. At the same time she was also designing a full range of throws and cushions, lingerie and a selection of feminine incidentals, such as eye masks and aromatherapy bags, for the bedroom, inspired intriguingly by her somewhat eclectic interests – burlesque, decadence, ecology and the home environment. She decided to make them out of a luxurious woven fabric she calls “bamboo” (apparently softer and silkier than cashmere), digitally printed silks and laser-etched vege­table-tanned leathers.

She finally launched the Eco-Boudoir range in February at the International Salon de la Lingerie in Paris and the reaction was impressive. Boutiques in New York, Athens, Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland and the UK (from department store Liberty to boutique Phoebe Carlyle) now stock the wares. More recently White was involved in an exhibition during New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair called Haute Green and in August she will show at the Lingerie Americas trade show.

She thinks the extra business training she took on has been key to her success. “Creative brains often work in a different way. You can have the best idea in the world but if it can’t be produced, the price is wrong and you don’t know how or where to sell it you don’t stand a chance. The production process [for example] was a roller- coaster of problems for me but in the end it was the most important aspect of the business that I needed to get a tight rein on.”

There are still problems to resolve. Her collection is very broad, the eco-friendly materials she uses are expensive and the pound is disadvantageously strong against other currencies. Sometimes, White acknowledges, she thinks she might like to have a business partner or investor to share the burden. (“Starting and running your own business is not for the faint-hearted.”) But she also loves her independence and is pleased to have made it so far on her own.

She hopes to set an example for other designers and is full of advice for would-be entreprenuers. “Make sure your idea is valuable, long-lasting, strong, viable and versatile,” she says. “Research your market. There is no point trying to sell something that is already out there. Make sure your prices are right. And keep it simple at first.

Most importantly, “have the determination to see things through. If it doesn’t seem to be working out it doesn’t mean that you can’t develop something else within the same concept and make it work.”

Processing Vs Flash

I have seen both, I wonder if processing is just a more basic version of actionscript

http://www.processing.org/

Code that creates amazing design...mostly mathematical
Design in numbers aagh! lets leave out the numbers.
Design with color thats more like it...

Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art

This book is written especially for artists, designers, and other creative professionals and students showing how to use Processing for code art, graphics programming, and computational aesthetics.

I got a crush on Obama

Hilarious video on Utube.

Design give

I found this site, where you can design a T shirt, the designs would then be sold to raise money for social issues. Can your art change the world?

http://www.designgive.com/