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Decata Podcast: N.O.T.E Clothing's Elias Sibata

Elias Sibata is designer and founder of N.O.T.E Clothing, a gender-fluid clothing brand that does wearable art.

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These Black Collectors Are Shaping the Future of the Art World

In honor of Black History Month, this list features a group of Black collectors with distinct points of view on whom they collect, how and why they purchase art, and what imprint they want their collections to leave on the world.

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Ten Mozambican artists paint for Peace on the streets of Maputo

‘CIN Paints Peace’ is the motto for an initiative which is recruiting Mozambican talent to fill the streets of the capital with the colours of peace.

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10 Sudanese Buildings to Reflect the Diverse Architecture of Africa

Sudanese Buildings: Sudan is located in North Africa, and divided into east and west by the world’s longest river the Nile, is known for its diverse architecture and culture. Sudan has 597 groups that speak over 400 different languages and dialects and that’s a lot, this shows clearly in the architecture of Sudan where each group has its own building techniques depending on the nature of the area and culture.

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Interview With Kunlé Adeyemi at the Chicago Architecture Biennial

Born and raised in nigeria, kunlé adeyemi is an architect, urbanist and creative researcher who founded the amsterdam-based practice NLÉ after almost a decade of working closely with rem koolhaas at OMA.

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The Art Of Survival: The Art Of Adire Gave This Textile Artist Global Fame, She Now Educates Generations Of Women In Nigeria

Textile artist Nike Davies-Okundaye worked as a construction laborer and carried water and firewood to survive. The art of adire gave her global fame and she is now educating generations of women in Nigeria.

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Harvard GSD Announces 2020 Richard Rogers Fellows

The six fellows named for the 2020 cycle were chosen from more than 150 applicants from around the world.

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Art

Artist we love: Salifou Lindou

In a period when the general trend of art embraces hyper-realism and figuration, Cameroonian artist Salifou Lindou explores abstraction through his human figures.

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How fashion designer Thebe Magugu uses high-tech to tell a story

Technology has been instrumental in mechanising and speeding up the manufacturing process of clothing.

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