EVENT ALERT: DW SERIES >>> MAI ATAFO, YINKA DAVIES AND KUNLE AFOLAYAN

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6 GIVEAWAYS, 6 WINNERS,6 MONTH ANNIVERSARY

HI F.ARCS!!!!

mondays!!! some people happy, sme angry, how was yours? hope it was awesome!!!!
Yep we are so excited that we have been able to maintain this blog religiously for almost six months.
ohhh!!! yes we are just going to be six months old, we started this blog in january and since then we can proudly say we have improved in content, ideas and even in our personal lives.

coming july 1st, expect to see a whole lot of changes on this blog, we are going to be introducing a couple of new categories like the celebrity feature and streetstyle which falls under Fashion spotlight, YO!!! what are you wearing (Y.W.A.Y.W), which is a new category on its own which would be a fashion jury where you our readers get to send in pictures of fashion disasters...looolz, our fashionspressions which are our personal daily post,Get Busy ( how to and do it yourself,  a category we are definitely going to improve on), fashion Report which would include news, write ups, new collections by various designers e.t.c ( all you upcoming designers, makeup artistes,stylists, etc can email us your portfolios and look books to get featured in this category and the last category would be Extra, this would include other subjects like ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, CARS, ARCHITECTURE , MUSIC, COMPETITIONS and GIVEAWAYS, maybe gossip and every other thing we love or want to share with you.
Also continuing with better improvements are our Addictionlist (talks about things we are addicted to, the series we love, the fashion in it and a little summary about whatever it is we are addicted to), our Vintage sales which would be monthly now as opposed to the once in two months like we do and the Dw series ( dw series is simply the DESIGN workshop series and we are proud supporters and partners of this cause, it takes place every last saturday of everymonth and we would be displaying information about this event so always check this space).

Now to the BIG 6 GIVEAWAY!!!!

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by the way HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE....sorry its coming late!!!!

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#DWSeries10: Bez Idakula, Omoyemi Akerele & Tunde Ero-Phillips chair sessions

The organizers of the Design Workshop Series are delighted to announce the confirmation of Bez Idakula contemporary Nigerian composer and super talent, Omoyemi Akerele creative director of Style House Files and curator of the MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week and Tunde Ero-Phillips Fulbright scholar and sustainable development architect as speakers for the tenth (10th) edition of the DWSeries


Bez Idakula has been tagged as “The next big thing” on the Nigerian music scene by The Guardian and ThisDay newspapers. He has lived up to the hype with his many live performances at Hennessy Artistry Concert Series, Rhythm Unplugged Concert, Lagos International Jazz Festival and the worldwide show- ‘106 & Park’. Bez is currently working with one of Nigeria’s most gifted producers, Cobhams Asuquo. Together they are crafting a sound that can be succinctly described as a breath of fresh air. Bez’s music style is a hybrid of Jazz, Soul, and R&B, a delicious potpourri of sounds he calls Alternative Soul. Though quite different from the ever-popular Afro hip-hop genre in Nigeria, he believes the quality of his music will carve a niche by itself taking him to greater heights as he takes this life long ride, creating and sharing his music with the world. Bez learnt to play the guitar at the age of nine under the guidance of his late father, studied at the Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja and received a degree in Information Communication Technology ICT at Nigeria’s Covenant University.




Omoyemi Akerele is the creative director of Style House Files and curator of the MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week. Akerele received an LL.M Master of Laws from the University of Warwick, England, worked with Olaniwun Ajayi & Co., rising to the level of an associate before pursuing her passion – fashion. She was the first senior fashion editor of the now rested True Love West Africa and has been described by cable network giants- CNN as a ‘fashion pioneer’ in Nigeria. Through her outfit, Style House Files, she is taking painstaking efforts to provide a platform of extensive research, discourse, consultancy and exhibition for emerging and established designers in the African fashion industry. She has curated fashion exhibitions including Tales By Moonlight at the British Council, Lagos.


Tunde Ero-Phillips holds B.Arch and M.Arch degrees from the University of Minnesota and University of Illinois (both in the US) respectively. He received the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to research sustainable approaches to architecture with special focus on bamboo as a building material. With this, he has been a visiting lecturer at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun state and is working hard on his doctorate research on Sustainable Architecture at the University of Lagos where he also lectures. Tunde describes himself as someone who loves to design, ride bikes and listen to music.
He has been building a dream project- a library cum community centre, set to be named after his grandfather in his village, Igbogun Ogun State SW Nigeria. Through this project, he reveals the body of his research in scale 1:1






Established in 2011, the DWSeries has become a major avenue for consistent interaction between industry practitioners and students or willing youths, hence bridging the gap between the two worlds and challenging young minds to creativity and focus. Set on the main campus of the University of Lagos, the Design Workshop Series has received an enthusiastic response from the audience as the forward-looking, experimental and context sensitive show. In December 2011, the organizing committee decided to re-work the workshop series by introducing a system where industry practitioners who have made a reputation out of careers in the creative economy: art, architecture, cinema, literature & music; are invited to keep the lectures expository and interesting. Since 25th February 2012, Tunde Kelani, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Paul Kodje and Dapo Akintunde have graced the DWSeries stage to deliver thought-provoking sessions.










Attendance has been fully paid for by the facilitators but seat reservations need to be made [Details online]. The organizing committee includes Tony Oladeji Director of the Lagos Biennial, Olajide Emmanuel Acting Head Creative Office ONE EA, Tosin Adeoye Head of Marketing ONE EA, Adedamola Osinloye Head Business Development at ONE EA, Pelumi Olowolafe, Head DWSeries, Sasha Okwoju Acting Head DWBusiness, Wale Folami Head DWConference and. The facilitator of the DWSeries is ONE EA and venues include PG Architecture Studio, University of Lagos and Ember Creek, Ikoyi (both in Lagos), other venues will be announced later.






















If you have questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.


More information concerning the workshops is available at www.facebook.com/DWSeries and www.DWSeries.blogspot.com




The 10th edition of the Design Workshop Series is funded by ONE EA. Prospective project investors are welcome: kindly write projects@oneea.com.ng






























































































For further information:






HEAD DWSeries






Pelumi Olowolafe [pelumzi-at-yahoo-dot-com]














+234 1 883 5823| +234 807 103 8650| +234 812 718 0658| +234 802 323 0928| www.DWSeries.blogspot.com

EVENT ALERT; DW series >>>JEWEL BY LISA VS KIKI KAMANU

HI F.ARCs,

You heard it here first, we love kiki kamanu and jewel by lisa can't be denied knocks us off our feet, so when I heard that kiki rescheduled for next month's DW series and heard that lisa was coming in place of her this month I had mixed feelings because I wanted to meet kiki kamanu again but jewel by lisa I also want to meet again, last time I saw both women they were under pressure and working so hard on their collections backstage at AMFW, so I would wait one month for kiki but I would not miss jewel by lisa, sound sultan and dapo akintunde at this month's DW series come prepared, take notes and enjoy their inspiring stories...

kiki kamanu

lisa folawiyo

sound sultan

dapo akintude

xoxo
@fashionitekture

Event Alert: Kiki Kamanu, Sound Sultan and Dapo Akintunde for DWSeries9

The organizers of the Design Workshop Series are delighted to announce the confirmation of Sound Sultan award winning lyricist and singer, Kiki Kamanu editor at 234NEXT’s elan & international fashion designer and Dapo Akintunde RCA trained designer as speakers for the ninth edition of the DWSeries

Sound Sultan is an award-winning Nigerian lyricist, composer, singer and producer born Olanrewaju Fasasi in Ibadan SW Nigeria. The name ‘Sound Sultan’ was given to him by his elder brother coincidentally another iconic music figure- Baba Dee. Originally a graduate of Geography and Regional Planning from Lagos State University LASU, Sound Sultan has worked with other prominent musicians including Akon, Wyclef Jean, Tuface Idibia, Omawumi and a host of others. He has performed on stages with some of the world’s best and toured five continents. With three albums to his credit, he is respected for his technical mastery and wizardry. Sound Sultan is on the DWSeries stage not to sing but to present a thought-provoking paper on: ‘The Sound of Originality’

Kiki Kamanu began her fashion journey at age 5, as a child model and later graced the runways for several designers including CHANEL & GUCCI, she began designing her own fun clothes, when she was 11. Educated across 3 continents Africa-Nigeria, Europe-France & the Americas-USA and an avid traveller, she has been to more than 50 far flung destinations on 5 continents and all this cultural influences are very visible in her very diverse creations. She later took up fashion fully after quitting her job as a corporate event planner at Harvard University and from that time till now has not looked back. Kiki is the face of her eponymous fashion label and has exhibited her works at the London Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week and Arise Magazine Fashion Week. She got married to her long-time sweetheart Noble Ekajeh at a lavish ceremony in Turkey where her wedding gown was the subject of intense media scrutiny due to the unconventional use of colours. Kiki Kamanu has worked with a range of clients including Stephanie Okereke, Omawumi Megbele, Omowunmi Akinnifesi, Genevieve, TW Magazine, Boston Globe, MADE, elan, ‘Face of Sleek’, Reeds and the Society of Performing Arts (SPAN). She’s currently the editor of 234NEXT’s elan

Dapo Akintunde holds a Master of Arts degree in Vehicle Design from the prestigious Royal College of Arts, London, where he won the External Examiner award for “Conceptual Thought”. Prior to his study at RCA, Dapo had finished from the University of Lagos graduating with a B.Arch (MSc equivalent) with distinction in design in 1990. He was elected member of the Chartered Society of Designers in 1995. Prior to joining Design Union as a Director, Dapo had gathered extensive experience in the UK Architectural & Retail Product design fields at director’s level. He has worked on several notable projects like the Car Concept design for EA Games burnout Franchise, concept for the London Olympics bid film, Concept for the Sochi Olympics, Samsung brand identity films, Concept Branding & Retail design for Sahara Oil Service, UEFA Cup branding sequence, amongst others.. He has been responsible for projects like Sahara Oil HQ, Abuja, reviewed masterplan for Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and a myriad of other projects. Dapo is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects NIA and Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA

Established in 2011, the DWSeries has become a major avenue for consistent interaction between industry practitioners and students or willing youths, hence bridging the gap between the two worlds and challenging young minds to creativity and focus. Set on the main campus of the University of Lagos, the Design Workshop Series has received an enthusiastic response from the audience as the forward-looking, experimental and context sensitive show.
In December 2011, the organizing committee decided to re-work the workshop series by introducing a system where industry practitioners who have made a reputation out of careers in the creative economy: art, architecture, cinema, literature & music; are invited to keep the lectures expository and interesting.  On 25th February 2012, Tunde Kelani, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and Paul Kodje graced the DWSeries stage to deliver thought-provoking sessions.



The organizing committee includes Tony Oladeji Director of the Lagos Biennial, Olajide Emmanuel Acting Head Creative Office ONE EA, Adedamola Osinloye Head Business Development at ONE EA, Pelumi Olowolafe Head of Marketing ONE EA, Wale Folami Head DWConference, ‘Tola Olaifa, Head DWSeries and Babasanya Craig Head DWBusiness. The facilitator of the DWSeries is ONE EA and venues include PG Architecture Studio, University of Lagos and Ember Creek, Ikoyi (both in Lagos), other venues will be announced later.

If you have questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
More information concerning the workshops is available at www.facebook.com/DWSeries and www.DWSeries.blogspot.com
The 9th edition of the Design Workshop Series is funded by ONE EA. Prospective project investors are welcome: kindly write projects@oneea.com.ng






For further information:
HEAD DWSeries
‘Tola Olaifa [megaspeed-at-hotmail.com]
+234 1 883 5823| +234 803 542 7641| +234 812 718 0658| +234 809 842 7641| www.DWSeries.blogspot.com

Event Report: DWSeries8: Kelani, Kelechi and Kodje

The Art, Cinema and Architecture Edition

LAGOS- 25TH FEBRUARY 2012

Recent Work: MAAMi

The respected filmmaker and cinematographer traced the roots of his basic knowledge of architecture to his native Abeokuta. Relishing the traditional carvings and style of old, he stated that his work had always bordered on documenting this rich history we have in Africa, from her buildings to events, political situations and so on. This inspired epics like Saworoide, O Le Ku, Agogo Eewo etc. Though his was brief and revealing, Kelani shed light on the inspiration behind his latest flick- MAAMi. It all started out as an adaptation of Femi Osofisan’s short story titled Maami, while he (Kelani) merged a new plot with the short story. He enthuses that in line with the vision of Mainframe Productions, the outfit he owns; documenting Nigeria’s qualification for the first world cup to be held on African soil- South Africa 2010 was compelling. He narrated the story of beauty of African values displayed by the lead character, Funke Akindele who acts the character- Maami and how her son, Adewole Ojo would later be picked to represent Nigeria at the world football showpiece. The movie, he says is just in line with his principle of documenting timely events especially in the African continent. After taking a barrage of questions from the teeming audience, he invites all to the World Premiere of MAAMi at the Ozone cinemas, Yaba

The Way We Think
Paul Kodje’s The Way We Think took a chunk of the audience by surprise, as he played down the expectations of a pure architecture talk. His session however was a mix of his findings on daily life scenarios, people’s attitudes to the environment and responses. This he tactically presented with hilarious photographs and sounds that endeared the audience to him. Kodje weaves his university days- in terms of expectations and results with a pragmatic look at how he had taken steps to correct societal ills through his architecture. He reveals that against the backdrop of a true African architecture was a number of efforts by people like Demas Nwoko, Suzanne Wenger, David Aradeon and John Godwin. He linked the essence of Fela’s music to the societal value it had and challenged young designers to pick up issues in the society as a path to relevance.  Paul Kodje did not leave the audience in doubt of his romance with photography and music and got a few surprised about his other sides.  Bringing the talk to the issues of relevance, he inquired from the audience what they felt about the UBA-Unilag Park located at the University of Lagos gate. As a panacea, he linked the failure of the park to a couple of social and administrative iadequacies. The fact that students were not part of the design process and the fact that the authorities could render such a valuable space lifeless and wasted unchallenged was a huge sign of worry for the future.  But before Kodje got too activist, he stated that it wasn’t in his style to criticize and not proffer better solutions, he put a proposal before the house in form of a well-guided re-sketch of the park and a simple model. It was a multi-tiered park to accommodate a plethora of activities including relaxation, photography studio and arts gallery. He bowed out of the stage with a rapturous applause.

The Mind Not the Lens

Kelechi Amadi Obi, defied the cut of power supply in the room just after he presented a chunk of his photo slides, to deliver what many refer to as a mind-blowing session. In what started out as a presentation of the impressive commissions Kelechi had handled, it grew to become a motivational one as intended. Speaking on a topic dear to his heart, Kelechi started by revealing the initial struggle he faced choosing between law and art. Indeed, he opined that his father who was a high court judge at the time would not hear of any of his offspring going into art. Fatefully, his father died after Kelechi rounded off his programme at the law school and was about to reveal his decision to settle into full time studio art.
The struggle began as Kelechi moved to Lagos from Enugu where he had his varsity education to begin painting, and soon his works had become worthy enough to be admired and purchased. He proudly mentioned that his first work went for N40, 000 and that was the point where he felt the change and urge to push his career further. Kelechi organized his first solo exhibition at the cost of N500,000 and at the same exhibition found someone to fund his next at the same cost…. Alas success was ringing its bell. But Kelechi was undone as he found that part of him that could decipher lighting, colours and easily photography came to him.
Kelechi enthused about his work for Guinness Nigeria, in which he had to project the logo on the back of a lady to achieve a ‘painted effect’ he had created and which attracted a top manager in Guinness to invite him to develop the creative photography content for their brand. He revealed that he was no believer in talent but practice while urging the audience to pick that profession they knew nobody could beat them in. In settling to the context of the topic, the Mind, not the Lens; he was categorical in his remarks stating that a good photographer or artist needs such a fine level of refinement to produce a genius work of art, this he stated comes with dedicated hours of practice. He analysed how he had a full portfolio of a professional artist even before he gained admission into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka to study Law.
Amadi-Obi shocked the audience when he attacked the architectural designs he has seen in upscale neighbourhoods like Banana estate, Lekki and the likes. His idea of architecture in the tropics was that which was weather-friendly and reminiscent of culture and tradition. He challenged designers to emulate Demas Nwoko, whose buildings he had photographed. I slept in one of Demas’ rooms while in his plae at Idumuje, , Southern Nigeria and there was ‘breeze’ through the night, he says. It is when our buildings have relevance to we Nigerians that we can say we have a true Nigerian or African architecture.  

Kelechi Amadi-Obi’s presentation was as compelling as it was informative.

The moderator who doubles as editor of Brief, an architecture magazine- Ola Joaquin Iyinolakan, was thankful to the audience for their time and indeed the guest speakers for squeezing out of their hectic schedules to make the event.

EVENT ALERT: DWSERIES

The organizers of the Design Workshop Series 2012 are delighted to announce the confirmation of Tunde Kelani Ace cinematographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi Publisher of MANIA magazine and celebrity photographer, Paul Akpokodje Architect at Studio4 Associates, Lagos as speakers for the first edition of the DWSeries to be held this year.

Tunde Kelani holds a diploma in the art and technique of film-making from the London International Film School, London, After many years in the Nigerian Film industry as a cinematographer, he noow manages Mainframe Fiml Television Productions, an outfit formed to document Nigeria’s rich culture. Tunde Kelani has worked on most feature films produced in the country in his capacity as a cinematographer and blockbuster movies including Ti Oluwa Nile 1-3, Saworoide and now MAAMi. Kelani would be at the DWSeries to share the ideas and inspiration behind his latest work, MAAMi which hit the Nigerian cinemas on February 3, 2012. He would chair the session on ‘Recent Work’

Kelechi Amadi-Obi, after obtaining a law degree and his call to bar in 1993, settled to full-time studio art. He has earned international renown for both his photography and paintings. His unique style, mastery of aesthetics and creative lighting in his paintings have been re-invented in his photography to create understanding, dynamic and result oriented photography for his clients which include Guinness Nigeria, the Ford Foundation, MTN, PrimaGarnet Ogilvy, SO&u and a host of others. His works have ben featured in exhibitions within and outside Nigeria. These include: 2006 “Snap Judgment”, New Position in Contemporary African Photography”, International Center for Photography, New York, USA, 2005 “Depth of Field” South London Gallery, UK, 2004 “Lagos” Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany. Kelechi would be chairing a talk session on ‘The mind Not the Lens”, emphasizing the need to build mind sophistication rather than equipment sophistication. He would bring with him a portfolio of impressive works he has executed for clients in a bid to practically explain his guiding principles in photography.

Paul Akpokodje, is an alumnus of the University of Lagos’ Department of Architecture & Design and one of the best of his time. He was the best graduating student in both his undergraduate and master’s degree, finishing with a distinction. A recipient of the Shell Scholarship for Undergraduate students and the Urhobo Washington D.C. Association Scholarship Grant. Paul ’Kodje as fondly called by his contemporaries is a die-hard fan of good music and juggles a life of architecture and art with music, plus some travelling and photography. A Graduate Member of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) and LEGACY, he is also a member of a photography group, inTerPREterS and works with Soga Abayomi as a duo in Quantum: A research and design group. Paul Kodje’s wish is to see future designers and artists break loose from a stereotypical way of thinking that inhibits creativity. He reckons that the chain of the thinking processes of many designers may need to be re-ordered to produce genuine and ageless creative pieces. He delivers: “The Way We Think”

Established in 2011, the DWSeries has become a major avenue for consistent interaction between industry practitioners and students or willing youths, hence bridging the gap between the two worlds and challenging young minds to creativity and focus. Set on the main campus of the University of Lagos, the Design Workshop Series has received an enthusiastic response from the audience as the forward-looking, experimental and context sensitive show. The seven editions of the DWSeries that have taken place until today, explore a variety of lecture topics and involved diverse exhibition formats including those of pioneer guest critic and radical Lagos designer, James George (1^st Edition), Kunmi Ayinla (2^nd Edition), Prof David Aradeon (3^rd Edition), Prof Olumide Olusanya (4^th Edition), Tola Akinkugbe (5^th Edition) and Lekan Osinibi (7^th Edition), In December 2011, the organizing committee decided to re-work the workshop series by introducing a system where industry practitioners who have made a reputation out of careers in the creative economy: art, architecture, design, writing etc., are invited to keep the lectures alive and interesting.

The organizing committee includes Tony Oladeji Director of the Lagos Biennial, Olajide Emmanuel Head Creative Office  ONE EA, Adedamola Osinloye Acting Head Business Development at ONE EA, Pelumi Olowolafe Head of Marketing ONE EA, ‘Tola Olaifa, Head DWSeries, Babasanya Craig Head DWBusiness. The facilitator of the DWSeries is ONE EA and venues include MED 2 Studio, University of Lagos and Ember Creek, Ikoyi (both in Lagos), other venues will be announced later.

New trailer: Kelechi Amadi-Obi promises to be at DWseries watch the video here:

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