Nando’s Diversity
While citizens of the Rainbow Nation, South Africa, have made progress accepting one another’s differences, that acceptance has not necessarily extended to outsiders, those perceived to be taking jobs from ‘real South Africans.’…
Vivienne Westwood | A Slight of Cast, Caste & Casting
Not since the emergence of Bakelite have the possibilities of plastic been so refreshingly attractive. In 2011, second-hand plastic in Nairobi got a new lease on life; it had found its way into…
No Concept, But Good Sense: Township Barbershops Signs Of South Africa
The black townships of South Africa seem to be the fertile ground for at least one kind of entrepreneurialism, the Barbershop & Salon. Popping up over night in some cases, they offer their…
Buy Peace For Free
On December 15, 1969 a seed was planted to imagine a world that could be peaceful – without violence, without frustration and without fear. Yoko Ono & John Lennon conceived the unconventional yet stealthy…
Money Matters
We can all get a bit jaded with advertising then out of the blue a stealthy idea appears breaking through the white noise, an intelligent disruption. In 2009, South African based ad agency TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris, did just that when they devised The Trillion Dollar campaign.
