Four Corners – an interview with Bro Ben
As October and another British Black History Month draws to a close, it gives me cause to reflect on the years since its inception in 1987. Culturally and technologically the
Four Corners – an interview with Lemi Ghariokwu
According to the lyrics of the late, great pioneering Afrobeat musician and cultural icon, Fela Kuti, ‘Music is the weapon of the future’. If that’s the case, then this month’s
Carolyne Hill: “The biggest challenge for me was just getting that first job”
I first encountered the work of Carolyne Hill, this month’s profiled designer, at the Black Cultural Archives, the UK’s first and foremost Black heritage institution, which was recently rebranded and
The Black Panthers’ Emory Douglas on the power of graphic design
In his latest Four Corners column, Jon Daniel catches up with civil rights pioneer and Black Panther art director Emory Douglas.
Four Corners – an interview with Malene B
This month we take a slight departure into a different field of design. Carpet design to be exact. Dynamic, bold, colourful and contemporary textile creations inspired by the designer’s travels, far
Four Corners – an interview with Pierre Christophe
This month we stay home in London, but with a distinct French/African mood in the air. There is a certain je ne sais quoi to the work of this month’s
Four Corners – an interview with Barrington Braithwaite
This month we head to a very unique part of the Caribbean, Guyana. It is unique in the fact that it is not an island, but a sovereign state situated
Four Corners – an interview with Maurice Woods
If race equality progressed at the same rate as technology, we’d be living on an amazing planet right now. Yet, here we are in 2014 and there is little doubt
Four Corners – an interview with Errol Donald AKA Pride
This month, while we face the winter blues of New Year, we stay home in London and in the warm company of someone I have been blessed to call a
Four Corners – an interview with Jepchumba
This month we journey to east Africa and the nation of Kenya, named after Mount Kenya, the second highest mountain in Africa. It is in this country, we find a
Four Corners – an interview with Bryan and Trevor Bullen
This month we head to the ‘island of spice’, Grenada. A beautiful, tropical idyll I am proud to claim as my maternal ancestral home. I visited Grenada three times during
Four Corners – an interview with Everton Wright
In October, we in the UK celebrate Black History Month. The tradition started 26 years ago and provides a small, but well established window of opportunity to focus on the
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