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ADF Team: 2015 Highlights

ADF Away day at Futuro House

ADF Away day at Futuro House
Visiting Faye Toogood's studio during Design Connections © Alice Master

© Alice Master

Visiting Faye Toogood's studio during Design Connections
Design Connections 2015 © Alice Master

© Alice Master

Design Connections 2015
Ella Reynolds or Yemisi Olafunde at Nike's Art Gallery Lagos

Ella Reynolds or Yemisi Olafunde at Nike's Art Gallery Lagos
Repairing go karts in our outreach  Maker Library Khayelitsha

Repairing go karts in our outreach Maker Library Khayelitsha

13 December 2015
by Dapinder Chahal

With projects in almost every corner of the globe, 2015 has been another inspiring year for our team. Here are our personal highlights:

Vicky Richardson: Dinner with Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, and a visit to the former dictator Enva Hoxha’s house in Tirana

João Guarantani: Aside from a whirlwind trip to Cuba and the UK Pavilion in Guadalajara, mine was having our away day at Futuro House! Thanks to Central Saint Martins

Kendall Robbins: Opening Skopje Fashion Weekend and the European University’s ‘Wedding Stories’ exhibition at the National Museum of Macedonia

Niamh Tuft: eating a Ukrainian feast after the opening of Ukrainian Fashion Week with the Fanzine Kyiv team…a menu including 7 types of lard….

Gianluca Amadei: Meeting Mark Wigley in Instanbul and visiting Faye Toogood’s studio during Design Connections.

Alastair Donald: Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age – exhibition of the year and brilliant reminder of what it means to be bold and pioneering

Harriet Seabourne: Singapore-New Zealand- South Korea – Moscow whirlwind trip over 7 days including a visit to the Korea Polar Research Institute and Dongdaemun Design Plaza!

Jacob de Munnik: Welcome Drinks of the Design Connections programme in a beautiful setting at the CitizenM hotel where I finally got to meet all the delegates in person

Ella Reynolds: being honoured with a new Nigerian name (Yemisi Olafunde) and the accompanying ceremony at Nike’s Art Gallery, Lagos - with traditional dress and a crown and singing

Melanie Spencer: Repairing go karts on our outreach visit to Khayelitsha township with mobile Maker Library

Dapinder Chahal: joining the British Council ADF team and being a part of Design Connections

Debbie Leane: Joining the fashion team and meeting with the IFS advisory panel to select this year’s participants

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