Fashion, Art
& Design
Sheena Matheieken
Why I wore one dress for a year?
Sheena Matheiken shares her motivations behind starting the Uniform Project and how it succeeded in creating a worldwide platform without the aid of traditional marketing. The viral success of the U.P on the web has resulted in a loyal community that spans the globe.
Calvin Soh
Good is Contagious
Calvin Soh, a seasoned advertising professional, questions the extremities of good and bad and gives us a colorful yet sensibly pragmatic approach to creating social change. He coins his holistic approach to problem-solving the “Beautiful Compromise”.
Simon Roberts
A Positively Designed Future
“Nobody needs to travel across the globe to make a positive change,” says Simon Roberts, a member of the senior team at Positive Posters. Instead, look into your own local communities and connect with the next generation—the ones who are inheriting our mess.
Kristina Dryza
Japan: Trendsetter of the Future?
Japan has exhibited admirable poise and strength in the aftermath of this latest natural disaster. Trend expert Krystina Dryza takes us through a sampling of Japanese aesthetic and philosophical approaches that may pave the path for building stronger, sounder societies.
Sheena Matheiken
We all want to instigate change. Where can an individual start?
In my talk about the Uniform Project and emerging models of creative enterprise, I share my motivations behind starting U.P and how we succeeded in creating a worldwide platform without the aid of traditional marketing. The viral success of the U.P rests solely on the power of the social web and has resulted in a loyal community that spans the globe.
Sheena Matheiken
Little Black Dress
A really simple idea can sometimes move mountains. All it took was a ‘Little Black Dress’ for a feisty young woman in New York to raise US $100,000 for educating children living in the slums in India.…
