The Workplace

To conclude a two-part episode about the art of design and storytelling in building brands, NND talks to designer Alexandra Lunn who discusses her creative journey and refining the design process for high-impact and data-driven results. Part 2 of 2.

Graphic designer Alexandra Lunn, talks about the art of design and storytelling in building brands. She explains what constitutes storytelling in brand building, how storytelling is like having a North Star that shows where you’re going and encapsulates the vision, goals and objectives of a brand and how to prepare a brief to assist a graphic designer to grasp the concept of the brand in order to create a logo, typography and visuals that represent everything that relates to the brand narrative. Part 1of 2.

Is there a connection between the history of African enslavement, land domination and climate injustice? Andreann Asibey and Simmone Ahiaku discuss Climate Calling - an exhibition exploring the intersections between climate, health and race, created by Wood and Water and on show at The Africa Centre until 31 October 2024.

Ashley Thomas, (perhaps best known for his acting roles in critically acclaimed series such as THEM, 24, Great Expectations and global British hit, Top Boy) - aka Bashy as a rapper - discusses his pop-up exhibition, Made In Britain, which runs 22-24 October, 2024, at Jealous Gallery, in connection with his sophomore album, Being Poor Is Expensive. The pop-up showcases four visual artists, one of whom is Mark Anthony Gentles, aka Exhibit69, who also features in this episode.

Artists Tobias Laurent Belson and Ron Best talk about the Morley Gallery Exhibition, Generations Figures & Visions – an intergenerational exhibition of six West London artists of African Caribbean heritage, on until 26 October 2024.

Isabelle Gapomo discusses The Wellcome Collection's Black History Month tours which are connected to Hard Graft a free major exhibition that explores the experiences of physical work and its impacts on health and the body.

St. Lucia born artist Winston Branch whose career includes teaching at various prestigious art institutions and successful studio practice on both sides of the Atlantic, talks about his earliest influences, the attributes needed to make a career out of art and his first solo UK exhibition in 25 years, ‘Jasmines Blowing In The Wind’ - his inaugural exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery in conjunction with Varvara Roza Galleries 

In this episode, Stephen Anderson, an enterprise coach at The Forward Trust, an organisation which helps people who have had challenging experiences to get their lives on track, explains how the service he provides helps people with a prison record to take the start-up or self-employed route into work employment. 

Personal effectiveness coach and founder of Ingenium Coaching, Toyin Akande Akinyemi, talks about Managing Change In The Workplace: the reasons for change, how different personality types respond to change and best practices for communicating change within an organisation.