and construct, ah, the largest gingerbread town in europe. ah, in 60 minutes on d. w. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word, louise pinnacle rico is in germany to learn german. why not learn with him a simple online on your mobile and free to shop d w e learning course, nico speak, german from agency. it's with the trend that appeals to many home owners in south africa as modern farm living. and today's space reflects just that. monahan form where the vision behind the architecture is respecting the environment and celebrating the scenery that is thumping. f re max can give the hide as we bring you,

today's. so deep dive with us into this artist as he moves between foam and digital bringing us his view of the world. matthew ro, gumbo 1st hit the international stage with his bow tie phenomenon, but has since then called out of fashion house. that is uniquely his own and later we check in with activists ad you tube sensation knows it barely baumgartener my alba who turned the dog situation into a positive. and by doing so has inspired many i am parallel tiger and you're watching every megs ah, ah, ah. monahan farm on the outskirts of to hand this big is a one,

some $300.00 acres space that will only develop 3 percent of the lad. this leaves the rest of the land in its natural state and undisturbed, creating a sense of belonging for home owners and for a beautiful view of the landscape. but before we move on to the nitty gritty plot of the house and how this farm address this sustainability, let's visit came yet to see how one woman's vision enables the detailed work of crop. then to move into the latest must have accessory our bags. a cute, every thing we do is 100. there's no machine. erica, cause known for her concept store in nairobi, has since 2020 brought new hand crafted luxury bags on to the market. wanting to work with linda. she has collaborated with moses increase creating the 7 different bespoke handcrafted bags. i came up with a carry,

the hon crafted leather bugs because when i looked at the market, i understood that i wanted to make a bug, the old pick of the african continent. without going to play. i evolved to becoming a designer because i was working with a true kind of women for roughly 2 to 3 years. and i liked the the weaving, so the weaving is very different from either puts in kenya. with here we are, we, are they a workshop? ah, erica, here is of every, and this is like a some business relationship where it works perfectly. we work in how many bug going it is a bug to make the bug. you inquire, materials, they write material. well, it kind of where your bug. but when they get that material, i come with it,

then i apply the die. isolate the material, then i start doing this teaching go cut as and mom was teaching g e o in a bind this material from the tannery. it's usually least color. and then to come to me, i try and make it look appealing. i apply the die, you're new. then it becomes like thess in anybody memorial to makes me happy and gives me hope to see that acutely appreciates what i do for her. it can make me want to improve on this product to get him clean. this piece of metal is used to both in the edges of the material after the t 2. so this is like the finished product where we'll do the other liver to hold. these are the beadwork is done by them of fi people,

then he's going to make the day that puts you as you have watched earlier than this teaching and then it comes to these products. so that is role that is almost done. then you get here, you can see them. ok, that is almost done because the, the kaufman has cuts them. but these process is the most difficult. so we said it takes a lot of days because can do that. we have moved, but to have a mold reuse of culture is. so it's old culture is before we part these. and then it becomes some more. everything you've honeyed on you linda sun white's luxury because it's somebody's sweat and in everything is too detailed me ah,

the collection here is for ever but also at the same time my bug was created for the people who are cultured there a week. and if you want to keep the tradition for themselves, as you can see, techs are roughly 18 days to finish the collection. it's basically a piece of home anyway, go and the fact that it's made in canada, mexico more with it. and it's, it's quite, quite interesting and quite african and i can way to the anything my favorite aspect is the face to face. looks like it's going from a traditional aspect of storytelling to the future. that's my most favorite part about creating these it's, it's everything i work up in the morning cliff would be it's constantly, not just having very constantly new mind. like what we'll aim prove. what am i

missing fashion and function by absolute favorites. and that is what every max is all about. the new generation shaking up what creativity is all about. we travel ticket golly, to visit design, matthew, regard to see what he is all about. one of the things i'm trying to do right now is to create the dress code for the modern african men. matthew gamba has changed how many men view fashion in wonder. the classic clothing silhouette that he create in latino sky reflect on the path and shape the present and fashion. when i started, the idea was to court to, to, to create that bridge between you know, traditional west formal where and african formal where i'm trying to trans what, what is it, what would it look like?

because the reality is, colonialism was a big part of our history is a, it's, it's, it's had an impact into the way we function as a society today. but we also have to sort of create a new image, a new outlook on so many aspects of, of the way we do things. the whole idea was i was trying to find a bridge between you know, i guess traditional british tailoring and, and african fashioned. and additional where and part of the reason i went to do that because that is part of my identity. it's part of my upbringing. i was actually born in the u. k. and i lived there for a couple of years, but went back after high school to work there during my formative years. and all these experiences sort of build into who i am today. so this is one of our

new, newer heard. we thought that we wanted to have something that was a bit subtle. no loved prince, but what we wanted to do was to me to make it a bit richer by adding some embroider details. but matthew will gone, but not only known for his elegant and excellence and tailoring, but also his bow tie phenomenon. the 1st house of 2 products that we created were the titans scarf infiniti scarf. and some of the reasons i did that was purely because i had no experience as a fashion designer. and it made sense to start with, with smaller pieces accessories. i knew i eventually wanted to do full outfits, but it made sense to start with accessories. i got into men's fashion primarily,

hand him a man and so it's, it's easy for me. i started to create what i felt i didn't see. and i will, i always test items when we create a sample word for a couple of days to see where the issues are. i talk to our customers, i talk to, or even just family members. people who buy our products, trying to understand what issues they might have. passion for me as a form of self expression. it is a way of telling, telling someone a budget of the might be your lifestyle. it might be the way you work. it might be your preferences, it might be, it's a form of identity. i feel that even people who claim not to be interested in fashion make particular choices based on on so many things that tell a story about their life. there is no doubt that massey's reputation has

a top one and fashion icon is one that has been hard earned and well deserved. his effortless sense of style aside, he is dedicated to building up the fashion community. he works with local artisans and tailors and provides his team of 21, a stable income and employment opportunity. you have to be and i have to be very intentional about the impact in our society and our community. we really endeavor to look at the whole ecosystem of, of, of the way we work and, and who they, what goes in to the shirts. you see here and there are so many parts and i and they, we have to, as a team, we try to, to be quite conscious about that. so it's really about innovations. it's about investing in innovation. it has to be part of our, our business model, to look at new ways of doing things. matthews unique designs showcase african

fashion and sophistication with a refreshing modern twist. because use of locally made materials and accessories tell the story of his personal goal to take who want and fashioned to the world. i'm here where modern farm living is attracting many families to sit on their homes . with me today is gillian hole from south architect who be taking me through this wonderful masterpiece of a house. it's great and dark house. now the 1st thing i noticed as i walked in is the view. when you enter is incredible geese. we are incredibly privilege to have designed in this amazing space, and it has a view of the northwest by conservancy mountains which are absolutely gorgeous. we try and integrate buildings as much as possible with

a natural landscape. in this particular house we created ruth gordon. so we took the landscape that we actually disrupted, and we put it on top of the half. and we introduced indigenous landscape through act because it detracts all the booth and the natural for night and floor out of the environment. the orientation of the house plays a very big role so orientated, correct to the north, just off north for how thing is important. it's such a simple principle, but it makes a very big difference in the energy efficiency of your building. we've got a system in the house that's integrated that catches all the water and goes to a central underground water tank. and from the it's pumped into all the water systems in the ha and circulated. now before we move on to the art and design of this chunk home, we taken with 10 that she dora, who move seamlessly between phone and digital photography as a photographer. as

a visual artist, i have the responsibility to bring in a stick around black people to be able to bring in accuracy to the story, to being the beauty that comes out from being black, contemporary african photography through the lens of them. bob, when born south african based photographer cuts in the chin, dora is a visual exploration of what it means to be african and black. today, sometime a fashion photographer, fine art photographer, commercial photographer. but i'm a visual story teller. i love telling stories through photograph. we paint through light, and that's what basically the photography i'm going through the lens collective. i'm going to be developing some film today that i did a few weeks ago. oh, my black here. that's like people say,

days and magnification that i place on like skin as an individual. these days a glorification. there's a celebration and there's a beauty that i'm trying to translate with with, with black skin and black subjects and also translating other stories of identity in it. have often been criticized of having a certain selection of subjects. it's able to black with a person with others. especially when it comes to my conceptual work in a fast paced world, medlin's more to digital, to tend to works mainly with digital photography that installed your timelessness of phone photography still makes it an attractive medium. all of her infirm,

fixer, the fix fixes the image onto the phone so that it doesn't rub off to become permanent onto the phone. my preference is always phone. there is a beauty also that comes with great. i always say to people that digital is to try to match from you have film grades that people put over digital images. so there's to something that is authentic and role when it comes to film photography. and from a creative perspective, it's much longer process. but i feel like the film allows you as an individual to think through the process. you have 36 or 12 live in the, in a roll of film. so it constricts you from, from wasting. so that allows you as an individual, to be able to be more

a ticket to be more concentrated, to be more focused. whereas with digital, it's instant, it's immediate. and you shoot and look with this till you see it. and then on form, it will only see it after comes from the lab. when you see the after are process that day, take a form for tug. be carried out on a traditional handprint as something to tend to appreciate though he can develop for himself. he requires the services of dennis over the only remaining high photo printer in the country. the longevity of images printed on phone paper is much, much longer than digitally printed prints. so there's always a beauty in having a handprint because less carefully, carefully done this as a beautiful touch to it, and having it as a handprint. no, as much, much younger. i used to cut out images from my mother's magazines. i always used to

live there for like a school project and collage and put them in and scrapbooks. so from there i, i did do a subliminal visual library and i've always had an interest in in photographs. and then when i had the privilege of going to university, i went and i studied photography. the difference between commercial work and conceptual work is commercial work is always there to feed a certain market. today we are we doing sheets? i look for shit for thought african street. we have brand when an open fill in the soccer ground, the beautiful texas props and yeah, you can have so much fun. so we creating to learn in

a certain type of people sit in viewership, serving a certain market. so everything is always controlled and in conceptual work, which is mostly my style of photography, especially my put in my, my personal work. so they, it's thought ideas, experiences, expression, staging all of that up and recreating it and translating it in the way that i would have perceived it as, as a photographer. the special thing about this generation of african photographers is we have the ability to express ourselves. there is freedom. i think the word is us and listening to our stories. they are now keen also just to hear the new narrative of,

of art. now we have an opportunity to be able to control our stick to be able to control our story, to also be able to control our narrative as black people. ah ah, now jillian, i know that with this house you have to accommodate 2 living areas as the 2 sisters sharing this house, which makes us quite unique and different. tell me a bit more about that. so these are the internal community area where they entertain and get together. and then these, the more private unit on the side. actually while we were building, they picked up some stones on the site and we created this beautiful artwork. that was a custom made design that shows and signifies the convergence of the 2 sisters coming together. it was commissioned and done by a local african ought to be

a. and i feel nice it's so these actually lots, not the watch court side, no way. and it's a reflection of the river actually. and landscape that was incorporated in the me. this is the courtyard and which kitchen doesn't need an outside garden area either. so you have fresh produce with then you got days which you then can incorporate in your dishes. you've got herbs on tap and then you've got this lovely area pergola area which once it's overgrown, you know, you can just to lexia in the courtyard. okay. in the space you know it take rheumatoid, i'll create shades ye. oh, that's beautiful. thank you, jillian, for showing us this masterpiece of the house you've created. it's been such a pleasure. thank you so much. you know,

before we leave this tranquil and really beautiful house, it's time to check in with power house nosy merely gummed. i know my alba who tested positive for h. i v and reshape her world for the better. take it out in johannesburg, south africa and nancy be linda yarboro runs one of the country's most popular channels on living with h i. v. aids everybody. welcome to my you tube. channels with . so for me to go back and say, add, been evicted after why encounter with a boy with the man? i thought that who are just those just kill my mom. hey everybody, my name is nancy made it been going in may about welcome to my home. i cannot wait to have you here and to share a little bit about my life. nosy lives with her husband. c combos,

though very far away from the conservative environment of the port elizabeth township. she grew up in in 2013. she was diagnosed with h. i v this felt like a low blow. i remember my doctor asking me like, what are some of my fears? and i was like, i don't wanna die. i'm too young. i still have a lot of things that i want to do. i still wanna travel the world. i want to get married. i want your children. i want to build a really successful life for myself. bad terror. i am. how am i going to use all of this? and for the better, the turning point for noses life came when she decided to live positively with h i, b, her youtube channel was named one of the internet's top 15, dealing with a toby and aid. how are you feeling? and i said, and actually i am glad that i had spoken to you and i'm glad that aid i'm talked to you. and lastly, i was in a step as a 1000 times,

but thank you so much. and since i, we have started this youtube channel, i'm giving you the platform to share my thoughts and using my story. please trust the process and you will be okay, once again, the deepest, deepest pain and, and least leg my greatest potential where i get to intact to so many different people, but most important to me, change lives, continue to change and in the process she found love even though a toby negative himself, sick on buddha, was unconcerned when she disclosed her status on the very 1st date are going pearson confusion, the peep with pearson. she loves all her to am. so if you could me experience this positive attitude on your side, are much more about me that respect to giving. so really it's the love, it's the warmth that, that i am experiencing on a daily basis. nosy,

definitely does not hold back from challenging people's perspectives. rather than waiting for things to change for her, she decided to be the change she wants to see in the world. in collaboration with daughter, bella, jack, randa, and east coast radio. she also started the podcast. don't hold back wet that they were betty. my name is doug, i am a walker. if you want to see change in some of the, you know, challenges that we are experiencing as a country. the 1st step is to acknowledge that these things need to be addressed. we need to have open conversations. we need to have platforms where i can free talk about, you know, so many different things without being judge or with that being silenced with is that, you know, i know it's hard for me now, but i'm not going up what you had it sound for me to watch the

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