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Social Design between the worlds

How can African handcraft and global brands be connected in a meaningful way? How can migrants create their own perspective with the support of design?

African craftsmanship as part of the exhibition in the M.Bassy rooms

In »More Aphrike 3« we aim to find answers to questions of responsible design in a globalised world.

Two laughing people sitting on a chair
CORINNA SY AND STEPHEN BURKS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTINE THIEMANN

To discuss this M.Bassy invites guests from New York and Berlin: the internationally successful product designer Stephen Burks and Corinna Sy, founder of the design manufacture project CUCULA in Berlin, which supports refugees to build their own professional future through the production of furniture.

STEPHEN BURKS, FILMED BY MANUEL MARANO
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