Case studies

13 May 2013

UnMap: Finding Alternative Routes into Heritage

Visual anthropologist, Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and her team at UnBox look beyond traditional weather-beaten signs to find new ways of engaging with historic sites along the Grand Trunk Road in India.

30 April 2013

How do you teach Creative Entrepreneurship?

CENTRES is a multilaterial project aimed at promoting creative entrepreneurship in schools. Two international conferences have already taken place in Krakow and London exploring how and why this should happen.

16 April 2013

From UnBox to Alchemy

When the British Council and partners took a leap ‘out of the box’ of academic and industry partnerships, no one quite imagined the remarkable power of creativity and technology in response to India's design challenges.

20 March 2013

Managing 'Digital' for Creative Lives

Jo Morrison, Digital Projects Director at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, shares some of the insights from a digital workshop she facilitated for creative entrepreneurs in Nairobi.

7 October 2012

Footsteps in the Sand

Follow Sarah Thelwall (MyCake.org) in her discovery of pioneering fashion and design entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia.

21 August 2012

Training the Trainers with Nesta's CE Toolkit

The Nesta ‘Train the Trainer’ pilot programme trialled in Nigeria in May, led by consultant and trainer, Percy Emmett. Feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive.

5 August 2012

The Lebanese Way II: Policy & Production

Sarah Thelwall considers the policy issues and other aspects of Lebanese fashion & design sector that affect the development of creative enterprises in Lebanon.

29 July 2012

The Lebanese Way I: Route for Emerging Designers

Sarah Thelwall explores the route that emerging fashion & design entrepreneurs in Lebanon are taking in order to get their enterprises moving, in the absence of government funding and supporting trade bodies.

29 July 2012

The Lebanese Way: Introduction

Sarah Thelwall reports on the challenges and opportunities facing young designers in Lebanon and the circumstances contributing to the surge in fashion and design in the country.

6 May 2012

CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (I)

With seed funding from the British Council, Elizabeth Mitchell and Maartje Alders of Tailormade Productions set off on an exciting research and development trip around the Mediterranean for their international film project, CinemaNautica.

6 May 2012

CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (II)

Follow Elizabeth Mitchell and Maartje Alders of Tailormade Productions in Egypt and Israel, as they continue their research and development tour for their international Film Project, CinemaNautica.

5 March 2012

Snapshots of the Future at Unbox Delhi

Explore Louise Clements' photo-journal from UnBox for a visual tour of her fellowship, detailing the installation of two dynamic exhibitions with photography collective Blindboys.

29 February 2012

Digital Governance at Unbox Delhi

Digital guru Ryan Bowman joined fellow hackers at UnBox Delhi to develop an online platform for Indians to further democratise the government's law-making processes.

27 February 2012

Creativity for Cleanliness at UnBox Delhi

Youth Consultant Trevor Blackman travelled to UnBox Delhi to join The Great Wash Yatra Fellowship, helping address issues of hygiene in a creative way for India's Kathpulti Colony.

23 February 2012

Crafting Authenticity at UnBox Delhi

UnBox Green Room Fellow Tanvi Kant recounts her time in Delhi working with local communities to provide opportunities for upholding their heritage through crafting.

22 February 2012

Start Up to Success Beirut

Sarah Thelwall (MyCake.org) and Percy Emmett (NESTA) deliver a series of enterprise skills workshops for young creative entrepreneurs in Beirut.

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