{"id":16615,"date":"2022-08-09T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T10:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=16615"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:54:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T10:54:53","slug":"aspire-start-up-launches-collab-with-lagos-based-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/08\/aspire-start-up-launches-collab-with-lagos-based-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPIRE Start Up Launches Collab with Lagos-based Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Politics and International Relations graduate <\/strong><strong>Tobi Kolawole-Olutade who took part in the 2019-20 Business Start-Up Journey, has announced a new collaboration with Lagos-based photographer Chukwuka Nwobi and the \u2018Silent Noise\u2019 project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian-born Tobi launched a sustainable fashion brand, Revival &amp; Resurrection supported by ASPIRE as part of the Business Start Up Journey. The brand upcycles pieces from waste products including snack wrappers.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest collection features imagery from Nwobi\u2019s project, which aims to reflect on the lives of the people of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRays of They serves as a collaborative West African documentary capsule,\u201d says Tobi. \u201cShowcasing the natural settings and livelihood of a local west African community, in their natural elements for appreciation of the beauty in their way of living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe collection sets out to challenge the western narrative of Africa through documented wearable art incorporating a merge between modern streetwear &amp; traditional craftsmanship. It is definitely a collection for the people, by the people, about the people, to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revivalresurrection.co\/\">For more information visit R&amp;R\u2019s website here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-school\/facilities\/aspire\"><strong>Do you want to find and develop a business idea or launch your start-up? Learn how to make your business ethical and sustainable, find a partner, earn investment or simply develop entrepreneurial skills to enhance your employability? Whatever your aspirations ASPIRE, the Accelerator Space for Innovation and Responsible Enterprise, can help.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics and International Relations graduate Tobi Kolawole-Olutade who took part in the 2019-20 Business Start-Up Journey, has announced a new collaboration with Lagos-based photographer Chukwuka &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/08\/aspire-start-up-launches-collab-with-lagos-based-photographer\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74553,"featured_media":16617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209528,124],"tags":[170949,164121,261676],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16620,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16615\/revisions\/16620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}