Each of our previous designs has been based on a story about the places in Africa, the people, culture we imagine, or just about the things about Africa that makes our heart beat faster. Well, it’s beating faster and our two latest concepts which will be available next week are inspired by our love to [...]
Published by April 17th, 2008 in African, Bernos and Design.Archive for the 'Design' Category
The United States Population Fund organized a painting party of sorts in the middle of Meskel Square. UNFPA who has been in the cutting age of raising awareness for health, came up with the “Stop Early Marriage” campaign and asked 30 Ethiopian painters to gather together and paint on the largest canvas ever painted in [...]
Published by April 11th, 2008 in Design.A few weeks ago I got an email from Denver asking me if I could modify an Obama poster to have the “yes we can” motto in Amharic feedels. Thus I did and sent it back. Last week I get the same poster that I modified in an email from someone I know in Atlanta [...]
Published by April 9th, 2008 in Current Issues and Design.We are still here and around. We have in the past couple of month been somewhat busy working on two designs of which one concept called Heart Africa will be available in the next two weeks. We have also been approached by wholesalers who have shown interest in carrying the bernos brand in their online [...]
Published by March 31st, 2008 in Bernos and Design.Or how the west perceives the Ethiopian family; I first saw the creation of an Ethiopian family in the ‘somwhat‘ mainstream media three years ago when on one my favorite directors Jim Jarmush made a film about a retired womanizer. Anyways the Don Juan, who was consequently named Don Johntson played by Bill Murray had [...]
Published by February 19th, 2008 in Design, Family and Social.
