PANEL TALK
FROM UNSEEN TO UNSTOPPABLE:
Breaking Barriers and Building Influence in the Design Space
How do designers overcome disparities, build momentum and create lasting impact? What strategies help them push boundaries while staying true to their core beliefs? In this panel, special guests Farida Sedoc (NL | multi-disciplinary artist), Nabil Aniss (BE | moving images artist), Yoon Shun (BE | sculptor & designer) and Alex Akuete (BE | multi-disciplinary artist and community builder) share their journeys and insights on getting through challenges and biases in the design industry. Learn how they’ve navigated creative and personal hurdles, embraced innovation and community and self-shaped their practices across disciplines.
For pros & enthusiasts seeking actionable inspiration for building a meaningful, resilient career in design.
- Hosted by Dominique Nzeyimana (BE | journalist, co-founder KNOTORYUS & The Most podcast)
Dominique Nzeyimana is a journalist, author, producer and podcast broadcaster. With almost two decades of experience Nzeyimana has had the most boundary-pushing personalities in the world in front of her mics or camera. The list includes: Pharrell Williams, Walter Van Beirendonck, Steve McQueen, Inge Grognard, Virgil Abloh, Róisín Murphy, Futura 2000, Willy Vanderperre, Tremaine Emory, Kara Walker, Dries Van Noten and many more. Her interview podcast The Most is downloaded in more than 80 countries and was named in the 10% most shared podcasts of 2022 by Spotify.
Farida Sedoc is a visual artist working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She works in various media and creates two- and three-dimensional works. Her work is closely linked to the ideology of street culture, where the city and its citizens meet and intersectionality is constantly included. And examines and questions cultural exchange and the influence of monetary economics, heritage and politics on the future of globalism and community life.
Nabil Aniss (b. 1990, Meknès, Morocco) is a Moroccan artist working with moving images currently based in Brussels. Aniss employs a combination of moving images and monologues to examine the intricate interconnections between political institutions, diasporic bodies, affect, and intimacy. He delves into the role of political institutions in both capturing affect and mutilating bodies, while elucidating the violence inflicted upon diasporic bodies by political, economic, and social structures.
Yoon Shun is a South Korean sculptor and designer based in Antwerp, Belgium. Shun dedicates his efforts to exploring the intricate connection between the functional context and abstract narrative within objects. He seeks the hidden beauty beneath the surface, infusing his creations with meticulous attention to detail, subtlety, and patience. His sculptural process involves balancing rationality and sensibility, fineness and brutalism, allowing him to navigate the creative journey thoughtfully and contemplatively. Shun graduated from Royal Academy of Art, Netherlands in 2020.
Alex O. Akuete was born in Nigeria in 1996 and migrated to Antwerp Belgium at the age of 15. Alex is a multidisciplinary artist who directs his works towards the connection and revitalisation of people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Alex is a known performer, visual and installation artist. He is also an experienced community builder. After graduating in social care work he founded a youth community called Xray Community at the age of 22 years old. Today Xray community consists of more that 100 members active and known locally and internationally.
Alex wishes to unite people with his community practices and most importantly his art.
