I’m always on the internet (like you are now)
either looking at what other people are doing, job hunting (I’m serious, ndifuna
umsebenzi) or maybe just laughing at your MCMJ.
Talking about what ‘other’ people are doing,
I saw a post on Facebook about a Design Business Talk hosted by Laduma Ngxokolo
and Chivas South Africa. You don’t know these brands? Let me break this down
Laduma Ngxokolo is a Founder of Maxhosa a company/brand that specializes with quality
textile prints/knitted wear,whose initial concept was to make clothes for AmaXhosa
Initiate Graduate (Amakrwala) instead of them buying clothes from Pringle, Navada
and all these other European Brands and as for Chivas ucacile guys butywala.
Okay, so I sent an email to the company with everything that
was required (on the post ) on the 20 February 2016 (that was the due date by
the way at 16:00) guess when did I submit? 15:50! I’m really not proud of my
lack of commitment with punctuality, which was part of the reason I wanted to
be part of that business talk maybe learn a thing or two about ixesha. Anyway, fast-forward
23 February 2016, I got an email ‘Hey dude, come through you’ve been accepted
to be part of the 50 cool people doing their thang in Port Elizabeth’ and Now
it clicked that, flip this wasn’t for everyone. Now I’m starting to get excited
you know why? Okokuqala I am meeting with someone relevant,(he’s a textile designer)
the cause of the meeting is relevant (its business talk) and obviously I’m about
to meet one of the freshest designers from the Eastern Cape and homie is really
killing it with that Cultural inspired wear globally. Hela,ndaxhumama yevah?.
Okay sure, 25 February 2016 is the day, the venue is one the
coolest in Central Port Elizabeth (Garden Rooftop,33 Chapel Street) got there
with my friend around 9 am. Boom breakfast bru, you know? Betha kum,kwanto
ezayo betha kum sho, Laduma does his presentation and takes breaks within. Bro
information on another level, you know from how to build yourself as brand and
looking your surrounding for inspiration, finding and solving problems with,
managing a brand, his vision ,how his company is running, how to look at your accounts,
how important for one to be registered as an active SARS user, the production
he goes to before his finished product, how a perfectionist he is and how
quality will forever beat quantity, knowing your target market and the most very
important one how you EXECUTE your ideas (there was literally a lot of things).
Basically Laduma told us things most of us already knew but it was quite
different because you get to feel the energy and the frequencies coming from
him ubuqu, the experience was quite different from something I’d watch from a
computer on YouTube, Do you know what I mean? Me being able to attend was also a
hey , “Get away from the internet just for two second and get to hear the story
and get the advice face to face from the people whom are matured on this field”
Which is exactly what the talk was about empowering and
giving information to the local designers with Chivas(I don’t know about their
relationship) but yeah what stands out is the fact that they came and gave a
hand because there were actually pretty important people around, you know the ones
with I bank balance imileyo? Yep! People with money and those willing to
sponsor people whose presentations they liked.
We were told to bring whatever we have, it could be an idea,
and anything you thought was off value to you and maybe uzithembile ngayo as a
designer lmao. I went there with a lot shit hey, because I thought he would buy
stuff he liked lol, not the case. We basically had to present your idea to
everyone who was there… okay stop, do you know why I’m writing this? Okay never
mind let’s move on. We were given like 5 minutes to present and that was
exciting part because everyone at this point in time wanted the mic because
this is not school/varsity where you are afraid to speak in front of the people
you know yebaba people want funding, people want money, people want to heard
people are literally going all out cause you do not know who might be
interested in your craft. That’s exactly
what I did, remember when Eminem said:
“Look, if you had,
one shot, or one opportunity
to seize everything you ever wanted. In one moment
would you capture it, or just let it slip?”
to seize everything you ever wanted. In one moment
would you capture it, or just let it slip?”
See I went all in
bro, unfortunately I didn’t record my full presentation I have like a 30 second
clip of the video. For all those who’ve been around with me will know that I do
quite a lot things, Dance, Music, directs and obviously design, lol I obviously
did not want to dance, it would have been awkward to dance in a business talk type
vibes nah neh? Lol. BUT I rapped J
J J so started off with some bars just to let calm
down for a minute. I mean I was in a room full of creatives whom with no doubt
listen to music and not necessarily rap but you know? Music is music and for
that matter I make the kind of music you can play to a 56 year old and make
them want to re chase all the dreams they’ve given up (hehe that’s me? J) . Yeah ke I started
my presentation with rap, we weren’t told that we will present our works so I just
kind of did everything that I could possibly bring to the people and at the end
of the day I am CHAP,Y O U T H , I know everything I stand for, wake me up at
3am I’ll tell you my vision, the same vision I had back in 2012/11. Okay, I’m tired of typing thank you so much
for reading this blog spot share.
OOh
Flip and he chose 3 presentations that he personally liked and they
would walk away with CHIVAS regal bottle hehehe specially packaged by him guess who was on that
list of 3 presentations Y O U T H !!! :) :) :)
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| LADUMA x CHAP |
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| CHAP X MAL'STONE |
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| CHAP X DIFFERENT SHOOTER |
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| CHAP X LADUMA NGXOKOLO |
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| PRESENTENTING |
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| TALKING ABOUT THE PRINT,COLOUR,HOODIE,LOGO,LINES ETC. |
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| I BULLID MBU,NXIBA U PINK LO |
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| MASOLI x MAL'STONE x CHAP x MILANI |
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| FINALLY MET BADDA BEAAM BADAA BOOM |
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| MASOLI x CHAP x MILANI |
