My Last 5 Pins: Alex Fox

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

My Last 5 Pins: Alex Fox

Source: Adrien Sauvage; pinned to Clever.

Pins can teach you a lot about a person and their interests, but some of the most rewarding moments on Pinterest are when you come across a pinner who also manages to teach you a lot just by pinning things you never would’ve come across otherwise.

Alex Fox is one of those people whose boards and immediate pin-vocabulary is African fashion and moving photography - beautiful all on their own - but discovering more about why she pins was a definite treat, so here’s her story straight from Ghana:

My name is Alex, and I’m an fashion student from Newfoundland, Canada currently living in Ghana, West Africa. I’m here working for Engineers Without Borders and a start-up clothing company who’s goal is to promote African fashion designers in the international market. I believe that Africa is a place full of beauty, hope and amazing potential, and am trying to show this to rest of the world with help from my website PoiaDiZorra.com.

I’m an intrepid event and production manager, with a place in my heart for design and photography to boot. I yell a lot, tend to dance in the streets, and I have a passion for extraordinary positive change.

I’m always inspired by visuals and pin as many of them as possible, so I have over 3000 pins. Choosing my favourite 5 was a challenge! I hope you enjoy what you think I find “pinteresting”!

Source: African Stories; pinned to Clever.

1. I love simple visuals with unexpected twists - I think this is an effective way of challenging people’s perceptions and assumptions on things like development and Africa.

2. Ghanaian designer Adrien Sauvage has a new limited edition collection named Black Volta after a lake in Ghana, and I love the clever visuals in his campaign (pictured at top of post).

Source: Vlisco; pinned to African.

3. This is an amazing new collection from Vlisco, a textile company based mostly in West and Central Africa. This fantastic lookbook showcases the beauty in African prints and design, and raises the bar for the African fashion industry.

Source: Engineers Without Borders; pinned to Photography.

4. This is a page out of Engineers Without Borders Canada’s 2011 Calendar. It highlights the dreams, goals and motivations of Mr. Razak Tika from the Bawku West District of Ghana. I believe in positive images of Africa and its people - promoting the hope, possibility and potential that exists there.

Source: Leanne Lim-Walker; pinned to Photography.

5. I love images where you can connect strongly with the people in it, and I think that the moment captured in this image is so full of emotion and love that you can practically feel it jumping out at you.