Whirlwind Global Tour and Issues 4 and 5 in Production | 26 November 2012

 

November has been a very busy month: From visiting projects in China and South Korea to meeting a plethora of innovators at the Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) in Vienna, Austria, SI has learned much. It is now time to complete issues 4 and 5 and make plans for 2013. A glimpse of what is coming can be seen below:

First draft of the cover of Southern Innovator's fourth issue.

Back From Cannes, Back to Work | 3 June 2012

Issue 2 of Southern Innovator was officially launched during the High-Level Meeting on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations in New York from May 22-25. The global roll out has begun and the magazine is available for distribution and sharing.

I briefly took in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival last weekend. It was a privilege to see the spectacle and join a film party. I also had the opportunity to see a snapshot of the global South’s creative economy through its many filmmakers displaying their films in the Cannes marketplace. Even I was surprised by the number of films set in Inner Mongolia and on the theme of Mongolian history! I will be approaching some of these people in the coming weeks to see if we can collaborate for the upcoming Cities and Urbanization issue of Southern Innovator (Issue 4).

I also had the opportunity to meet the representatives of the Kenyan Department of Film Services and hope I can visit them sometime soon.

A TV reporter at the Cannes red carpet.

Issue 3 is also busily underway. The theme is Agriculture and Food Security and a timely one, with the global population hitting 7 billion this year. Various options are being considered for the cover and they can be seen below. As is the case with all issues of Southern Innovator, sponsors can either choose to fund the issue’s production costs, advertise on a page or collaborate in the production of a supplement to be inserted inside each issue. Southern Innovator offers sponsors a great opportunity to reach a global audience and one that is on the cutting edge of change and innovation.

Southern Innovator Issue 2 Being Printed and Readied for Global Launch | 15 May 2012

The presses rolled this week for Southern Innovator Issue 2. The magazine will shortly begin its global launch. Southern Innovator is also looking for a special sponsor or two for the magazine. And it is possible to advertise in the magazine but space is limited.

Southern Innovator Issue 2 rolls of the presses in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Southern Innovator's Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Solveig Rolfsdottir.

Creative Sparks Magazine Almost Ready for Publishing | 17 November 2010

The new magazine Creative Sparks is now receiving its final read-through and approval. The first issue’s theme is Mobile Phones and Information Technology and chronicles what has been called the Development 2.0 Revolution: the use of innovative new technologies to radically alter the dynamics of development. The proliferation of mobile phones across the global South and even into some of the poorest places on earth is probably the most graphic example of this force in effect. Here is another snapshot of what to expect inside Creative Sparks:

New Website on the Way | 16 September 2010

With summer break now behind us, and the autumn gradually unfolding (the pace seems slower with the economic uncertainties all around), my new public website is being assembled. Icelandic graphic designer Solveig Rolfsdottir is working on the project and I hope this is the beginning of many more collaborations.

David South Consulting Prototype Website Design 2010

David South Consulting branding and Squarespace website by Graphic Designer and Illustrator Solveig Rolfsdottir. 

 

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