Author: Visionary Artistry Magazine

NFTs and the Art Industry

Within the past year news articles about the NFT boom have constantly made headlines, and teens making millions of dollars from their artwork seems to be a recurring theme.

So, what are NFT’s and why have they produced such a statement in our economy? 

NFT (Non-Fungible Token) are unique works of art stored using a blockchain technology with a special encryption and verifiable code. They are bought and sold on open crypto art markets in exchange for crypto currency or other NFT’s but not any two are alike.The non- fungible stands for the fact that they are “one of a kind” in opposition to generic bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies that are interchangeable. NFT’s are not interchangeable, having ownership of an NFT means you have the rights to a particular work of art and the value varies based upon previous ownership and artistry. 

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Land of a Thousand Hills: Rwandan Coffee for Rwandan Communities

The delicious taste of Rwanda’s specialty coffee has become a popular staple in the world's coffee industry. Its signature fruity flavor has made its way to several American coffee shops and companies like Starbucks and Amazon. However, one company, in particular, sells Rwandan coffee with a much larger vision and heartfelt purpose. Named after Rwanda’s vast and mountainous countryside, Land of a Thousand Hills is an international coffee company with several cafe locations around Atlanta's neighborhoods and metropolitan areas, like Old Fourth Ward, Alpharetta, Midtown, and Roswell. The company takes every dollar a customer spends and uses the money toward an initiative that leaves your heart just as warm as the cup of coffee you order.

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PinkPantheress: The Unknown Superstar

The ability of a record to go viral has been tremendously boosted with the emergence of TikTok. Typically, the process behind making a hit song entails a recording studio, a producer, and hours of dedication needed to find the perfect sound. However, the term “DIY” is becoming more and more of a trend in the industry as of recently. For 20-year-old PinkPantheress, making hits in the halls of the University of the Arts London college has laid the groundwork for her stardom.

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Daniel Del Core: Fashion by Nature

Beauty is not static. That is the sentiment held by women’s fashion designer, Daniel Del Core, whose clothing is known for its mutant combination of fashion and nature. He creates his designs out of inspiration from the moss, molds, fungi, mushrooms, and all of earth’s forever-growing entities that we find around us and right under our feet when we step outside.

Del Core is a 33-year-old fashion designer. He was born in Germany and is currently based in Milan, Italy. At 16-years-old, he left Germany to study ceramics, sculpture, and art in Italy, but later decided to study visual arts, fashion, and design at the design school, Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan. There, he worked as an intern for some of the world’s most famous fashion brands like Dolce and Gabbana and Versace. His studies eventually led him to become the VIP designer of Gucci under the company’s creative designer, Alessandro Michele. Del Core has had the opportunity to dress celebrities like Lana Del Rey and Bjork while at Gucci.

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Ottawa Kwami: A Look Can Change Your Life

“I would love to see more diversity and inclusion of all kinds of people. I know it’s a lot of people, but I feel everyone deserves the opportunity to show the world the light they have got inside them. Everyone should be given the chance!”

-Ottawa Kwami

In 2018, well-known Ghanaian-American fashion designer Virgil Abloh acted as artistic director for luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton in Paris, France. There, he presented to the world Ottawa Kwami, who has now become one of the most famous and sought-after male models in the industry at just twenty years old.  

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