#devastaded

I hate how our western media often pictures developing countries completely wrong. Donating money is the only option and it's based on this now-i-dont-feel-guilty-anymore-thing. But we don't seem to understand there's a enormous amount of opportunity for everyone. Me, as a designer in particular. Using your creative brains can make hundreds, maybe thousands of people change and move forward.

A country like the Congo is total chaos: carte blanche I would say: do what you want, people will appreciate everything that will move them forward. We can reinvent societies make a better urban sustainable environment from scratch.

That idea is extremely exciting. It's not that you can make a terrible amount of money, but it's just way more fun than working as a lawyer or a banker for the sake of buying more products you know you don't need.

Here's what I am thinking of:

I want a new Bauhaus, not in London, Tokyo or NYC. No in the Congo (DR) (could be anywhere a long as the country is devastated).

It's should to be the best school of design, fashion and architecture in the world. Every designer from any developed country wants this school on his/her CV. Why: because it's simply the best: we fly in the best designers/architects from all over the world. They'll want to teach for free because it's in a devastated country and it's good for their image and experience. They both teach young spoiled design nerds (like me) flew in from Japan, Denmark, US, etc. and local design students. The school makes its own money: since foreign students pay a certain tuition fee + collaboration with huge creative corporates that like to be associated with this project. The other local students pay a smaller fee (I don't believe in making it completely free, it needs to require some effort to join).

The school works as a platform: it doesn't only pours out extremely creative students, it also functions as an incubator where new local creative businesses can flourish run by the most creative young people in the world, who will rather make you feel eager to invest in their ideas instead of having that now-i-dont-feel-guilty-anymore-thing.