The #I_Belong Salon Series

The #I_BELONG Salon programme is curated by Ameena M. McConnell, Curator at large for the Design Museum, London. Supported by Arts Council England’s Change Makers fund.

Maame is a co-founder and beauty therapist of MamaSia - a natural beauty and wellbeing UK brand. She leads the vision by supporting social responsibility initiatives, whilst inspiring young women to authentically embrace their unique and natural beauty. She repurposes her ancestral secrets.

Gideon Cudjoe (aka the Curious Creative) is a self-taught graphic designer, art-director and brand owner Nevele. Gideon tackles creative briefs using his unorthodox approach to problem solving. Music, design, engineering, fashion and advertising are all sectors where you can experience his professional body of work.

Well-respected amongst his contemporaries, Harris is a creative director, stylist and fashion polymath. Shape, form, light and texture are important to his creative process. These can be found in his signature H by Harris brand he founded in 2009.

Pioneer of multiple music forms, breakbeat, jazz fusion, jungle/drum n bass and broken beat to name a few. Dennis “Dego” McFarlane is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. Co-founder of 4hero and 2000 Black, his music catalogue and its impact is seismic.

Ella Bulley is a material designer approaching design with a combination of research and material experiments intersected with artisan techniques, which frequently crosses the realms of textiles, product and set design.

Ameena M. McConnell, Curator at Large explores the theme of ‘belonging’ looking at how artists, designers & curators can collaborate to animate spaces - public and cultural to make them more inclusive. Find out more about Mind-Pilot.

Explore the theme ‘belonging’ at the Design Museum’s during London Design Festival 2018. With exhibitions, events and installations taking over the museum to celebrate a sense of belonging and ownership of design for all.