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Lesos, Pesos, Ethos: Swahili sayings that make shillings and sense.

11 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.04

An important feature of the leso fabric is the saying or proverb printed on it, the "ujumbe". Eduardo Porter, in a New York Times article, notes that: "though we clearly understand money’s power to debase character, we have less certain a grasp on wh...

Of Star Trek and Post-Capitalism Couture

10 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment mildandred $0.07

What will happen when technology drives production costs to almost zero? This is the question asked at the very beginning of the November 6th, 2025 Metatrends article by Peter Diamandis. He notes that this topic is discussed in The Zero Marginal Cost...

Coin Couture: Aksum, Alexander the Great and Augmented Reality

8 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.11

In a fascinating article titled "The Evolution of Coin Design: Tracing History from Ancient to Modern Times", coins are elevated from being mere currency to being conversations that weave together "our past, present and dreams for tomorrow". Taking t...

Currency, Cowrie shells, Couture...and Curses!

19 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.09

"Whoever is patient with a cowrie shell will one day have thousands of them." This is a proverb by the Hausa people of northern Nigeria. Cowrie shells are no longer used as currency in Africa but their legacy lives on. In "Cash Cowries: A look at cow...

DAfrOgoth: Would a DAO structure work best for Afrogoth and Afrogothers?

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.01

Afrogoth’s target audience – Afrogothers – are curious, playful global citizens who believe that clothes are more than what we wear, that clothes are the stories we tell and the histories we carry. The borderless nature of a DAO sounds like a good fi...

Afrogoth uses artificial intelligence to break barriers

18 Oct 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.02

Afrogoth is a movement that resists being caged in the box that limits what African fashion is and who an African fashion designer is. Afrogoth redefines both Goth fashion and African fashion. Afrogoth also redefines the processes of fashion design b...