William McIntosh found his freedom in a box. From that most maligned receptacle sprung a new world’s worth of passions.
As introspection stocks rallied during the world’s gap years William found himself as immersed in the universal disquiet as anyone else, grew several visions, forming the crest of a wave of heart based expression as it bloomed.
May 30, 2020 In an industry filled with evolving artistic landscapes, Alana Rajah has dedicated her life to ensuring that a 2000-year-old art form flourishes in modern society. Alana has been a practitioner of Bharatanatyam, a form of Indian Classical Dance, for more than 20 years. As the founder of the Adavallan Art Academy in […]
November 20, 2019 What is success? What does it look like? What does it feel like for designers and creatives living and working on an island in the sun? For Janice Derrick, it’s defined by a lifelong career dedicated to transforming metal into jewellery that you’ll want to wear forever. As a Caribbean designer of […]
June 06, 2019 Jimmy October, whose real name is L’shun Emmanuel, is a 24-year-old singer, songwriter, rapper, poet and creative director from Trinidad & Tobago who explores his musical talents in transcendental ways that have redefined how we perceive the sounds we call our own. Along with childhood friend Nicholas Subero, October formed the ‘OverDose […]
November 15, 2018 Once a vibrant space filled with makers and seamstresses and artists, the Maracas, St. Joseph birthplace of The Cloth is now a quiet space where founding designer Robert Young spends time reminiscing, reflecting and rejuvenating. The brand, that has always been a consistent staple of the Caribbean fashion landscape, has been on […]
April 26, 2018 What does luxury mean in a place where it’s only ever meant something to a very limited few? — Now add ‘local’ into that equation. Kathryn Nurse’s Immortelle Beauty isn’t about the elite or the unattainable. It’s about marrying luxury and local in a Caribbean-based skin care brand inspired by the woman […]
March 08, 2018 It was the space that grabbed me first: warm and lit up like a Christmas tree with the whole trendy illustrated black board menu in the background. Only enough seating for two. But it was still frequented by the barefoot yoga people from next door, Instagrammers who’d fallen in love with the […]
July 04, 2017 To us, it might sound like a movie: a German artist and maker heads to rural Trinidad and finds family, chocolate and an unimagined dream… For Ben Louison, however, this fantasy is actually his reality. On his latest visit to Trinidad, Ben carried Designer Island on a mini roadtrip to Moruga and […]
February 15, 2017 “This creativity is not ours it comes from somewhere else. There is a creative being, a creative universe and creative consciousness.” The Tribe Carnival brand has been a dominant force in all aspects of Trinidad carnival since 2006. In 2015 after identifying a new customer base, the band launched its third concept, […]
October 21, 2016 Five years ago, I met my family in Trinidad and Tobago for the first time. Rounding the final curve of my 20’s, I arrived on one of the most festive days of the year, Carnival Monday. On display was the grandest and wildest show in the country, perhaps the entire Caribbean. After […]
