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introducing sPotLight Magazine - a look at the world through a creative

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STEPinto the light

introducing the new creative magazine sPotLight - the

inaugural project from the iMogen design studio (ids) idea

centre.

with our core philosophy - overleaf - as our guide, the team

at iMogen design studio embarked on a new journey. every

project doesn’t have to be client based. there are some creative

ideas that come to mind that just seem to have a life of their

own.

and the ids idea centre is where we give them a home. it

is a conduit for the designer’s creative expression, and the first

volt of electricity to surge through that conduit is sPotLight

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comprising of short articles and stunning graphics, sPotLight

Magazine takes a look at the world through a creative eye.

content from fine arts to music, video production to graphic

design as well as feature articles on the social aspects of

our caribbean community and our region, from a creative

viewpoint.

what does the plight of our regional neighbours haiti have

to do with design? or the national heroes as we’ll see in a

coming issue?

these are all events or people that influence our lives, and

shape our world. to use the term loosely, they design our geo-

political environment.

but enough talk. we said the articles were short, didn’t we?

enjoy!

the journey begins.a thousand miles, anyone?

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ev-erybo-dy’sauntie

a tribute to daMe oLga LoPes-seaLe (1918-201i)

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oLga LoPes-seaLe, daMe oLga, auntie oLga.

take your Pick. indeed her humanitarian efforts

focused on less fortunate children, but she touched

the lives and heartsof caribbean people regardless

of age, race, class or creed. her warm smile and

helping hand resound with children of all ages.

My parents speak of her as many in my generation

and generations through the years would’ve spoken

of her; as auntie olga, a nickname she acquired

while working with radio demarara in guyana.

one would begin to wonder if she would just keep

on going, but alas, near 7 days ago, 8 years shy of

100 and quietly at the Queen elizabeth hospital in

barbados, dame olga died.

with other notable losses on the national landscape,

some may begin to wonder “who’s next?” when

reflecting on the life of this everyday hero and

an indelible impression she has made as well;

almost every barbadian alive mst have a personal

recollection of an interaction, memory or sighting

of auntie olga.

indeed, i have my own. the most striking sight was

of auntie olga making her way around the island

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and at her own pace - in the white variety club

daihatsu terios; behind the wheel, then in her

eighties, slowed but not inhibited by prostheses!

with the grace for which she was known and a

delicate touch as light as the breeze, she would

smile and wave as he stopped to let you cross the

road and if time was permitting would even offer a

word of encouragement or two.

her work with the needy children’s fund, then

in guyana with radio demarara, during a song

session

for charity she sent out an appeal for clothing for

five boys of which she knew. the response was so

overhwelming, they ended up with more clothes

than there was need! so, they put out an appeal

for more needy children for the clothes, and the

tables were turned.

it was a start of a long humanitarian career and

by the time she came to live in barbados she was

already well known. her work with the needy

children’s fund continued in barbados, and she

also had a flourishing career in broadcasting.

My mother even recounts the program with auntie

olga, where she would encourage women to call

in and talk about themselves and their lives, and

the time she called in. nervous to be on the air and

shy, she said the experience taught her not to be

afraid to communicate, and that what she had to

say had value.

if we each take her example as an inspiration to

achieve in all aspects of our lives - to emulate the,

tenacity, drive and humility she embodied - we may

not do all that she did, but we may be to someone

that ‘uncle’ or ‘auntie’ that influenced their life for

the better.

m a g a z i n evolume 1 issue 1

jan to march 2011

editorisrael mallett

produced bythe idea centre

an initiative ofimogen design studio

1 (246) 243 2078create@imogendesignstudio.com

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a look at the worldthrough

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