Maxwell Mutanda
Maxwell Mutanda (born 1983) is a Zimbabwean artist, designer, design researcher, and businessperson. He is the co-founder of the design firm Studio [D] Tale, based out of
sustainable
participatory design.
Early life and education
Born in
MSc degree in sustainable urban development and Sheehan Scholarship at the University of Oxford.[3]
Career
Muntanda co-founded Studio [D] Tale with his design partner, Safia Qureshi.Maputo, Mozambique.[1] In 2020, he received an Eyebeam fellowship to study the "mobile data gap in sub-Saharan Africa".[8] Also in 2020, he received a grant from the Graham Foundation for his project (In)Voluntary Mutations.[9] In the 2020–2021 season, Mutanda was awarded a fellowship from the Akademie Schloss Solitude.[10]
Exhibitions
Mutanda's work was featured at the
Oslo, Norway in 2019, the Biennale Architettura, Venice in 2014 and 2016, the Chicago Architecture Biennial and the London Design Festival in 2015.[9][3]
References
- ^ a b c "Maxwell Mutanda". Akademie Schloss Solitude. 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Bartlett alumni to participate in Chicago Architecture Biennial". The Bartlett School of Architecture. 1 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Maxwell Mutanda". Eyebeam. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Hussain, Mehr (12 August 2015). "One hour with Safia Qureshi". Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Maxwell Mutanda: Multi-talented architect Maxwell Mutanda uses design to address real-world issues". Design Indaba.
- ^ a b Kuo, Lily (27 April 2016). "A Zimbabwean architect builds for the "forgotten economy" by letting people design for themselves". Quartz.
- ^ "A cross-continental architecture studio with solutions for Harare's informal traders". Design Indaba.
- ^ Small, Zachary (15 July 2020). "How Artists Are Trying to Solve the World's Problems". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "(In)Voluntary Mutations, Grantee: Maxwell Mutanda". Graham Foundation. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Maxwell Mutanda". Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 31 December 2022.