The Design Scene in Mozambique
Its nice to finally read an article about the design scene in a relatively obscure place like Mozambique, a place where most people wouldn’t consider looking in to.
Barbara Alves is a communication designer from Portugal who visited Mozambique in 2009 to teach design to students. Read the article here.
Turning the sidewalks into recreational spaces. Image from Design Observer
What I found most interesting was the reaction and views the students have to design. According to Barbara, “Their main concern is learning software”. Its very similar territory to the situation we have in the UK, particularly with design graduates who are looking for their first step in the design industry. UK students are taught about design thinking and conceptualising ideas, but they will always think that if they don’t know Photoshop or Flash, then they will have no chance getting a job. This is true to an extent, but design thinking and concepts always beats software skills 
Anyway, interesting article, and definitely worth a read.