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À l'âge de 7 ans, Ysaora entre dans une salle d'escrime pour accompagner son frère. Elle découvre le face-à-face avec l’adversaire, la compétition, le jeu qui se met en place pendant le combat, et finit par tomber amoureuse de ce sport. Elle enchaîne alors les entraînements, mélange école et salle omnisport, et gagne plusieurs fois le titre de championne de France avant de partir en pôle espoir. L...

Passée par Warner Chapell, Virgin records, ou encore le label Neuve d’Universal dont elle fut la co-directrice, Oriana Convelbo est une figure reconnue mais discrète de l’industrie de la musique. C’est aussi l’une des premières femmes noires à être à la tête d’un label en France. Et, aujourd'hui elle est indépendante et a créé sa propre structure, Volta+.  Volta, c’est pour révolta, ça veut d...

Pour le premier épisode de la saison 04, nous avons invité Yoan Prat, cofondateur de Yard et plus récemment de la cérémonie “Les Flammes”, célébrant les cultures populaires françaises.  Durant notre conversation, celui que l’on surnomme “Prat”,  nous parle de la frustration de voir sa culture sous représentée dans les médias, ce qui le pousse, lui et ses anciens associés, à lancer leur p...

Jefferson Osei is one of the three minds behind Daily Paper alongside Hussein Suleiman and Abderrahmane Trabsini.   In this last episode of Prince.s Des Villes Season 03, fully dedicated to Amsterdam, the Ghanian-Dutch creative entrepreneur takes us through the journey behind successfully growing a brand internationally. The formula is simple yet deeply effective: “trust each other and do not hind...

Myles O’Meally is the founder of Areté, a studio providing footwear design, engineering and development to a wide range of international companies.  An ex semi-pro tennis player, his interest for footwear began flourishing as a curious child eager to learn how things were made. Eventually, this led him to choose industrial design as a major in university and subsequently he landed a position with...

Born and raised in Rwanda, after arriving in the Netherlands, Gunifort Uwambaga found solace in books and narrative. His passion for literature grew so much that he eventually chose to quit his very demanding career in finance to take over an independent bookstore and publishing house Mendo. From the comfort of a private meeting room in the back of his new “home” – the Hotel de l’Europe – we discu...

In this episode we chop it up with Giano, a staple in Amsterdam’s nightlife and a longtime member of Patta. The Amsterdam-native tells us about his journey as both a Patta alumni and an entrepreneur in a city known for good vibes and cultural mixing.  Quiet on the surface, the Amsterdam-based creative is the head behind some of the city’s best parties and definitely the best person to ask for advi...

Eben Badu is 1 of the 3 talents behind The New Originals, an independent streetwear label which organically evolved from a blog into a fully fledged lifestyle brand deeply ingrained in Amsterdam’s community. From their white-clad, three-story office, he welcomed us into a world made of exciting collaborations, partying and resilience. Starting as an intern at Filling Pieces, being mentored by the...