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The Quota Collection features reds, yellows, greens, whites and dominant black strokes in many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820191326-8MZ6HK57WID7MSZWJNIA/designbooks_023.jpg Sign Books - Quota Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Quota event sign. The Quota Collection features reds, yellows, greens, whites and dominant black strokes in many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820186538-KBPUC5H105AF8VXORSQR/designbooks_013.jpg Sign Books - Quota Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Quota event sign. The Quota Collection features reds, yellows, greens, whites and dominant black strokes in many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. 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Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820184572-WYA0RM6L9QR1TT13E4LN/designbooks_009.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki White Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Kabuki's White event sign. The Kabuki White Collection features black, white and grey colours in a variety of brush strokes for many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820184664-21BS0W06NVDXSZILFGBL/designbooks_011.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki White Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Kabuki's White event sign. The Kabuki White Collection features black, white and grey colours in a variety of brush strokes for many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820180668-HJ2D0JFWWVB8ZSYGB9QK/designbooks_003.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki White/Red Collection Both the Kabuki Red and Kabuki White Collections carry books that feature thick white strokes on black backgrounds for the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820188838-GT0MXRXQ0NST5D9MSK8Z/designbooks_019.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki Red Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Kabuki's Red event sign. The Kabuki Red Collection features rich red, yellow, black and white colours in a variety of brush strokes, simple forms and geometric shapes for many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820189884-7MW6TP3MBGKTF4G19S37/designbooks_021.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki Red Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Kabuki's Red event sign. The Kabuki Red Collection features rich red, yellow, black and white colours in a variety of brush strokes, simple forms and geometric shapes for many of the covers. Every sign book is unique. Visit our Instagram page to view more books from this collection. *This particular book retains the hole where the sign was mounted. Books with this special feature are rare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1481820194239-HUILNDI742IGJHFF1CY3/designbooks_017.jpg Sign Books - Kabuki Red Collection Made from a Bruce Cayonne Kabuki's Red event sign. 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Make it stand out Nurturing Transformative Change Debbie Estwick, founder of Flourish by Design, presented at Pratt Earth Action Week, under its Creative Enterprise Leadership event on how avaerage people can contribute to nurturing transformative change. Pulling from her experiences as a design strategist in the Caribbean the talk combined design methods, lessons from the practice of design disciplines, design thinking and Caribbean ancestral wisdoms. A co-lead for the Caribbean Circle of Economics of Innovation, Debbie is an advocate of life-centred design, social and economic transformation and innovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/42cede3d-0f27-45b3-b02c-b3e623815dbf/AdobeStock_720711131.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out The World’s Biggest Design Challenge Authored By Stephanie Hanes (Staff writer); Published by CS Monitor, December 4, 2023 “In Barbados we are at an intersection,” she said. “It’s KFC versus conkies…” “For some decades, much of the world has been striving for KFC. But to design solutions for a massive and complex challenge like a heating planet, we need different ideas rooted in different experiences. In other words, we need unique approaches to the marshmallow-and-pasta towers. All of them.” Personal Note: Growing up at the intersection of KFC (a picture of developed industrialisation) and conkies (a Barbadian dish made and served in a sustainable banana-leaf wrapper), along with being educated in Design Strategy in the UK and practicing my work in the Caribbean, has given me a perspective somewhere between two worlds. I’m grateful for this opportunity and am looking forward to all the future holds. Special thanks to the author and CS Monitor for their Climate Generation series, for sharing the climate action work across the globe that so many people are involved in and for sharing our chat. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/fca56f58-6fd4-4213-8141-a69e9cdf3dcd/Screenshot+2023-12-19+at+10.29.07.png News & Features - Make it stand out A Student’s ‘Aha’ Moment Becomes A Nation’s Alternative Fuel Authored By Stephanie Hanes (Staff writer); Published by CS Monitor, November 21, 2023 “…From individual entrepreneurs and groups of young researchers to the country’s prime minister herself, Barbadians are developing new ideas and approaches to everything from climate technology to climate finance. Young people, who’ve traditionally emigrated from Barbados for better opportunities abroad, are starting to imagine – and build – a home-based future for themselves in sectors such as clean energy, sustainable design, and climate-friendly agriculture…” Honoured to be quoted in this article that dives into climate change, innovation, financing cleantech and other climate action initiatives. This work is important, not just for our survival, but we're designing, developing and introducing approaches, initiatives, and solutions that the world needs. Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/e6f585a7-8a4b-4665-848f-bba8689639dc/Debbie+-+Designing+Development+UNESCO+Transcultura.png News & Features - Make it stand out UNESCO Transcultura event reaffirms the role of intellectual property to protect and enhance the work of young Caribbean designers UNESCO, Published: 12 May 2023 “The UNESCO programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, organized on 11 May 2023 the online event Designing development: young designers and intellectual property in the Caribbean and Europe, with the collaboration of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA). Debbie Estwick worked with the UNESCO team in moderating “Solving Problems Profitably. Design and its Crossroads” at a UNESCO Designing Development event and is quoted in a news article on the UNESCO Transcultura initiative. Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/14300ff7-dc70-4fd4-a074-a62977dcc5ae/Stardust%27s+*details+Podcast.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Episode 3 - Intellectual Cultures: Designing Sustainable Change in the Caribbean Stardust Life-Centred Design Podcast: *details, Published: Nov. 23, 2022 This episode explores the need to design and implement systems that not only protect and foster Caribbean nations, but also create opportunities to leverage the Caribbean’s true potential in this new digital space. We investigate what it is like to embed design into ecologically, economically and socially sustainable societies in the Caribbean… Watch Podcast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/866ebf53-ee50-426b-aace-27a007624f06/Debbie+Estwick_national+lead_ClimateLaunchpad+Barbados News & Features - Make it stand out ClimateLaunchpad* Barbados BGIS, Ministry News; Published: Aug. 29, 2019 Photo: Debbie Estwick, national lead, ClimateLaunchpad Barbados ClimateLaunchpad Barbados finalists will compete at the national level in the world’s largest green business ideas competition… *EIT Climate-KIC initiative Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1548018545329-K78NMCCCA0V8I5EUWRGY/Debbie+Estwick+Shelly+Mayers+Lesley-Ann+Noel+Design+Research+Society+DRS.jpg News & Features - Make it stand out Bajan Designers on World Stage Barbados Business Authority, Published: Sept. 10, 2018 …The amount of published work and research in design from the Caribbean region has been limited to non-existent. Mayers and Estwick will be among the first designers in the Caribbean to become academic authors in design, [who are] published by the Design Research Society (DRS)*… This opens the door for serious discussions around the more deliberate inclusion of design into corporate strategy, public policy and innovation objectives… *The DRS is the longest established, multi-disciplinary worldwide society for the design research community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/ebafc428-5bb6-42b8-9072-76392cd7b1cb/Screenshot+2023-06-19+at+5.45.45+PM.png News & Features - Make it stand out A Design Schooling in the Caribbean Debbie Estwick, Designer Island; Published: September 23, 2017; Photography: Damian Libert, Designer Island "…I’m ‘testing’ my curriculum at a school in Moruga, then I’m looking to see how empathy and critical thinking feature in the way the children solve design problems or interact with each other during the camp… For me, the workshop confirmed the possibility of including design in ‘basic mainstream education’, not as part of an "arts and crafts” class… Evidence of critical thinking throughout their design process was easy to spot as the children dealt with…” Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1490582455182-DK06R5EGJ6OSHQ4565HU/Design+Objective+Founding+Members News & Features - Make it stand out T&T Designers Unite Paula Lindo, Guardian Newspaper; Published: Saturday, March 11, 2017 "There's a new organisation created to support the development of design and designers in T&T." Newspaper article celebrating the launch of new non-profit and membership organisation, Design Objective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/2b897f98-cebb-455a-8a63-84f88bfb5397/Fete+Sign+find+new+life.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Fete Signs Find New Life Shereen Ali, Guardian Newspaper, Published: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 "Designer Debbie Estwick, originally from Barbados but now based in Maracas Valley, St Joseph, is currently an adjunct instructor with the UWI’s Department of Creative and Festival Arts. She is doing her own project inspired by the signs—recycling them into sturdy, unique notebooks. ... “This experiment was about trying to help people understand what design strategy can do, and what design can mean — how it can fuel innovation and help find solutions to problems,” said Estwick." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1484233711579-6671RA7ATTKBAA5F9EW0/image-asset.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out From Fete Signs to Sign Books Tanya Marie Williams-Rhule, Designer Island, Published: October 01, 2016 "The small covers provided a new lens through which to view the details of hand-painted signs. Assertive brush strokes, bold colours, playful shapes, authentic textured effects and perfectly imperfect pencil lines from the hands of the sign painter, were the focus. The covers felt Caribbean. — Somehow the spirit of everyday Caribbean life, music and culture made it into every little piece of the sign that became a book cover." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1484228901189-1QHV71XS4A6O2OHVAX8D/image-asset.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Designer Island Loves List, 2016 Tanya Marie Williams-Rhule, Designer Island, Published: December 13, 2016 "Throughout the year we make notes and edit our list until the very last day. Paying close attention to the detail and craftsmanship inspired by the Caribbean and made at some of the highest standards, changing the way the world views, ‘Made in the Caribbean’. We take great pleasure in curating our 2016 list of exquisitely created items by Caribbean makers and hope you not only invest in us, but also share the work of the designers and makers on our list." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1484236677323-V5B01HY93CL41X8WON55/image-asset.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out USC Introduces Its First App - A Fun & Informative Game App from USC USC News, Published: July 30, 2015 "During this interactive journey players are required to pick mangos, hitting the Head, Heart and Hand icons with them to unlock 15 fun levels of fact-finding about USC... The experience of picking mangos during a cricket match or even during high winds or hurricane season are just a few of the experiences that players can expect to encounter in this intriguing game. “…Debbie-Ann Estwick, IMC Director and App Producer shared that "This project was an opportunity to share the good news and spirit of USC while involving students in a real world project. Gaming apps are an increasingly popular way for brands to engage persons...” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1484237705915-E8UKSV0B055GRU3GVVGW/image-asset.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Spotlight on Engineering and Design Brunel University, Published: December 7, 2011, p. 8 “Welcome to the seventh Spotlight newsletter from the School of Engineering and Design. In this issue we again celebrate the many achievements of staff and students over the past year… “I developed a model that could align business and brand strategies as I realised that branding could not be limited to colours, logos and design of a physical space, but needed to be deeply embedded in a company’s goals, daily processes and every aspect and activity of the organisation…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/d4a8bdab-0d8b-4d37-b69c-4a0a07ce24df/Designing+the+BlueBOT+Experience.jpg News & Features - Make it stand out Unveiling the BlueBOT Experience Exploring the strategic design process that identifies product-market fit through innovative technologies and user-insights. BlueBOT is an ocean intelligence company bringing together AI, robotics, data and tourism to help keep oceans safe. Originally published by Compete Caribbean By employing design methods, the BlueBOT team was able to identify innovative blue tourism products that resonate with customer interests and preferences, ensuring a more engaging experience. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/9986a064-8f93-4049-a34b-dad77fee953f/Artboard+1.png News & Features - Make it stand out Economics of Innovation - Paper Submitted to Compete Caribbean Academic Course Leads: September 17, 2023 A Caribbean regional innovation system for the botanical sector offers unique opportunities for inclusive and sustainable social and economic development and growth and can contribute to addressing concerns and unearthing opportunities around climate action, public health and wellness, environmental and cultural preservation, food security, intellectual property, and economic integration and cooperation across the region. This paper reviews economic, trade, academic, and other data across multiple sources, filtering it through a creative, future-focused lens. It highlights the opportunity and value of a regional botanical innovation system (frame 3) and recommends the design of a strategic policy mix of instruments and interventions that could have transitory and permanent effects for individual jurisdictions and the region in general. Read More Connect with Me: Let’s connect to design and pilot new approaches to development projects, developmental policy and national systems of innovation that better respond to the complex social, environmental, and economic needs of our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/2570052c-de99-4d45-a5d6-159be8f59378/Cover.001.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Building Linkages: The Roles of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) in the context of developing a Science, Technology and Innovation policy The Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for Sustainable Development Workshop by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, through the Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation, with the technical support of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean. Event Occurred: October 3-5, 2023 Presented to personnel of the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders on the roles of Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) in the context of developing a Science, Technology and Innovation policy. Advocated for the value and relevance of design and math skills in patterns, puzzles, and problem-solving and how these competencies, collaborations, and multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary efforts across STEAM can help bridge the gap from invention to innovation. Learn more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/2c37a3e4-82d3-43d2-b188-ec1f9c1990e5/Sargassum+Innovation+Opportunities+-+Dr+Damian+Cohall%2C+Debbie+Estwick%2C+Alex+Carrington.png News & Features - Make it stand out Sargassum: An Ocean of Possibilities Published December 2022, Export Barbados (BIDC) BioIsland Magazine, p. 33 Initiated an experimental exercise in inclusive and empathetic discovery, reframing and communication while serving as Editor of Bioisland Magazine. Held discovery discussions and introduced visualising opportunities for applied scientific research towards innovation, engaging actors and bridging gaps across academia, government and private sector to communicate opportunities in ways that were easy to understand. Sargassum is a natural source of alginates, known for hydrating tendencies, among other uses. Through dialogue, it was discovered that possible innovative applications for sargassum include anti-aging (hydrating, moisturising) cosmetics. Many micro and small businesses in Barbados can be observed at Farmer’s Markets selling face, skin, hair and other body care products. A local graphic designer / conceptual photographer was engaged and guided to support visual communication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/6ac21bad-0ef4-4f40-9306-bb762fe1a29e/Screenshot+2023-03-23+at+1.25.45+AM.png News & Features - Make it stand out Designing A Sustainable Philanthropic Ecosystem Business Barbados; Published: Jan. 4, 2022 A focus on solutions for Barbados' third sector which is large, mostly unpaid and financially vulnerable. Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/a560193b-cbe5-4aff-b7b6-afcaf5e74fa0/The+Citrus+Mind+-+Debbie+Estwick.png News & Features - Make it stand out The Citrus Mind Podcast - Design & Branding Strategy with Debbie Estwick Chatting with and highlighting people with sweet moves, sharp thoughts and a variety of ideas. Listen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/4fc334e9-3b57-4a24-bdd0-026ea1ac0556/Debbie+and+Shelly%2C+Barbadian+Designers+in+Ireland News & Features - Make it stand out Barbadian Designers on World Stage Caribbean Startup Scene*, p. 20-22, Published: August 15, 2018 “Debbie Estwick, a Design Advisor at the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation (BIDC) wrote and presented on, “A Case for Caribbean Design Principles”. Her work presents and analyzes case studies from Caribbean design practitioners, using these to propose principles of good design that may be relevant for CARICOM states. Estwick presents the value of establishing fundamental design principles and integrating design and culture in policy development in order to reap social, environmental, technological and economic benefits…” Read More *Caribbean Startup Scene is a publication of TEN Habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1486427494066-DP5MEIW3TPQXIZH84UTH/Designing+for+Moko News & Features - Make it stand out Designing for Moko Debbie Estwick, Designer Island; Published: February 4, 2017; Illustration: Tanya-Marie Williams Rhule, Designer Island "Continuous change is important, like the constant movement of stilt walking. If we want cultural practices, traditions and art forms to live on, the next generation needs to adopt them and we need to evolve their practice. This has been true for our dialects, music and other art forms." Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1495467045094-NDIR43W7MNCA9BOS6625/Th%3Fnk+3+Symposium News & Features - Make it stand out #MakeItRain – UWI DCFA Th?nk 3 Cultural Policy Symposium: A Stimulus for Action Marsha Pearce, ARC Magazine, Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2017 “Design is often overlooked or treated as art in many local policy documents and manifestos. However design is distinct from art, craft and engineering though it has a historical relationship with both the humanities and the sciences,” [Estwick] observed. She cited the work of creativity and innovation consultant Linda Naiman who sees a design mindset as “not problem-focused [but rather] solution focused and action oriented towards creating a preferred future.” Given this understanding of design, Estwick insisted, “design must be recognised and treated distinctly from the arts and crafts in the development of cultural policy in order to capitalize on innovative opportunities for growth.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/a3a8de06-412d-429f-baa1-f3eb269f7cce/Some+artists+look+back.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Art of the Times: A Look Back at T&T’s 2016 Art Scene Marsha Pearce, Guardian Newspaper, Published: Sunday, January 1, 2017 "If Minshall, Hadeed, Govan, Nanan, Todd, Lue Chee Kong and Peters pointed out certain ways of looking at the local milieu, such designers as Kriston Chen, Agyei Archer and Debbie Estwick offered their own way of seeing. Instead of casting their gaze outside the region for inspiration, these designers looked within, using the fete signs by sign painter Bruce Cayonne as the stimulus for innovative offshoots." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/e9de91e3-fbad-4cfc-bec0-1d4268d03b44/IMG_5070.JPG News & Features - Make it stand out Making a Living from Fete Signs Shereen Ali, Guardian Newspaper, Published: Tuesday, October 31, 2016 “How can we apply creative skills to not only make a living, but solve problems? T&T Guardian feature writer Shereen Ali spoke to sign painter Bruce Cayonne and designer Debbie Estwick to see how their different but related projects seek to find solutions…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1484235653499-H60583ZS4N3WCQADMVB1/image-asset.jpeg News & Features - Make it stand out Volume 1 Ministry of Design - From Cottage Industry to State Enterprise Editors: Lesley-Ann Noel, Michael Lee Poy, Published: Department of Creative and Festival Arts, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad, May 28 – 29, 2015 “Debbie-Ann Estwick, (pp. 91 - 104), hypothesizes the role of a proposed Ministry of Design to wield design as a strategic tool for innovation and economic development in and through small businesses in Trinidad and Tobago. Her paper is based on three premises that she identified in her literature review that: 1) designers are natural innovators and creative problem solvers; 2) that design thinkers are the new leaders of the future and 3) that collaboration through design can improve the competitiveness and viability of small businesses, engineering and manufacturing industries https://debbieestwick.com/de-sign-books daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/7dd7b758-9d4f-4861-83b3-063db4cff5de/Showcase_Page_02.jpg De Sign Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/26bbfb52-4fde-40e7-b60e-2fc269d23409/Showcase_Page_03.jpg De Sign Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/f4a4fa18-0033-4931-96cc-d504a5ca6d87/Showcase_Page_04.jpg De Sign Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/f4df4f44-bc10-41a4-a783-f420400adc15/Doh+Hang+Yuh+Hat_Page_1.jpg De Sign Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/32167da8-50cf-4dda-a338-91e495d2875c/Sign+Book+4+pages+Every+Bread_Page_1.jpg De Sign Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://debbieestwick.com/blue-flame-challenge-bridgetown-2030 daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1b34390d-d294-43e5-abf1-d6552af96231/Showcase_Page_08.jpg Blue Flame Challenge Bridgetown 2030 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/2d7b5cf4-0e08-4906-8705-12db36363947/Showcase_Page_09.jpg Blue Flame Challenge Bridgetown 2030 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/2ff05c65-3e8d-4a16-85aa-5bf2bafeb3a4/Showcase_Page_10.jpg Blue Flame Challenge Bridgetown 2030 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/a535bef9-0cba-4dae-a0e1-f4cc179a33e3/Showcase_Page_11.jpg Blue Flame Challenge Bridgetown 2030 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/63b1268e-61ed-4481-900b-54e20056f679/Showcase_Page_12.jpg Blue Flame Challenge Bridgetown 2030 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://debbieestwick.com/design-solutioning daily 0.75 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/90563fba-6d1c-4eff-95b3-f9f8ebfa0874/Showcase_Page_13.jpg Design for Solutioning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/c3fd9257-ea61-4088-b7a7-53d71e7ac04d/Showcase_Page_14.jpg Design for Solutioning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/6813129d-e2fd-46e5-aa99-4beffaa8283c/Showcase_Page_15.jpg Design for Solutioning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://debbieestwick.com/projects-initiatives daily 0.75 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/4bbb95aa-0d49-4e65-a239-1107970a1454/Gully+Flora+IG-14.jpg Projects & Initiatives - Make it stand out It all started when Covid lockdowns drove me to start gardening. As the world slowed down and I found myself grounded at home, I turned my attention to nurturing life in my backyard. There, I discovered the joy and tranquility that Caribbean plants and flowers bring… Learn more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/d887dc4c-965e-42dc-a4ca-554bee63fa30/Artboard+1.png Projects & Initiatives - Make it stand out Economics of Innovation - Paper Submitted to Compete Caribbean Academic Course Leads: September 17, 2023 A Caribbean regional innovation system for the botanical sector offers unique opportunities for inclusive and sustainable social and economic development and growth and can contribute to addressing concerns and unearthing opportunities around climate action, public health and wellness, environmental and cultural preservation, food security, intellectual property, and economic integration and cooperation across the region. This paper reviews economic, trade, academic, and other data across multiple sources, filtering it through a creative, future-focused lens. It highlights the opportunity and value of a regional botanical innovation system (frame 3) and recommends the design of a strategic policy mix of instruments and interventions that could have transitory and permanent effects for individual jurisdictions and the region in general. Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/1b34390d-d294-43e5-abf1-d6552af96231/Showcase_Page_08.jpg Projects & Initiatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/6813129d-e2fd-46e5-aa99-4beffaa8283c/Showcase_Page_15.jpg Projects & Initiatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/6bf80dce-f87c-4e74-9da0-5cb7a3b63a1f/Showcase_Page_02.jpg Projects & Initiatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://debbieestwick.com/economics-of-innovation-paper daily 0.75 2024-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/d887dc4c-965e-42dc-a4ca-554bee63fa30/Artboard+1.png Economics of Innovation Paper - Make it stand out Economics of Innovation - Paper Submitted to Compete Caribbean Academic Course Leads: September 17, 2023 A Caribbean regional innovation system for the botanical sector offers unique opportunities for inclusive and sustainable social and economic development and growth and can contribute to addressing concerns and unearthing opportunities around climate action, public health and wellness, environmental and cultural preservation, food security, intellectual property, and economic integration and cooperation across the region. This paper reviews economic, trade, academic, and other data across multiple sources, filtering it through a creative, future-focused lens. It highlights the opportunity and value of a regional botanical innovation system (frame 3) and recommends the design of a strategic policy mix of instruments and interventions that could have transitory and permanent effects for individual jurisdictions and the region in general. https://debbieestwick.com/gully-flora daily 0.75 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/5e0ec04c-62b5-4223-b678-4382ef6bae4b/Gully+Flora_Wrapped+Gift.jpeg Gully Flora - Celebrating the Caribbean’s Botanical Heritage through Patterns, Prints and Products Photo: The hand-drawn monstera print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/6d28d485-ce81-4dd1-89fc-2f18f9f348a8/Gully+Flora+IG-14.jpg Gully Flora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/01f38962-2d67-43cf-8ca5-6068b492ffc6/IMG_4738.jpg Gully Flora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/ef91afe1-5e71-4f0d-8264-019ead1e8705/IMG_4641.jpg Gully Flora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b4d712f699bb7361f0f113/92f24419-7bbe-4ccd-adc6-9cb7f7d9f904/Gully+Flora+IG-19.jpg Gully Flora - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://debbieestwick.com/flourish-profile-portfolio daily 0.75 2026-03-27