Written by the Co-founders of Wingd, Zainab N-Muse & David Ebere
The intention of
our company, Wingd has always been to squash negative perceptions of
millennials as uncreative and unmotivated people. We launched Wingd in order to
provide opportunities for people to communicate relevant content in a world
where superficial information often makes the rounds.
Oftentimes, media
platforms put a spotlight on people and things that don’t directly affect our
lives intrinsically. So, Wingd was created to refocus people’s attention on to things
that do matter, like extraordinary people living in seemingly ordinary times.
Gradually, as Wingd took shape, we created a digital multimedia platform that
comprises of several independent ventures. Some of these ventures include an
award-winning blogging platform that promotes positive journalism, our
millennial entrepreneur-centered podcast, documentary style videos highlighting
global innovation and a nonprofit branch that facilitates global campaigns that
promote youth collaboration to solve some of the world’s toughest problems.
Once the digital platform was established, we decided to shift into print with
our first book. Our next print project is a magazine series.
Our first
book is a guidebook on Canada’s National Capital Region (NCR) with a hyper
focus on Ottawa. It aims to explore the microcosm in which the Wingd team was
formed. We are currently a team of more than two dozen people and the assembly
of this book required all of our members, as well as some additional
freelancers. Our team consists of amazingly talented writers, photographers,
graphic designers and videographers.
The book is divided into two parts with the first part highlighting several
travel styles to experience the NCR, some of which include exploring historical
spots & monuments, participating in adventurous activities, embracing
natural landscapes, and exploring the city through its food and cultural scene.
On the other hand, the second part focuses on meeting a subset of people that
live in Ottawa, by showcasing them through photographs and short
interviews/narratives. In addition, the book opens with a foreword from
the Mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson, and concludes with an afterword by the
Minister of Small Business & Tourism, Honorable Bardish Chagger. Featured
in the book is also a plan for the future of the Capital provided by the
National Capital Commission / Commission de la capitale
nationale (NCC/CCN).
This guidebook
was an incredible accomplishment that took us two years to complete and we
couldn’t be more proud to share part of the product of our hard work with
everyone. We once heard that Ottawa is a city that lacks creativity, and it was
this casual observation that fuelled our ambition to create our book. Although,
we are both originally from Nigeria, we quickly started to call Ottawa, ‘home’.
Go buy a copy
of our book on our online website, and share in our perspective of our beloved
city; you’ll never think of Ottawa as boring again.
For more
information, visit our website, the official page for our book, and the video trailer for our
book.
Contact us at info@wingd.ca
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