Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

ACE student and his ethical company featured in The Sunday Times

James Boon, a current architecture student and his ethical bag company ElephantBranded have been recently featured in The Sunday Times Business section.

ElephantBranded, a supplier of ethical bags and related products was created by James along with Tim Mendelssohn, an international management and modern languages graduate.

James will talk about his experience as a student entrepreneur at the TEDxBathUniversity event on Saturday 9 February 2013, along with Andrea Latino, founder of Green Geek School, Paolo Petrocelli, UNESCO expert in music, and James Wilcox, adventurer and entrepreneur.

The TEDx programme gives communities, organisations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. The TEDxBathUniversity event has been planned and coordinated by students and recent graduates from the University. You can find more information and register for the event at www.tedxbathuniversity.co.uk

TEDx is an off-spring of TED, a nonprofit organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading in technology, entertainment and design. Along with two annual conferences, TED includes the Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the annual TED Prize and the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programmes.

 
 
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