JOMO TARIKU and his African-inspired design, the interview
Ethiopian American artist and industrial designer Jomo Tariku is defining his own design language incorporating his African heritage....
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THEURBANATIVE, explore African heritage through furniture
Founded by Mpho Vackier, an engineer who has rediscovered herself as furniture designer, TheUrbanative is an multi-award winning...
ZOUZOUKWA: Stickers Africains
Emojis aims to cover the complexity of the human experience in a single and graphic form. Despite the...
A selection of projects from ADI Design Index 2023
The 2023 ADI Design Index selection is on display at the ADI Design Museum in Milan on November...
The latest design challenges at the SaloneSatellite Award 2023
This article was written for Salone del Mobile.Milano and previously published on salonemilano.it digital platform. Cover image: Tatami ReFab collection, design...
LANI ADEOYE, winner of the SaloneSatellite Award
This article was written for Salone del Mobile.Milano and previously published on salonemilano.it digital platform Among the stands of the...
WHY NOW? by Spotti, Milano Design Week 2022
From 6 to 12 June, inside the spaces of Viale Piave in Milan, has been presented WHY NOW? by...
MATERIUM, the new collection at Milan Design Week 2022
At MDW 22, Materium will present the new 2022 collection with the artistic direction of Leonardo Mercurio. Materium,...
FOCUS. A selection of projects
After sustainable projects, new materials and MUST-READ selections, today we present a series of FOCUS articles that explore...
SUNNE, THE SELF-POWERED SOLAR LIGHT, M. van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel is an award-winning solar designer whose innovative practice spans the fields of sustainability, design, and...
ITHONGO SEATING COLLECTION, Andile Dyalvane
Dyalvane was born in 1978 in Ngobozana, a small village in South Africa. His work with clay or...
GJENGE MAKERS, a new life to plastic
Collectively, we use a huge amount of single-use plastic each year, most of which ends up in landfills,...
DAILY PAPER’S MANHATTAN STORE
Daily Paper is an Amsterdam-based menswear and womenswear fashion brand established in 2012. Inspired by the African heritage...
THE ANANDALOY BUILDING
The Anandaloy Building is a community center in Bangladesh, designed by Anna Heringer. It hosts a center for...
BELLTOWER STUDIO, LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2020
BellTower was founded in Kenya in 2014 by designers John Brian Kamau, Joyce Wairimu Gachiri, Ian Githegi Kamau,...
MEMORY PALACE
Es Devlin is an artist and stage designer. She is known for creating large-scale performative sculptures and environments...
PANIC PAVILION
Designed for Arvet Trä by Ivan Segato Architect and In Praise of Shadows Arkitektur, the Panic Pavilion is...
DAVID ALABO
Based in Accra, Ghana, the Ghanaian-Moroccan multi-disciplinary, visual artist David Alabo creates stunning and futuristic worlds that highlight...
A-LIMB, Desiree Riny
Desiree Riny is a Melbourne-based industrial designer applying a combination of technical, digital and soft skills to develop...
LIMBO ACCRA
Public spaces are having a moment in West Africa as cities undergo a massive urban change, experiencing both...
ATELIER MASŌMĪ
Run by Mariam Kamara, Atelier Masōmī is an African architecture studio which develops innovative solutions in architecture and...