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...
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...
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...
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,...
ZOUZOUKWA: Stickers Africains
Emojis aims to cover the complexity of the human experience in a single and graphic form. Despite the...
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...
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...
FRANCESCA DALOISO
Francesca Daloiso, (Foggia, 1996) is a London-based ambitious and creative designer, with a BA in Product Design from...
ÖVERALLT
IKEA launched the ÖVERALLT collection this week at the Design Indaba conference, held in Cape Town, presenting a variety...
A MYTHOLOGICAL COLLECTION
Inspired by African mythology, Cape Town artist Atang Tshikare and local studio Okha launched earlier this year, two...
SAPONACEOUS
In collaboration with Italian designer Federico Floriani, Fernando Laposse realized Saponaceous, the results of an experimental research on...
WHITE & WHITE
In places like Tanzania and Burundi sometimes being albino means to be hunted and dismembered. This is based...
INJERA
Dana Douiev‘s a student at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, and she has completed her studies with...
THE ATLAS OF BEAUTY
Mihaela Noroc is 29 years old, she’s a photographer from Bucharest, Romania. She loves to travel and she...