Design remains a largely white profession, with Black people still vastly underrepresented – making up just 3% of the design industry, according to a 2019 survey. This dilemma isn’t new. For decades, ...
The African diaspora has had a profound impact on global design, infusing creativity and innovation into various fields ...
Lexus commissioned three headpieces, designed by Tosin Oshinowo and Chrissa Amuah, that combine traditional African craftsmanship and modern innovation. Millimeters-thick sheets of delicately etched ...
African bead art has been making waves in the world of modern abstract design. The colorful and intricate beadwork, which has ...
Spending his days designing high-end residences for South Africa’s ultra rich, architect Tshepo Mokholo was miserable. Craving a change, Mokholo attended the influential Design Indaba conference in ...
An architect in Southern California wanted to create a larger home for her family. She was inspired, in part, by West African textiles and a dress she wore as a teenager. The architect Susan Nwankpa ...
MILAN — Ozwald Boateng, the veteran Savile Row tailor known for his colorful bespoke patterns and intricate designs, is about to inject his flair into the design world. During the London Design ...
Every business leader knows his or her success depends on a viable and sustainable market. That’s what the young Laduma Mgxokolo saw in front of him as a student working on a thesis project at Nelson ...
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Soul of the space: Aisha Salaudeen and the movement that is rewriting the rules of African design
At a time when Nigerian interiors are still racing to import their identity from Europe, one designer is building a movement that asks a more interesting question: what if the most sophisticated ...
Black-owned businesses make amazing clothing inspired by African patterns. What happens when, inevitably, everyone else starts buying them? By Shira Telushkin The recent outpouring of support for ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) Design remains a largely ...
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