BIC I Love Africa Pocket Lighter Series by Tshepo Masilo What happens when an everyday object becomes a vessel for cultural expression? Award-winning illustrator and designer Tshepo Masilo, explores this question through a unique collaboration…
@OmarVictorDiop Bibi Seck is a Senegalese industrial designer whose multidisciplinary career spans automotive design, luxury timepieces, furniture, and cultural initiatives. He contributed to major vehicle programs…
Photo credit: Asia Margo When footwear designer Charles Johnson set out to create The Rowe, he drew inspiration from an unlikely source: the aerodynamic profile of the Nissan Hyperforce,…
The Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement in Uganda is home to over 270,000 South Sudanese refugees. Within this vast community, the Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre…
Photo credit: Ag Partners Publicis Africa Group Hann Bay in Dakar was once one of the jewels of the African coastline. Decades of rapid urbanisation and poor waste management have turned it…
Architect and designer Nicole Moyo takes the intimate art of Ndebele beadwork and scales it into a structural, immersive experience. Her project Pearl Jam transforms…
Photo credit: Courtesy of Annabelle Armstrong South African designer Annabelle Armstrong has been named Emerging Communication Designer of the Year 2026 at the Africa International Design Awards for her project, Becoming…
Emuron Alemu is the Chief Creative Officer at The Quollective Africa and an internationally awarded creative leader whose work spans storytelling, culture, and social impact.…
Ousmane Mbaye @DJIBRIL DANSOKHO Rooted in craftsmanship and shaped by lived experience, Ousmane MBAYE is a key figure in contemporary African design. Trained outside traditional academic paths, his practice…
@Juliet Kavishe Juliet Kavishe does not approach design as a finished object but as a living system, shaped by memory, culture, labour, and place. With nearly two…