My question is “How can I use my Yoruba culture cues to create a new design narrative” this has been my guide towards my intervention. As a designer from West Africa I realized we do not have a distinct design language similar to the bauhaus movement, the art deco movement etc. I decided to create …
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“The Intangible creates the Tangible”
From my childhood I have always wondered how things were created and I have alway been fascinated about the creative process, where do ideas come from? My guess is Imagination, Intuition, Intelligence, Common Sense and Hardship. Through hardship our brains works in a different way, it goes to survival mode and this is where creativity …
“Interviews + Collaborations”
I was recently selected as a designer to be featured in a Netflix series called “MADE BY DESIGN” with focus on African designers in Africa and the diaspora. I was able to talk about my design journey and design ethos. As I continue to evolve I realize that this is my purpose in life and …
“Speak your Language”
A jewelry design collection following the ethos of AFROMINIMA.
“Intangible creates the Tangible”
“Applied Imagination meets Artificial Intelligence”
The Yoruba Aesthetic ++
Hello! I have been digging more deeply into the Yoruba culture and its aesthetic significance in the Arts. I have found some really profound information and practical knowledge on how this ethos is applied in different mediums from fashion, music, food, architecture, art and literature. From our past, our present and our future the Yoruba …
The Yoruba aesthetic +
As I continue to ponder and reflect on this new design narrative of the yoruba aesthetic I have decided to take it a step further and boldly go where i haven’t gone before. To achieve this I am doing a LIVE instagram chat with a friend and Architect Seun Oduwole who’s project The John Randle …
The YORUBA aesthetic.
The Yoruba aesthetic is a combination of color, form, culture cues, functionality and minimalism. Over the years as a designer I’ve come to understand the ethos of the Yoruba traditional arts and crafts and its built on a foundation of beliefs, locality and the human being’s determination to evolve and thrive in any living condition. …
Q: What is the future of my culture? (intervention)
A: A NEW DESIGN LANGUAGE, A DESIGN MOVEMENT. Over the years and all over the world different art and design movements have been created by either an individual or a group of enthusiasts who come together to disrupt the global art and design scene from Bauhaus, Art Deco, Rococo, Modernist, Minimalism, Futurism to Cubism all …
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DESIGN AND CULTURE. (reflect and research)
Everyday Objects, Everyday Rituals, Everyday life. From a very young age I have always been fascinated about everyday objects that we interact with on a daily basis, their use and how these objects were created, how they enhance our daily lives like a toothbrush, this is an object that is used every single day (how …
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