Tola Akerele on Contemporary Afrocentric Design

Well known as the owner of African-themed boutique hotel and restaurant, Bogobiri, Tola Akerele is also the founder of leading Lagos-based design firm, iDesign. After attending the KLC School of Design, London and Parsons School of Design in New York, Akerele established her firm in 2006 and since then worked on several commercial and exclusive […]

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Tradition, Modernity and Design

Lani Adeoye was raised in Nigeria and immigrated to Canada with her family when she was about 10 years old. She earned a Bachelors degree in commerce from McGill University and worked briefly in management and IT consulting with Fortune Global 100 clients. Adeoye later moved to New York City to study at Parsons, after […]

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