Jewellery: Contemporary Jewelry, Traditional Craft
Sidai Designs [Tanzania] Meaning ‘good’ in Maa, the language of the Maasai, ‘Sidai’ is the name given…
Design: Sustainable Design Legacy
Baay Xaaly Sene [Senegal] [Image credit: Moscow apartment of Russian designer, Dmitry Velikovsky showing Baay Xaaly Sene Armchair –…
Decor: Peaks and Blocks Baskets by Donna Wilson and People of the Sun for SCP
Donna Wilson and People of the Sun for SCP [Image credit: Blocks and Peaks Basket Collection –…
Events: New Year. New Inspirations.
[Image credit: Africa is Now – The Design Indaba Expo] As 2014 gets underway, it brings with…
Christmas Wishes
Litema [South Africa] [Image credit: Decorative Eggs – Litema] If, and I’m guessing that’s a big if,…
Jewellery: Uru Diamonds
Uru Diamonds [Tanzania] [Image credit: Uru Diamonds] It is no secret the Continent is blessed with diamonds…
Food & Drink: Colourful Cooking with Siba Mtongana
Siba’s Table/Siba’s Festive Table [South Africa] [Image credits: Siba’s Sunday Trifle, Siba’s Table – Food Network UK] Viewers…
Design: Egyptian Lamps
Zenza [Egypt] A trip to Egypt looking for interesting accessories for a new home accessories business called…
Books: Remix: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul
AphroChic – Remix: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul [Image credit: Remix: Decorating with Culture, Objects and…
Interiors: Truth Coffee’s Steampunk Inspired HQ
Truth Coffee Interior by Haldane Martin [South Africa] [Image credit: Truth Coffee Interior – Haldane Martin] The Steampunk aesthetic…
Events: From Kenya w Love Pop Up
Event: From Kenya w Love/Sapellé – London Pop Up [Image credit: Sapelle and FAFA Kenya Pop Up –…
Africa | Art | Exhibitions
Exhibition: Contemporary African Art Fair
1:54 [Edson Chagas; Angola: Found not Taken, Luanda, 2009 – C-print on dibond, 120 x 80cm] One…
Accessories: Contemporary Crochet from Sapelle
Fiola Fairrari at Sapellé [Malawi] How cold has it become, seemingly overnight… Caught unawares by the sudden…
Introducing Atelier Fifty-Five
After a few hiccups and blips in getting things sorted, African Daydreams has now changed to Atelier…
Design: David Adjaye for Knoll
DESIGNER: DAVID ADJAYE [GHANA] [Image credits: Washington Corona Bronze Coffee Table – Knoll] ‘…unless I truly loved it, there was…
Textile: Julie Kouamo Pop Up
JULIE KOUAMO [Cameroon] [Image credits: Julie Kouamo Pop Up – taken by Tapiwa] Textile and interior accessories…
Creative Conversations: Souadou Barry of Fulani HB
FULANI HB [Senegal] Last year in March, I introduced Fulani, a luxury handbag and accessory line based in…
Africa | Design | Exhibitions
Exhibition: Design Africa
African Design in the City [Image credit: Bangou Collection Lampshades – Julie Kouamo] September has been a…
Decor | Design | Exhibitions
Exhibition: Celebrating Contemporary African Design
Heralded as being the first exhibition of its kind in London, September 14th saw the opening of Graphic…
Decor | Design | Eswatini | South Africa | Swaziland
Design: Contemporary South African Design at West Elm
West Elm/South African Design [Africa Inspired] West Elm is a Brooklyn based company whose Autumn 2012 collaboration collections…