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atelier 55 – The Curator of Contemporary African Design
Remembering Kossi Aguessy, A Visionary Designer and Artist
Design | Editorial | Messages And Musings | Opinion | Togo

Remembering Kossi Aguessy, A Visionary Designer and Artist

Byatelier55 16th June 20179th December 2019

  It is with great shock and sadness that I learned about the death of the designer…

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The Luxury Of Pursuing A Creative Career In Africa
Creative Careers | Journal | Messages And Musings | Opinion

The Luxury Of Pursuing A Creative Career In Africa

Byatelier55 12th August 20165th March 2021

Is pursuing a qualification and career in art and design (and a creative career in general) in…

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Design | Messages And Musings | Senegal

Farewell to Babacar Niang

Byatelier55 9th April 201523rd June 2020

Babacar Niang [Senegal] [Image credit: Furniture Collection by Babacar Niang – Southern Guild] A couple of weeks…

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Africa | Books | Messages And Musings

Books: Introducing Contemporary Design Africa

Byatelier55 2nd February 201522nd June 2020

Contemporary Design Africa  [Image credit: Contemporary Design Africa, Cover – Thames & Hudson] Back in September 2014…

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Christmas Wishes

Byatelier55 18th December 201420th June 2020

[Image credits: DIY Wax cloth Christmas Decorations – Stuff of Dreams] It certainly has been a busy…

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Atelier Fifty-Five is Four

Byatelier55 30th September 201419th June 2020

Atelier Fifty-Five turns 4 Today marks four years of blogging, didn’t think I would last this long,…

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Africa | Events | Messages And Musings

Events: New Year. New Inspirations.

Byatelier55 7th January 201412th June 2020

[Image credit: Africa is Now – The Design Indaba Expo] As 2014 gets underway, it brings with…

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Introducing Atelier Fifty-Five

Byatelier55 10th October 201312th June 2020

After a few hiccups and blips in getting things sorted, African Daydreams has now changed to Atelier…

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New Year’s Wishes

Byatelier55 15th January 20139th June 2020

New Year, New Start The New Year is well underway, and how busy it has been already….

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Christmas Wishes From Atelier Fifty Five

Byatelier55 20th December 201211th June 2020

[Image credit: Glittering Angel Christmas Card – Kipepeo]   What a busy year it has been, and…

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Africa Inspired | Messages And Musings

Reflecting on Two Years of Blogging

Byatelier55 28th September 20125th June 2020

Storage: Trunks, Chests, Boxes and Blogs Storage trunks will always remind me of school. Although I was…

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Events | Messages And Musings

Creative Conversations: Digital by Design at the V&A

Byatelier55 20th September 20125th June 2020

Digital by Design Sessions   It has proved to be an exceptionally busy week, and I have…

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Events | Messages And Musings

Events: Visible by Design at the V&A Museum

Byatelier55 13th September 201229th May 2020

Visible by Design   The sports have finished and now London turns its attention to celebrating design…

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Messages And Musings | Senegal | Travel

Messages & Musings: On Holiday

Byatelier55 18th May 201211th May 2020

On HolidayGreetings from the vibrant city of Dakar, Senegal; which has been my home for the last…

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Accessories | Messages And Musings | South Africa

Accessories: Zoom Shoes South Africa

Byatelier55 9th January 20124th May 2020

Zoom [South Africa] [Image credit: Sandals – Zoom] As a young woman coming-of-age in mid 90’s Zimbabwe,…

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New Year, New Start

Byatelier55 9th January 20124th May 2020

Setting out those hopes and dreams for the New YearHappy New Year and I hope it got…

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Messages And Musings

Christmas Wishes

Byatelier55 20th December 20111st May 2020

With another year drawing to a close and the festive season upon us, I am so tired…

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Giving Back | Messages And Musings | Opinion

Keep A Child Alive

Byatelier55 1st December 20111st May 2020

Keep a Child Alive [Image credit: Beaded Greeting Cards – Keep A Child Alive] Today is World…

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Africa | Messages And Musings | Opinion | Uganda

Marking a Year of Blogging

Byatelier55 30th September 201129th April 2020

Celebrating a Year of Blogging [Image credits: T-shirts – Definition Africa] Wow, where has the time gone!!!! Today…

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Christmas Wishes

Byatelier55 20th December 20109th December 2019

        [Image source: Skinny Laminx – elle decoration South Africa] To my fellow daydreamers,I don’t know…

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