EVENT DETAILS
Talk
6 October 2021, 18:30 - 20:00VENUE INFORMATION
224–238 Kensington High Street
W8 6AG
020 3862 5900
Crafting Stories in Yoruba Design at The Design Museum
An evening featuring makers working across fashion, products and interiors whose work celebrates the design processes and narratives belonging to the Yoruba culture of Nigeria. Featuring AHEC Discovered designer Mimi Shodeinde and Design Museum Designer in Residence 2020 Abiola Onabule.
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Join a discussion on the enduring impact of Yoruba design practices through the work of designers operating across the fields of fashion, products and interiors. Featuring AHEC Discovered designer Mimi Shodeinde and 2020 Design Museum Designer in Residence Abiola Onabule, this panel explores the influence Nigeria’s Yoruba material culture has had on the interpretation of narrative and meaning in their work, as well as the history of Yoruba material culture and its wider influence on contemporary craft and design on an international scale.
