African designer
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Peter Mabeo & furniture design
NYCxDesign began this week. And we wish to spotlight an African designer that folks should get to know. Peter Segopotso Mabeo was born in 1971 in Botswana. In 2006, following ten years of working on custom furniture projects in Botswana, he established a brand called Mabeo. The idea of the brand was borne out of…
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MEET SELLY RABY KANE
Selly Raby Kane is a renowned Senegalese fashion designer and artist involved in Africa’s booming art and design movement. Kane is an interesting case study to grasp fashion’s involvement in Africa’s current debate surrounding identity and empowerment through innovation. This article discusses Kane’s designs in light of her contribution not only to contemporary approaches to…
West Harlem Art Fund 