NAIROBI DESIGN WEEK 2019 : Free Mind Sessions in Pictures Nairobi Design Week 2019 : Free Mind Sessions The fourth Nairobi Design Week took place on 17th-23rd March 2019, under the theme Culture & Heritage. NDW19 invited visitors to discover how East Afrikan heritage has influenced the world we live in today, and how design [...]
Nairobi Design Week 2019 : Careers in Design Careers in Design took place on Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th March 2019 during the fourth Nairobi Design Week, and gave students and young professionals opportunities to showcase work, take part in portfolio workshops, learn about the newest opportunities, meet with industry mentors and much more. Speakers: Orkidstudio [...]
Kenyan and international creatives uncover design's impact on Culture and Heritage at Nairobi Design Week 2019 The fourth Nairobi Design Week will take place on 17th-23rd March 2019, under the theme Culture & Heritage. NDW19 invites visitors to discover how our heritage has influenced the world we live in today, and how design impacts [...]
An entire weekend of Pop Up n Chillin' Pop Up & Chill for the last time in 2018 on 15th and 16th December at 910 James Gichuru from 10am to 7pm. Bring your family, friends and pets for a great weekend of great music, food, drink and shopping from 40 unique handmade in Kenya vendors [...]
Celebrating the process of creation Video by Engala Dereje. The final day of Nairobi Design Week 2018 was a celebration of the process of creation, under our festival theme of Resource & Community. Make a Day of it asked exhibitors to not only display and sell their products, but also share stories of how they [...]
The Next Pop Up & Chill set for 6th May 2018 Chillimango is back again with the Pop Up & Chill market. Consistent to showcasing Kenyan made brands, the platform brings together artisans and collectors carefully curated to bring handmade, eco, holistic and vintage goods, and items inspired by Africa and majorly made in Kenya. True to [...]
Afrika Design: Resource and Community Afrika Design brought together the industry and public for a day of discussions and discovery around the festival theme Resource & Community. A morning of speaker panels at the Kenya National Theater was followed by workshops in the sunny Kenya Cultural Centre courtyard. The event took place on Friday 23rd March 2018. [...]
Bringing design visionaries to the community This is the first in our series of NDW2018 Highlights, where we share some of the stories from Nairobi Design Week 2018. This year was the first time we hosted our Delegates Tour, bringing together design visionaries to discover handpicked highlights from the Nairobi Design Week community. The aim [...]
1) Boost your career If you're wondering what to see at Nairobi Design Week 2018, Careers in Design will be the first event of its type in Kenya. It's a day dedicated to connecting talent and opportunities. There will be design job opportunities from Bluesky Innovations, portfolio workshops by ArkAfrica and Orkidstudio as well as guest [...]
Bringing you access to a global design calendar... Last year Nairobi Design Week joined the World Design Weeks organisation, a quickly growing group of festivals which intends to connect the world's design communities. We believe it's important for designers to explore the work of their peers around the world and one of the best ways [...]
