RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Vehicle Art of West Africas – Okayafrica

    I was interviewed by Hadassah Egbedi, for Okay Africa after she had heard about my residency and talk at Angels and Muse. You can read more about it below. https://www.okayafrica.com/vehicle-art-of-west-africas/ The Enduring Vehicle Art of West Africa’s Bustling Streets Even as trucks and buses give way to more compact tricycles, the messages and motifs that…

  • Aesthetics of Association: Signage Art . Angels and Muse Residency

    Commonly referred to as ‘popular African painting’, this style reflects the body of work carried out by ‘the first generation of commercial Nigerian artists’ (Beier 1976). These are artists with little to zero formal art education serving the populace of new urban areas across the continent. Their work includes but is not limited to murals,…

  • TAC by Afrotype for Google Fonts

    https://www.afrotype.com/tac#process A continuation of the DANFO font, I worked with Afrotype on research to create process notes providing background information behind the iconic font of Festac ’77.

  • DANFO by Afrotype for Google Fonts

    DANFO by Afrotype for Google Fonts

    I am glad to have worked on the research behind the Danfo font, tracing its origins from 19th Century America to its stylizations on Lagos streets. Working with Seyi was exhilarating as it provided a chance to talk about the design history of Nigeria and the roles we play as culture workers in preserving and…