PRODUCT DESIGNER
I worked as a field coordinator at Aid to Artisans. A nongovernmental organization that supports local craft makers to design, develop, and market the wares to foreign markets. These products were available in Pier 1, TJ Marx, West Elm, and more. The methods employed were modern African designs for markets in the United States and Europe. I like to frame my ideas by building bridges through making across cultures. Teaching and learning is a mutual act, a partnership that opens possibilities to new ideas and outcomes. I envision an environment for creative minds that fosters understanding our community’s beauty and cross-cultural complexities. All are endowed with different gifts and talents to co-exist with one another, I believe—skills, when harness and nurtured through virtues of diversity and inclusion. I try to represent philosophy through my umbrella of making. Mixing mediums, ideas from different geographic locations to create PEDAGOGY I am African American brought up in a multilingual and socio-economically disadvantaged environment; I relish the need to create an inclusive learning environment for all. Diversity and Inclusion is an ongoing education, as we are mindful of actions in our surroundings and opening up spaces for marginalized groups to thrive.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER
My work is about my experiences with people, places, and moments. Through making I document and explore social narratives that go beyond the obvious to expose the depths of falsehood and relatable empathy of my subject matter. I enjoy design ideas from different cultures, conceptualizing, creating, and developing products with different mediums encompassing digital design wood, clay, and iron. Growing up in Ghana, I have always been influenced by African arts for its intrinsic aesthetic value as well as continuing to be a source of inspiration for his design work.Having created and developed products for Oregon-based, Swahili Imports, I have also assisted with public relations and trade show booth designs in NY, CA, and NC from 2006 to 2010. I have participated in Design and Development workshops for appropriate technology in Honduras, and Burkina Faso for small and cottage businesses.
Design Dogon
The People Dogon inspires this furniture line. As individuals, we surround ourselves with objects we hold dear. That nonverbal act with the domestic thing tells the story of who we are in our society.
Product Design
Worked as a product designer and offered design workshops for Aid to Artisans and Swahili Imports as part of a poverty reduction project aimed at promoting African craft in the Us market
Digital Design Freelance
Experienced in B2B lead generation, inclusive marketing, content, conversion strategy, and sales opportunity nurturing. Ideations from concepts to completion by analyzing what works, and what doesn’t.
