place to showcase the work of talented Nigerian designers to the world. The goal is to inspire new designers to diversify their references, experienced designers aiming to inspire new designers to broaden their horizons, experienced designers to expand their networks, and companies to diversify their teams.
If you know a Nigerian designer whose work or voice is valuable to the design industry, please fill out this form with their information and a few words about why you're nominating them. You can choose to link to their portfolio, to their Linkedin, or to other social profiles — any link that you feel best represents how that person is making a difference in the industry. We decided not to collect or display the designer’s photo because we wanted the directory to be less about what someone looks like and more about what they do.
We wanted to showcase not only contemporary Nigerian design, but also leverage all the visibility that this project is getting to celebrate the history of design in our country. Every time you reload the website, you can learn more about a newly featured Nigerian designer.
We didn’t. Our fantastic sibling sites inspire this project:
Nigerians Who Design is open source for you create your own showcase. It is built inspired by the tech stack that Jules Forrest kindly made available on Github after building GitHub
If you have been added to the directory and would like to opt-out or make an edit to your profile, please send me a message at kosi@nigeriianswho.design
If you’re part of the list and want to help us out, just share the link on your social media platforms and spread the word about our community and tell everyone how proud you’re to be Nigerian and a designer.
Nigerians Who Design is brought to you by @kosianyaegbuna. If you want to help keep the project going, you can send a DM to send a donation to help keep everything running (domain, mail, host, etc), collaborate or to just have a chat.