April 2026: A Creative Spotlight on Nigeria!

Spotlight: Nigeria

April 2026

Artwork by:
Okeowo Adeniyi

Hi Reader,

A treat for you all this month - it's not a city spotlight, but a country spotlight!

Behind the scenes, the TDK team have been talking, sharing and raving about the work coming out of Nigeria.

Can we call it iconic? Yeah, lets do it. Nigerian design creativity is iconic. This month we share the interviews of Okeowo Adeniyi and Roqeebat Abdulwahab and we meet the new city host of Enugu, Juliet Oyiga. Want to be inspired? This is the issue not to skip.

We are still taking pre-orders for the TDK book which will be out later this year. In our first ever book (!!) we will feature city guides, features and articles from big name creatives and emerging designers, we can't wait to share it with you!

If you're in Jakarta, Melbourne or Cape Town, you have live events and #TDKTuesdays near you, jump into our online community to check out our other events and more - there is always stuff to learn and discover.

Have a great month everyone - and please send us through anything that looks awesome out there. Get in touch via Insta, Linkedin or reply to this email!

oh! One more thing. We're going to be launching TDK Studio in the next few weeks 🙌🏽 featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with Pros, creative briefs to build your folio and group feedback sessions, and more.

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The Design Kids Team

Okeowo Adeniyi

Lagos-based and Yoruba-rooted, Okeowo has built a practice shaped by two philosophies that might seem like opposites: reductionism, which strips everything back to its simplest form, and wabi-sabi, which makes space for experimentation and imperfection.

Roqeebat Abdulwahab

Roqeebat's Yoruba and Muslim background shapes how she thinks about communication through design. Right now she's translating Yoruba words and phrases into illustrations based on their literal meanings — and the playfulness and depth she's finding there is becoming the heart of her practice.

Juliet Oyiga

Say hello to our new city host!

An archeology graduate and a designer, Juliet lives in Enugu State in Nigeria.

"I love being part of a community it brings out the best in me, especially when I get to see and learn from peoples experience"

Say hi!

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Things We Love! 💜💜💜

Fashion

Kemi Telford

Effortlessly bold, Kemi Telford's fashion line encourages women to take up space. Born in Kano, Nigeria, Telford's brand is now London based and places African prints in the foreground.

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Women in Business

Global Sisters

Global Sisters exists to remove barriers to women’s economic security. With free resources, courses and business programs for women in business, Global Sisters can get your business and confidence up and running in no time.

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Instagram

Sanjo Lawal

Can we call it the most beautiful instagram account in the world? Sanjo Lawal's photography is both out of this world and grounded in humanity.

Enjoy the colour

Design Books

Erik Herrström

Designer and Creative Director Erik Herrström introduces a proven framework for designing brands that don’t chase relevance, but create it — through connection, meaning and cultural resonance.

TDK Community have an exclusive discount code!

Use "TDK-EECHO" and get 10% off the ebook, softcover edition and also the bundle.

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The Design Kids Book

Volume 01, to be published in late 2026, will feature emerging designers from around the world, exclusive interviews, guides to our favourite TDK cities, a spotlight on our city hosts and more! Pre-orders close soon.

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