In Conversation with
@olamideaolowe &
@isaiahmikhail
this Friday, May 15th at Open Studio — Come with an idea, thought or questions.
Link in bio to RSVP.
Learn more about our speakers:
Olamide Olowe is a Forbes 30 under 30 Entrepreneur and Investor. She is the youngest Black Woman to raise $2M from investors, having raised $15M in Venture Capital funding before the age of 26.
Olamide got her start as an entrepreneur in 2015 when she co-founded the beauty brand Sheagirl, in partnership with Shea Moisture, which was later acquired by Unilever in 2017. In 2020, Olamide combined her passion for creativity and love for business to launch Topicals, which is currently the fastest-growing skincare company at Sephora. She serves as the Founder and CEO of Topicals and has donated over $200K to various mental health organizations. She has received notable recognition from Harvard Business School, Google, the UCLA Alumni Association, and Forbes.
Isaiah Mikhail is a New York City–based Art Director and creative strategist at Sundial Media Group, home to brands including ESSENCE Magazine, Refinery29, Afropunk, and Beautycon, where he shapes visual narratives across design, fashion, and culture. With formal training in marketing and advertising, he approaches creative work through a strategic lens–aligning aesthetics, cultural relevance, and brand intention.
His practice focuses on building design systems and visual worlds that translate seamlessly across editorial, digital, and experiential platforms. Isaiah is particularly interested in how emerging technologies enhance creative direction–supporting clarity, scale, and consistency–while preserving taste, authorship, and human perspective.
Beyond editorial, Isaiah works with founders and brands on identity, content, and storytelling, helping them articulate modern, culturally resonant expressions of their ideas through design.
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