OKRA

We’re excited to share our latest editorial project: OKRA — a platform exploring the (hi)stories behind design and architecture. Issue 1, Afro-European, brings together essays, interviews, and visual projects that approach objects and spaces as sites of knowledge and exchange. Visit the website to read the full issue. Link in bio

Highlight from THIS IS NOT A RETROSPECTIVE by Nifemi Marcus-Bello for Issue 1. This image is part of a collage featuring over 300 images—sketches, prototypes, reference imagery, digital renders, and behind-the-scenes snapshots—that document the ongoing dialogue of design within the Lagos-based studio. Read the full story online. Contributor: @nmbello1 Photography: all images courtesy of @nmbello_studio

Highlight from THIS IS NOT A RETROSPECTIVE by Nifemi Marcus-Bello for Issue 1. This image is part of a collage featuring over 300 images—sketches, prototypes, reference imagery, digital renders, and behind-the-scenes snapshots—that document the ongoing dialogue of design within the Lagos-based studio. Read the full story online. Contributor: @nmbello1 Photography: all images courtesy of @nmbello_studio

We invite you to a festive evening at Metro54 to celebrate the launch of our platform OKRA.  Alongside our very first publication, we will present a Reading Room curated by @SeedArchives . Developed in response to the theme of the issue, the Reading Room offers context, references, and new perspectives on the essays, interviews, and visual projects brought together in our first issue, Afro-European. The evening will be accompanied by food from @tab.ili , and the Reading Room is provided by USM Modular Furniture. January 23, 6-9pm Metro54, Westerdoksdijk 597 RSVP [email protected] The launch of OKRA is generously supported by @metro54 , @stimuleringsfonds , @afk020 and @usmmodularfurniture   Seed is a living library and cultural space celebrating African and Caribbean heritage through art, design, and material culture. The growing collection connects diaspora communities with their histories through free access to books and traditional objects within an intentionally curated home environment. More than an archive, it’s a space for cultural reconnection, learning, and community dialogue.