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Hello and happy weekend peeps, Trust this post meets you well. It's that time of the month when we call it a wrap as the entire series in April showcase professionals whose input have been of tremendous impact in the interior design industry. My previous posts in the series paid attention to industry Pioneers, Game changers and Fort holders with selections based on access to verified information and not personal preferences (even though I have had the privilege to meet or work with some of these professionals in the course of my career). So now as I wrap up this series, permit me to get personal as I beam the spotlight on just 3 *out of several* professionals whose input have positively impacted my journey as an interior designer, hence making them my personal heroes 👇: *#10: YEWANDE ALAO* Bio: Mrs. Y as I love to address her is the Managing Director, Patios and Caves LTD, an interior design and construction firm based in Lagos. Before venturing into the design industry she work...

Hey folks,  Trust u r doing great. Happy Eid-el-Fitri to my Muslim audience. My posts in the last 3 weeks has been about heroes and legends in the interior design industry in Nigeria, hence the series tagged Heroes of the Industry. I commenced the series paying attention to industry Pioneers, people who took a leap into the design industry when it was unpopular to do so. Then I took the series a step further in my last post by pulling my audience's attention to game changers who have shifted gears by venturing into new horizons in the industry. Today's post features individuals who have been holding the forts by creating and promoting African heritage and culture in their works. Allow me beam the spotlight on just 3 out of several of them 👇: *#7: MUNIRA SHONIBARE* Munira Shonibare has over 30 years experience in Interior Design. She is the CEO and founder of IO Furniture, a company originally founded as Interior Options in 1987, and rebranded as IO Furniture in 2008. In 2002, ...

Hello and happy weekend peeps. Trust you are keeping up fine. The series for the month of April is centered around celebrating heroes and legends of the interior design industry in Nigeria. Whereas my last post focused on industry pioneers, today's post will feature personalities who discovered a niche in the industry and ventured into new frontiers, leading the pack to the benefit of all. Come with me as I place the spotlight on just 3 of these game changers 👉🏽 : N:B- The personalities featured in my post were selected on the grounds of access to verified information and not based on favouritism. *#4: ANSELM TABANSI* Trained as a lawyer and passionate about design and manufacturing, Anselm Tabansi brings the strategic and creative focus, vision and inventive judgement to bear in the interior design industry in Nigeria. With more than two decades of experience in the industry, he has had a significant impact on the “look and feel” of interior décor in and around the hospitality s...

Hi folks, trust your weekend is coming on well. I guess April is turning out as planned. As highlighted in the preview for the 2nd-quarter, this month is about celebrating heroes of the interior design industry with spotlights beamed on some of the individuals that paid the price to establish the interior design industry in Nigeria. In my post today I will be talking about 3  great individuals who dared to take chances to venture into an unknown industry at a time when it made more sense to stay in other established industries 👇: *#1: IFY IGHODALO* One effective way to identify a hero in an industry is by looking out for the impacts they have on multiple generations of professionals in their industry.  Mrs. I, as she was called while I interned with Design Options Ltd, a company she co-founded as far back as 1987, has birthed generations of design professionals, and I am privileged to be one of them. Her over four decades of experience in the interior design industry has plac...

Happy New Month peeps and trust you are doing great. Ramadan Kareem to all the Muslim faithfuls out there It's the 2nd-quarter of the year, and I anticipate the very best for you in the months ahead. As I launch a preview of the series for this quarter, be rest assured of a line up of insightful and interesting posts as you follow through. Let's have a look at what's coming up in April, May and June 👇🏼: *#APRIL: THE "HEROES OF MY INDUSTRY" SERIES!!!* Today, the interior design industry may seem lucrative in many ways, however that was not the case some decades ago.  It's therefore important to recall the input of some notable individuals who had gone ahead to scale through hurdles, break barriers and lay the pathway that several others like me now benefit immensely from. Be on the lookout for upcoming posts in April as I bring to fur names and bio of some of these heroes and heroines. *#MAY: THE "CAUGHT IN THE ACT" SERIES!!!* From snapshots of cli...