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Lagos is designing out loud

Design Week Lagos is on right now, with the National Theatre as home base, through Sunday.

Lagos is designing out loud
Video: Channels Television, official upload on YouTube. Watch on YouTube.
  1. Lagos, 18 to 25 Oct 2026

    Lagos is designing out loud

    Design Week Lagos ran 18 to 25 October, with the National Theatre as home base.

  2. The theme

    From material to market

    This year it's Making a New Africa, with a push on taking African design ideas and turning them into products that can scale.

  3. Since 2019

    Seven years of this

    Titi Ogufere launched Design Week Lagos in 2019 as an annual festival.

  4. All Roads Lead to Lagos

    Lagos went to Milan first

    In April, All Roads Lead to Lagos took seven designers to SaloneSatellite in Milan, Myles Igwebuike, Odema Acacia Saleh and Joan Eric Udorie among them.

  5. 18 to 25 Oct 2026

    That's a wrap

    The Made by Design show and the Design and Innovation Exhibition anchored the week at the National Theatre.

Sources

  1. YouTube (KRPfRcYb1P8)
  2. designweeklagos.com
  3. africanscolumn.com
  4. culturalee.art
  5. en.wikipedia.org

Picture credits (Instagram and TikTok cards)

  • Design Week Lagos, Official Video (cards 1, 3, 4, 5)
  • Channels Television, Official Video (card 2)
  • Video: Channels Television, played from YouTube. Not copied or hosted here.

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