REVIEWS – Jordan Awori

December 25, 2019

TIMELESS AFRICAN FURNITURE AND DECOR

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CULTURAL INTERIOR DECOR ANALYSIS, EPISODES, INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR, REVIEWS, THE DECOR TRAVELER

In my previous feature GUBI STORE COPENHAGEN – A DESIGN JOURNEY WITH TIMELESS PIECES I had the opportunity to check out the Danish store GUBI. My experience there got me thinking about what current designers – specifically from or based in AFRICA – are creating pieces, that 10 or 100 years from now, would be as modern as they currently are.

What designers walking God’s green earth right now, are creating African pieces that shall outlive us all? Pieces that my great-great grandchild, shall be creating a feature telling your great great-grandchildren how modern they still look then.

November 5, 2019

CULTURAL SYMBOLIC RELEVANCE OF THE MOST RELAXING PIECE OF FURNITURE

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CULTURAL INTERIOR DECOR ANALYSIS, EPISODES, INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR, REVIEWS

In my last video DOING IT HIS WAY – THE ARTIST IN A KIOSK I had a captivating interview with the Kenyan artist George Onkoba who runs The Art Kiosk, an art gallery that showcases his amazing work in, as the name suggests, a Kiosk. Speaking of his work what we learnt from my previous video is that he uses symbolism in all his pieces and this leads us to this video where, as I’d previously promised, I will not only be looking at how other artists have used symbolism in their work but also how it’s used in interior décor pieces.

October 29, 2019

DOING IT HIS WAY – THE ARTIST IN A KIOSK

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CULTURAL INTERIOR DECOR ANALYSIS, EPISODES, INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR, REVIEWS, THE DECOR TRAVELER

Somewhere in Nairobi there is a man who runs an art gallery in a kiosk….yes you read that right, a kiosk.

October 12, 2019

CULTURAL REVIEW OF HONEY AND DOUGH’S INTERIOR DECOR

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CAFES AND BARS, CULTURAL INTERIOR DECOR ANALYSIS, EPISODES, INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECOR, RESTAURANT, RESTAURANTS, REVIEWS, THE DECOR TRAVELER

So what does a Hindu bride, a 1941 Bahamas holiday, talismans and a famous California hotel have to do Nairobi’s newest and most stylish cafe?

August 30, 2017

TAKING A BATH AT THE AFRICAN HERITAGE HOUSE

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Sunday is a very healing day for me. I have certain rituals and activities I undertake in that are undoubtedly the highlight of my week. What they all are isn’t important to this post, what matters is just my breakfast ritual.

Kericho Gold morning tea…check.

The perfect 90s rnb playlist….check.

My trusted laptop…..check.

Armed with these three things I head on over to a specific nook in my home, cuddle up in one corner and prepare to be transported to my own world for an hour an a half before I have to leave.

On one particular Sunday everything seemed to be as it always was. The usual gossip articles (a guilty pleasure), catching up on current affairs and getting design inspiration. But 30 minutes in I got extremely nostalgic and suddenly I couldn’t stop thinking about my former university lecturer Dr.Lilac Osanjo. It wasn’t anything specific just flashbacks of her lectures that, unlike most others, opened our eyes to the wonders of African design. Images and stories of beautiful and unique spaces designed by and for Africans and most importantly inspired by Africa. As I let myself go down memory lane one specific lecture sticks out. It’s so weird how our brains work, I struggle to remember what I ate for dinner two days ago but on this particular day I could remember EVERYTHING about the day Dr.Osanjo told us all about Mr. Alan Donovan, his impact on Kenyan art and design and his famous house, THE AFRICAN HERITAGE HOUSE.