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FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Smart Nigerian entrepreneurs are taking position in the fast growing Africa luxury market by creating and producing exclusive luxury products using the continent’s abundant natural resources and the skills of local artisans. Already Nigerian made luxury brands are making inroads into high end stores both in Nigeria, Namibia…
William Morris’s ‘Odes of Horace’ is an exquisite limited print run of precious illuminated book. Morris describes them as “painted books” and he told FT’s How To Spend It that he was inspired by illumination while a student at Oxford, where he frequently visited the Bodleian Library. UK’s the Folio…
Two years ago, when Italian style magazine, L’Uomo Vogue, did a special issue with a focus on African fashion titled: Rebranding Africa, the world’s attention was diverted to what Nigeria nay Africa has to offer in terms of fashion. In terms of fashion, Africa is already being dubbed the next…
She thrusts her head forward as she mixes with utmost concentration different flavours of the Fayrouz drink. She is impeccable as she picks up one flavour after the other to ensure she gets the right blend for the teeming fan of the Fayrouz brand lined up before her. She hands…
Erdem’s angular ‘Cat Eye’ style sunglasses are inspired by insects and their antenna. The sunglasses have accentuated stainless steel frames and mirrored lens. The sunglasses are finished with the ‘Erdem’ and ‘Linda Farrow Projects’ logos, printed on the inverted side of the temple. It is sold at $431 on its…
A welcome sense of warmth and personality is returning to the room considered the heart of the home writes FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Chinwe was in search of a room. The kind of room that is curvaceous, made of tactile materials, with quirky details; one that will make her look forward to…
An unusual thing is happening in the world of wallpaper. The latest designs are walls incarnate writes FUNKE OSAE-BROWN. Bola Ositelu desires to have brush strokes on the walls of her new home but it was difficult to achieve. It is not a task for a common painter. It is…
HardGraft offers an online cache of lifestyle products in German wool felt, Italian leather and British canvas. As an e-shop full of elegant yet simple technology accoutrements, it was founded in 2008. The creation of an Austrian-English design duo, HardGraft creates products made of German wool felt, premium Italian leather,…
Wole Soyinka’s Trials of Brother Jero at Freedom Park Wole Soyinka’s ‘Trials of Brother Jero’ will be live on stage at the Freedom Park, Hospital Road, Lagos Island, Lagos from July 19th 2014 at 03:00 pm to August 16th 2014 at 09:00 pm. Produced by Thespian Family Theatre and Productions,…
As Wole Soyinka clocks 80 on Sunday July 13, 2014, different activities have been lined up for the celebration of this Nigeria’s illustrious poet and Nobel Laureate. For some years now annually, the month of July is Wole Soyinka’s season. Arts exhibitions, stage plays, poetry readings, musical shows and all…
Jazz may not be a popular genre of music among the young people, but it has become an enduring art form that cannot be ignored, write FUNKE OSAE-BROWN On a warm Saturday evening in May, the guitarist strums his bass guitar dexterously. His dexterity rouses a huge excitement in the ecstatic…
Lovers of reggae should get ready for an interesting return of their popular music genre as three legends of reggae are back to Africa for the very first time, with a music festival tagged ‘African Mix reggae,’ a festival involving various Reggae artists, which had been on for some time…
BY IFEOMA OKEKE Anyone who had at one time or another spoken with or read the books of the great Icon and African writer, Wole Soyinka, will have a remarkable story to tell. To academics and literary scholars, he is a playwright, poet and novelist; to his family, a dedicated…
For some lovers of Kunle Afolayan’s work it did not come as a surprise that his popular film, ‘The Figurine (Araromire)’ has been subjected to intellectual interrogation. The award winning work is staging a comeback in a book form five years after winning five awards including the best film category…
In the November 2012 auction, El Anatsui’s ‘Grandma’s Cloth Series VI’ painted in 1992 sold at N12.54 million, which makes it the most expensive artwork sold by Arthouse in that year, at a positive variance of N2.5 million over the estimated price of N10 million.…
NKOLIKA OKOLI is a smart executive who is passionate about her job. As the head, Retail Banking Group, at Skye Bank Plc she leads a team that design products for the bank. In this interview, she tells FUNKE OSAE-BROWN what stands her bank out with its latest partnership with Emirate…
Portrait of Sisi Nurse, a 1922 painting by Aina Onabolu is a painting of an unidentified lady in white and rendered in semi-silhouette, with the face blurred. Made on Oil on canvas and measuring 64 x 41 cm. (25 x 16 inches.), it was sold at a record sale of…
In the November 2012 auction, El Anatsui’s ‘Grandma’s Cloth Series VI’ painted in 1992 sold at N12.54 million, which makes it the most expensive artwork sold by Arthouse in that year, at a positive variance of N2.5 million over the estimated price of N10 million. …
Her rise to fame began some years ago when she made her debut in 1999. American singer, Jessica Simpson, has risen above the challenges of divorcing her husband, leaving her music career to become a fashion mogul. In a few years of setting up her fashion label, named Jessica Simpson.…
This Metallic Crackle 13″ Computer Case from Marc Jacobs is a must have. It is a fold-over computer case featuring all-over metallic crackle detail and you can literarily see yourself on it. It is made of 100 percent cow leather. Price: $228.00…
