Lani Adeoye, a designer and educator, plays a pivotal role in promoting African craftsmanship at Milan Design Week through her curated exhibition Craft West Africa. Collaborating with artisans from countries like Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Nigeria, she presents contemporary designs rooted in traditional crafting techniques. With a strong belief in the underappreciated value of handmade objects, Adeoye aims to elevate these crafts on an international platform, aligning with the fair's theme of New Craftsmanship: A New World. Her engagement reflects a growing recognition of Africa's artistic contributions to the global design narrative.
I fiercely believe in this rich yet undervalued area of design, she said of handmade objects.
Marva Griffin Wilshire, the founder and curator of SaloneSatellite, said that once she had settled on Africa as a focus of the 2025 edition, she asked Ms. Adeoye to participate.
Ms. Adeoye obliged with a roster of artisans from Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Nigeria, who will be exhibiting contemporary pieces made with traditional methods.
The products from Burkina Faso, for instance, are bronzes fabricated through lost-wax casting, a technique of pouring molten metal into a mold.
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