Studio Propolis

The coveted items that make up the IKEA Överallt collection

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

“This is how design makes the world smaller and brings people from different cultures closer together,” Bibi Seck. >

13 Mar 19
Studio Propolis

Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner. >

18 Feb 19
Naeem Biviji: The importance of sourcing materials locally

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Sourcing local materials allows Studio Propolis to define a regional form of architecture and product that has it’s own character says co-founder Naeem Biviji. >

20 Aug 15
Trailer: Studio Propolis on beautiful designs produced under tough contraints

Trailers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis talks us through designing in the difficult Kenyan context to yield products that are not just "good enough for Africa". >

18 Aug 15
Studio Propolis on beautiful designs produced under tough constraints

Trailers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Product Design

Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis talks us through designing in the difficult Kenyan context to yield products that are not just good enough for Africa. >

18 Aug 15
Advice for young designers (part two)

Inside View > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Film & Animation / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

More wise words for aspiring creatives from some of the most globally acclaimed design professionals. >

5 Mar 15
Designers rattling the cage of industry

Festival News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Industrial Design / Interaction Design

Day One at Design Indaba Conference offered diverse viewpoints on the art of going it alone. >

25 Feb 15
Dreams of design activism at Design Indaba 2015

Festival News > Design Activism

Afritorial features Design Indaba 2015 and what to expect from it. >

10 Feb 15
The wood whisperers

Lookbook > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

The duo behind Studio Propolis, who present at Design Indaba Conference 2015, are single-minded about making by hand and using resources sparingly. >

23 Jan 15
Six Kenyan names to watch

Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Film & Animation / Industrial Design / Music & Sound Design / Product Design

These diverse talents in art, music, architecture and technology are at the forefront of Kenya's creative explosion. >

28 Dec 14
Studio Propolis: The labourers of love

Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft

Inside the Nairobi-based workshop of Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner, a husband-and-wife team who make all their own designs by hand. >

30 Oct 14
An artisanal architect in Nairobi

African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Kenyan-born Naeem Biviji is a rare kind of architect who takes on only small-scale projects and crafts all his furnishings by hand. >

22 Aug 14

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