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Bethan Rayner

  • IKEA ÖVERALLT: In the designers' words
    Talks > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the group of African designers share the motivations behind the products they dreamed up and realised. >
    2 Apr 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
  • These designers will present the IKEA x Design Indaba ÖVERALLT collection on the Conference stage
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy
    Two years after the project started, the designers return to the Design Indaba stage to showcase their final project. >
    13 Feb 19
  • IKEA launches ÖVERALLT collection during Design Indaba Festival
    Festival News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Creative Economy / Industrial Design / Product Design
    The limited-edition ÖVERALLT collection was launched on 27th February 2019 at the place where it all started – Design Indaba Festival. >
    1 Feb 19
  • Naeem Biviji: The importance of sourcing materials locally
    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
  • Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis talks us through designing in the difficult Kenyan context to yield products that not just good enough for Africa.
    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 the importance of designers sourcing materials locally
    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
  • 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
  • Take Five
    Take Five
    Take Five > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design / Product Design
    Our African Report on the vibrant portraits of Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj captured readers' attention this week. >
    7 Nov 14
  • Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner of Studio Propolis.
    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
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