Journal

IKEA celebrates African creativity

IKEA celebrates African creativity



There is an explosion of exciting initiatives, projects and collaborations between Africa and Scandinavia. The Swedish furniture manufacturer, IKEA, has established one of the biggest collaborations with several African creatives. The collaboration has its roots in Design Indaba from South Africa, who has been responsible for the selection of the best, most creative and progressive thinkers from five different countries in Africa and with different experiences in the fields of design, fashion, textiles and architecture. See pictures and read more here .

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Sustainable home interior

Sustainable home interior



Tanja Gotthardsen has a great passion for aesthetics, recycling and sustainability. In a collaboration with mumutane, she has just inaugurated the category 'sustainable living' on her blog Secondhand First with a post about us and what we stand for. Tanja is truly a cool woman with high integrity and lots of knowledge, which she diligently shares via her blog and Instagram @tanjagotthardsen It has been a pleasure working with Tanja and we are proud to share the article with you here.

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Hair accessories made in Nigeria

Hair accessories made in Nigeria



We would like to help provide work for extra hands. It is actually one of our core values ​​at mumutane. We have now received the first shipment of products from Nigeria and we are super satisfied. Our expectations for both the textiles, the products and the quality were fully met by Abimbola and her team, and we hope for a good collaboration in the future, where we get to know each other even better. Read a little more about the process behind right here .

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African symbols and stories

African symbols and stories



The unique African wax print textiles are full of bright colours, symbols and stories. In Africa, textiles are often a tool for passing on messages and communicating to the outside world. Some messages are more or less direct others are more subtle. We give some examples of symbols and narratives in some selected African textiles here. If you know of more stories, please let us know!

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