Ugonna-Ora Owoh

2 days ago | itsnicethat.com | Ugonna-Ora Owoh

For three years, a peculiar pivot has happened within Nigeria’s burgeoning design culture – a trend of designers, both emerging and established, looking to the zeitgeist of 70s-90s, or even pre-colonial Nigeria, for inspiration.

3 days ago | interiordesign.net | Ugonna-Ora Owoh

Just as life breeds art, art breeds expression—and that internal joy of creativity is what keeps the cycle moving. It’s beautiful to witness the inner creation of LGBTQIA+ makers and how they explore the full complexity of queerness, sexuality, and gender in their work. Aside from the joys of creating, many queer makers also are using their craft to reclaim space, tell their own stories, and proudly celebrate their identities.

1 month ago | guzangs.com | Ugonna-Ora Owoh |Ekow Barnes |Grandprince Ita |Idelle Taye

The art of tailoring has long been a site of Black resistance, elegance, and reinvention. From the studied poise of precolonial kings to the audacious flamboyance of the Sapeurs, tailoring has shaped how the world sees Black style — and how Black people see themselves. The 2025 Met Gala theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, affirms this legacy. And for African designers, it’s not just an aesthetic — it’s a lived inheritance.

2 months ago | interiordesign.net | Ugonna-Ora Owoh

Fiyin Koko is a creative with a mission—one that takes into account the vast range of experiences associated with femininity. When we jump on a call one recent afternoon, she’s in the newly-launched AMAH Studio in Lagos, Nigeria, for a week-long residency program where she’s creating her longest work yet.

Feb 7, 2025 | itsnicethat.com | Ugonna-Ora Owoh

The View From... is a column on It’s Nice That written by a team of international correspondents in major creative cities around the world. Every two weeks we report on the design scene in these cities, exploring the topics that are making an impact on the local creative community there. This week, Ugonna-Ora Owoh is reporting from Lagos. A little while between the 90s and the aughts, the Nigerian film industry (or what is now known as Nollywood) was quietly burgeoning.