DesignNigeria
PADI/ Design Nigeria Education Symposium
November 23rd - 24th, 2021.
Virtual Event | 11:00 am (GMT+1) daily
Join us for the first ever Pan Afrikan Design Institute/ Design Nigeria Education Symposium
The PADI/ Design Nigeria Education Symposium is a timely response to the desperate call for a more organised and professional design practice in Nigeria. For Design to become and remain a highly respected discipline in Nigeria, designers across all design disciplines must come together, work together, and speak with a unified voice. Design education is critical. In the first ever Design Nigeria Education Symposium, we bring together design practitioners, design educators, design thinkers, design enthusiasts, and students of design, both in Nigeria and the diaspora to explore the landscape of design education in Nigeria and its impact on professional design practice. Our focus for this first edition is Graphics Communication design.
Days to the Event
Speakers/ Panelist
John Ogene
Professor of Art History & Graphics | Deputy Vice Counsellor | Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria.
Femi Kayode
Professor of Graphics & Communications Design | Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Samaila Dakyes
Professor of Forensic Graphics | Graphic & Multimedia Section, Department of Industrial Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Udenta Omo
Uche Ugo
Brand Designer| Masterclass Director | Creative Professional and Global Personal Brand Consultant, UU Consulting, Lagos, Nigeria.
Siyanbola Afeez
Brand Consultant & Educator | Fine and Applied Art Department, Olabisi Onabanjo University Ogun State, Nigeria.
Denis Inengite
Designer & Design Researcher | Graphics Design Professional, Afrosynthesia, Lagos, Nigeria.
Joseph Azi
Design Educator | Graphic & Multimedia Section, Department of Industrial Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Peter Ighodaro
Art Director | Chief Lecturer | Advertising Design and Computer Graphics, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria.
Femi Adelabu
Senior Lecturer | Dept. of Industrial Design, School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Mary Afolabi
Brand Designer, Artist, & Colour Consultant | Partner Design, Fourth Canvas, Lagos, Nigeria.
Etido Inyang
Designer & Educator | Graphic Design & Visual Communication, Department of Fine Arts and Design, University of Port Harcourt.
Azuka Muoh
Designer, Contemporary Artist, & Filmmaker | Arresting Yellow, Lagos, Nigeria.
Sandra Omonigho
Brand Designer | Visual Communication Expert , Freelance, Lagos Nigeria.
Event Highlights
Keynote
Sessions
The keynote session features leading voices in the design education space in Nigeria, sharing their perspective on the various challenges, preparatory to the discussion session
Panel
Sessions
The major highlight of the event, the panel session will features select speakers and presenters from both institutions and industry who will try to find answers to questions
Design
Exhibitions
Explore design projects with cultural symbolism by students and practitioners compiled into a short presentation and shared in-between sessions
Networking
Activities
We will create opportunity for networking activities for design related organisations, educational institutions, design practitioners, as well as students.
About
DesignNigeria is the Nigeria Chapter of the Pan-Afrikan Design Institute (PADI), which is the Design Council for Afrika. Our goal is to network with designers, design educators, and design communities in Nigeria from various design disciplines, including fashion/ textile, graphics, interior architecture, industrial design, among others, to speak with a unified voice and to promote the value of design. As a member of PADI, we are privileged to be associated with the IID, CUMULUS, ICO-D, WDO, and many others. Join Us Now!