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17-25 October 2026

KASSENA SOUL COLLECTION

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This project is now archived and was part of DDW18

For me, designing is a means to illustrate my feelings, fascination, ideas and desires. Since childhood I carry pencil and paper everywhere, becoming a passion for designing innovative products.

My aim is to use design as a poetic means to create contemporary products with African art and culture aspects. In my products, primary and ergonomic features are less prominent because I am using specific aesthetic design language and incorporating the philosophy of ancient Africa. By means of this, I want to make the ancient African art and culture widely known in a symbolic way.

I am taking you to the Kasséna country in Tiebele, in the south of Burkina Faso. The handmade patterns on the facades of the remarkable Kasséna homes inspired me to design this unique collection of tables. The traditional Kasséna h