Editorial

The thinking behind the work.

CRAFT — a biannual design reference for African spaces. Our Craft — a video series on the people and craft behind the spaces we love.

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CRAFT — a design reference for African spaces.

How the most beautiful African spaces are made — and how to make your own. An object beautiful enough to want, useful enough to need.

A design reference for African spaces. How the most beautiful spaces are made — and how to make your own.

Image-led, text rationed. Half the word count of a typical title. A casual reader gets a beautiful object to flick through. The depth is a layer underneath, available to whoever digs.

Reference, not editorial. The materials a space was made of, who made them, what it cost to get there. A working sourcebook, not a gallery.

Biannual. A collectible object that doubles as a working tool. Consulted, not read. Permanent, organised, owned — the thing a feed can never be.

From Edition 01 — under the canopy, Ikoyi — From Edition 01 — Cultural · Ikoyi
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Beautiful enough to want. Useful enough to need. Consulted, not read.

Inside Edition 01

The apparatus that makes it a sourcebook.

Residential: Homes that hold a city
Hospitality: Rooms, restaurants, retreat
Commercial: Workrooms, offices, ateliers
Cultural: Galleries, gathering, ceremony
Makers & Suppliers: The directory — by discipline
Materials & Sources: What it is made of, where to find it
The CRAFT Score: How a space is evaluated
Could / Should Be Built: Speculative work by emerging architects

The Founding 1,000

CRAFT prints when 1,000 Founding Subscribers commit.

The first 1,000 names are printed in Edition 01. The first 100 receive an additional perk. Once committed, the names lock and the press runs. Annual subscription, paid upfront. Both 2026 editions shipped to your door.

Our Craft

Short films on the people and the work.

The video series that fuels CRAFT — makers, sites, finishes, in the spaces they live in. Watch the latest below.

Episode 01

Episode 02

Episode 03

Episode 04

Episode 05

Episode 06