About Us

We seek out African creatives who instigate positive change through design and art.

Design233 explores the architecture, art, and design ofAfrica and the African diaspora, and their intersections with culture, history, context and sustainability. The publication looks at how these interactions have shaped the continent’s built environment by highlighting and celebrating the work of African design practitioners and creatives.

Coined from Ghana's international code '233' as an homage to its founder’s birth country, Design233 is a platform for generating conversations with and within the African design community whilst creating a documentation portal for the next generation of African designers.

Korantemaa Larbi is a registered architect in New York City whose practice ranges from residential, to institutional to commercial. Products of Syracuse University, NY and KNUST, Ghana, having studied and practiced Architecture in both Ghana, her home country, and in the United States, she understands the value of contextual design, of place and culture influencing the design and finishing of spaces. Design233 is an homage to her birth country Ghana and continent Africa to celebrate the many creatives there and in the Diaspora.

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Korantemaa Larbi

korantemaa@design233.com

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Korantemaa Larbi

korantemaa@design233.com