CEO BLOG #27 APRIL 2026: TAKING OWNERSHIP OF OUR STORIES
Featured Creative: Richard Aina. Richard Adetokunbo Aina is an award-winning British-Nigerian architect, researcher, writer, and craftsman. He is the founder of I-JŌKŌ, a design brand and consultancy rooted in cultural capital and driven by Afrorevivalism—a movement that translates ancestral knowledge into contemporary production. I-JŌKŌ reimagines African heritage through luxury objects, meaningful interiors, and enduring architecture, all aligned with ethical and circular design principles. From April 20th to 27th he is exhibiting at SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile, Fiera Milano, Rho, Milan (Booth Pavilion 7, Stand E33). Prospective clients can reach him here. “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” – Hamilton finale song, © Lin-Manuel Miranda. Africa is a continent of storytellers. Our very history is transmitted across generations and through time via stories, be they in narrative, literature, music, oral hist...
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Featured Creative: Richard Aina. Richard Adetokunbo Aina is an award-winning British-Nigerian architect, researcher, writer, and craftsman. He is the founder of I-JŌKŌ, a design brand and consultancy rooted in cultural capital and driven by Afrorevivalism—a movement that translates ancestral knowledge into contemporary production. I-JŌKŌ reimagines African heritage through luxury objects, meaningful interiors, and enduring architecture, all aligned with ethical and circular design principles. From April 20th to 27th he is exhibiting at SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile, Fiera Milano, Rho, Milan (Booth Pavilion 7, Stand E33). Prospective clients can reach him here.
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” – Hamilton finale song, © Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Africa is a continent of storytellers. Our very history is transmitted across generations and through time via stories, be they in narrative, literature, music, oral hist...
