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Rahimat Adetunji, founder of Shop Rhai Rahimat Adetunji: "You have to keep at it for it to make sense.” Rahimat Adetunji is a designer based in Nigeria and the creative director and founder of Shop Rhai, an accessories brand that makes shoes and bags from leather and indigenous fabrics. “When I started Rhai, it was just a shoe brand. I wear size 42 or 43 and I have flat feet, so growing up it was really hard to get nice shoes. I remember in my final years in secondary school

Mariia Opal Mariia Opal: "Have fun and just let yourself be imperfect." Mariia Opal is a Ukrainian artist based in London. “I moved to London when I was only about 17 with big dreams and goals, and currently I'm working on them. The main word I could use to describe my art is statement.” Opal says “there are a lot of things that inspire me, but music is probably one of the biggest ones. Every bag I've made has had its own playlist or mood that kind of helped me shape it. I a

Jemiarth: "That sole act of creating is an act of glorifying God." Jemiarth is an artist based in Hong Kong. The painter’s art explores ethereal themes of healing and faith. “Usually, people call me AJ because it's easier to remember. Jemiarth actually comes from my middle name, which is Jemieah, and I just added an art in between it.” “I've grown up Christian, but I wasn't entirely sure of my faith until I actually discovered Jesus for myself in the last few years of high sc

Seun Oyedele: "Everybody has an unfair advantage. Look for it." Seun Oyedele is a textile designer based in Lagos, Nigeria and owner of fashion and textile brand Seun’dele. “Seun’dele started because I spotted a problem, and that problem was that I didn't see any prints that felt like me. All the prints I saw were either too rigid, too stuck in the same colour conversations, or too traditional. And as someone who is an artist, who's obsessed with colour, with pattern, with ju