I want to tell you a story, a story about how you changed my life and how grateful I am for it. My name is Rabia Oshay, a young woman born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. I consider myself a lucky person. I grew up in a house with running…

I was travelling from Pretoria, in South Africa where I live, heading to Maputo in Mozambique, my hometown, when I saw a billboard promoting a car, on the signature they had: An Italian design. I was impressed and, at the same time, a little jealous. I was impressed because I…

I decided to challenge myself to test my design skills. So I started working on this app idea that I’ve been thinking about for some time now. The app helps to achieve a simple task: check data and airtime usage without having to remember too many USSD codes. It is…

This article is part of a series of 10 interviews with world-class designers. I’ve interviewed Junior to Senior designers from companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Visa, Airbnb, Toptal, Shopify and others. “Questions to your younger self” was the format I used because I believe that it’s easier to give advice…

This article is part of a series of 10 interviews with world-class designers. I’ve interviewed Junior to Senior designers from companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Visa, Airbnb, Toptal, Shopify and others. “Questions to your younger self” was the format I used because I believe that it’s easier to advise my…

This article is part of a series of 10 interviews with world-class designers. I’ve interviewed Junior to Senior designers from companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Visa, Airbnb, Toptal, Shopify and others. “Questions to your younger self” was the format I used because I believe that it’s easier to give advice…

This article is part of a series of 10 interviews with world-class designers. I’ve interviewed Junior to Senior designers from companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Visa, Airbnb, Toptal, Shopify and others. “Questions to your younger self” was the format I used because I believe that it’s easier to give advice…

This article is part of a series of 10 interviews with world-class designers. I’ve interviewed Junior to Senior designers from companies such as IDEO, Dropbox, Visa, Airbnb, Toptal, Shopify and others. “Questions to your younger self” was the format I used because I believe that it’s easier to give advice…