Designing Identity. Shaping Culture. Connecting Africa.
For decades, others have framed Africa’s interior design story through borrowed lenses. However, we know interiors are more than just aesthetics — they are vessels of culture, carriers of identity, and engines of wellness, innovation, and everyday function.
Every May, the global design community rallies under IFI World Interiors Day — a celebration led by the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI), the global voice and authority for professional interior architecture and design since 1963. IFI champions excellence, cross-cultural collaboration, and the belief that interior spaces can transform lives.
Against this background, Africa is ready to respond — boldly, beautifully, and unapologetically on its own terms. Therefore, on Thursday, 25th September 2025, during Design Week Africa, we proudly unveil the inaugural Africa Interiors Day — a bold and timely continental declaration that affirms the power of African spaces to reflect identity, shape culture, and inspire global design conversations, while connecting Africa through design. It also positions interior design as a vital driver of economic growth and innovation, unlocking new opportunities for investment in homegrown design, materials, technology, and creative enterprise.
Why Africa Interiors Day?
By launching Africa Interiors Day during Design Week Africa 2025, we set in motion a new annual tradition that will:
- Unify the continent’s interior design professionals, educators, and industry players
- Celebrate homegrown design languages and indigenous materials
- Showcase Africa’s design economy and commercial potential
- Collaborate with the African Union and ministries of Housing, Culture, Investments, and Innovation
- Influence public policy and urban development strategies through design
What to Expect at the Africa Interiors Day Launch
We will inaugurate Africa Interiors Day with a high-level Africa Interiors Roundtable, bringing together Cabinet Secretaries/Ministers, CEOs, design icons, and innovators, who are shaping the spaces where we live, heal, work, and learn. We will complement this with-
- Curated interior design exhibitions
- Student and emerging designer showcases
- Cross-border collaborations between African design associations
- A call for a Pan-African Interiors Agenda