Cultural Reclamation: Designing Zimbabwean Kumusha Homes

Cultural Reclamation: Designing Zimbabwean Kumusha HomesCultural Reclamation: Designing Zimbabwean Kumusha Homes

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Nicole Ruwodo

• May 15

Kumusha - A residential concept Kumusha is the Shona word for “homeland” — a concept central to Zimbabwean identity, and one of the last surviving strands linking modern-day culture to its pre-colonial past. This conceptual design of a multi-family homestead on my family’s kumusha is an act of cultural reclamation through architecture.

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Fahim khan

• Jul 3

Galera is a silent monument to the forgotten hands that built our world. Carved from weathered terrazzo, he embodies generations of craftsmen and labourers whose names vanished while their work endured for centuries. He seeks neither recognition nor praise, because the greatest builders never built for themselves. Galera exists for one purpose alone: to honour the unsung—the quiet souls whose hands transformed drawings into architecture and dreams into places that outlived them.

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Silvia Riva

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• Jul 2

Packaging design for TIKA, a premium tequila-kombucha brand born from two worlds — artisanal fermentation from Costa Rica's rainforest and hand-picked agave from Jalisco, Mexico.

The challenge was creating a visual language that could hold both souls of the product: wild and botanical, precious and Mexican — while staying firmly luxury. The result is a heritage design, ornate, almost ceremonial. #PackagingDesign #BrandIdentity #LuxuryBranding #LabelDesign #DrinkLabel

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