{"id":2482,"date":"2025-09-24T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:56:44","slug":"mirroring-dialogue-exhibition-spotlights-design-talent-from-londons-african-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/mirroring-dialogue-exhibition-spotlights-design-talent-from-londons-african-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirroring Dialogue exhibition spotlights design talent from London's African diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A chaise longue shaped like a pelvic bone and vases made from timber seed pods were among the objects on show in Mirroring Dialogue, a London Design Festival<\/a> exhibition centred around cultural exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition featured artists, designers and makers “of the African diaspora and beyond”, to highlight the diversity of creative talents that can be found in the UK capital.<\/p>\n

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Mirroring Dialogue spotlighted designers “of the African diaspora and beyond”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curators Tione Trice<\/a> and Ronan McKenzie<\/a> wanted to explore how objects can reveal resonances between different cultures and geographies.<\/p>\n

The duo assembled works by 15 artists, designers and makers across disciplines including furniture, textiles, ceramics and sculpture.<\/p>\n

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It featured works spanning furniture, textiles, ceramics and sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We like to create environments where artists can speak to each other, sing to each other, the kinds of spaces that we ourselves want to exist in,” said McKenzie, a London-based fashion designer and photographer.<\/p>\n

“We’re interested in how we live with objects,” she told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

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Body Language is a chaise longue by Ronan McKenzie and Jobe Burns. Photo by Kane Hulse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The focal point of the show was a design created by McKenzie in collaboration with designer Jobe Burns<\/a> \u2013 a chaise longue titled Body Language.<\/p>\n

With its bone-like resin form and scooped cushion seat, the design echoes the forms of the human body. The textile is designed to mimic keloid scarring, which is more common on darker skin.<\/p>\n