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Titi Ogufere
NationalityNigerian
EducationAhmadu Bello University, Dublin Business School
OccupationEntrepreneur
OrganizationEssential Interiors Consultancy
Known forInterior Designs
Children1

Titi Ogufere is a Nigerian interior designer, critical design thinker and publisher at Essential Media Group. She is the Creative Director at Essential Interiors Consultancy, a pioneer interior designing company in Nigeria that she founded.

In 2017, Ogufere founded the Interior Designers Association of Nigeria (IDAN), a body charged with the promotion of excellence practices in the interior design sector of Nigeria.[1] She is also the founder of the Essential Media Group, a publishing company that publishes Essential Interior Magazine; a magazine on urban and contemporary interior design.[2]

Ogufere was elected as President-Elect of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) in 2017. She took office 26th February 2020 as President of the association (IFI) [1]

Early Life and Education

Ogufere was born and raised in Nigeria. She attended Ahmadu Bello University, where she studied Mathematics and Library Science.[3][4] She went ahead to obtain a degree in Interior Design from Dublin. She thereafter obtained a Diploma in Events Management and PR from Dublin Business School.[5][3]

She went further to obtain a certificate in Editorial design from London College of Arts.[6]


Career

Ogufere started her career in 2001 at Design Options Furniture. The following year (2002), she founded a furniture making company, Essential Interiors, with operations in Lagos, Nigeria. She has served as an Ex-Officio Executive Committee member of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI), a position she held for 5 years.[7]

In 2004, she traveled to Dublin to further her studies, while she kept her company running in Nigeria.[5]

In 2007, Ogufere founded Essential Media Group; a full-service media company that is into publishing, events and digital media. Essential Media Group currently publishes three magazines, has published over 25 books, two highly specialized exhibitions, two conferences and is the organizer of the Interior Design Excellence Awards Nigeria (IDEA).[8]

In 2017, Ogufere launched the African Culture and Design Festival, an exhibition geared towards showcasing traditional, modern, and montemporary African Art and Design. The event was organized by the Interior Design Association of Nigeria in partnership IFI, with the theme; This is Africa.[9]

In 2019, she launched Design Week Lagos (DWL), an annual event with the aim of bringing together a community of local and international designers, architects, and the creative industries with a vision to celebrate and promote Lagos as a leading global design capital.[10][11] Design Week Lagos has played host to a number events across the city of Lagos, including; Design Kulture Exhibition, MADE by Design Show, Tourism Investors Forum, Sound for Design, Reflection for Happy Spaces, and Vocational Training Week.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "2017-2019 IFI Executive Board |". Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. ^ "'We're reaching out to the world on a larger platform to showcase African design'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  3. ^ a b "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Many People Are Tending Towards Minimalism - Titi Ogufere".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Titi Ogufere: Design is in my DNA". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  6. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  7. ^ "Titi Ogufere: Design is in my DNA". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  8. ^ BellaNaija.com (2014-10-29). "Interior Design Industry Professionals Receive Awards on Excellence at IDEA (Nigeria) 2014 in Lagos". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  9. ^ "IFI PRESS: 2017 IFI CONGRESS | African Culture & Design Festival | XXVIII (28th) General Assembly |". Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  10. ^ "Design Week Lagos (DWL)". ArchDaily. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  11. ^ a b ""We want African design to be functional" says Design Week Lagos founder". Dezeen. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
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