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PUBLISHERS e Design Institute of Kenya [email protected] CREATIVE DIRECTOR Athanasio Oscar Olweru [email protected] “If you do good work for good clients, it will lead to other good work for other good clients. If you do bad work for bad clients, it will lead to other bad work for other bad clients.” Micheal Beirut ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Charles Paul Amwayi [email protected] EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Lisa Graig [email protected] Movenpick opened in Nairobi recently, the hotel chain Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is a welcome addition for business travellers and tourists. “Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.” FEATURES EDITOR Victoria Wangai [email protected] Neville Brody MARKETING John Obonyo [email protected] ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Irene Mutinda [email protected] CIRCULATION Design Institute of Kenya Joomag.com CONTRIBUTORS Beverlyn Atieno, Patrick Mwangi, Samuel Muchoki, Charles Anduka, Grace Mwandiga, Tatiana Mwende, Danson Seet, Shirleyn Adhiambo Twiga Towers, Muranga Rd. | 1st Floor Suite no. 104 P. O. Box 19434 00100 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: [phone] | 0726 66 77 86 WHAT IS DESIGN MAG WEBSITE? www.designinstituteke.com HAVE NEWS TIP OR STORY IDEA? [email protected] NEED TO SEND A LETTER TO THE EDITOR? [email protected] NEED PERMISSION TO REPRINT AN ARTICLE ? [email protected] HOW CAN I SUBSCRIBE? go to [email protected] 4 D E S I G N A | May - June 2019 “I strive for two things in design: simplicity and clarity. Great design is born of those two things.” AAK President Arch. Emma Miloyo giving her opening remarks at a dinner hosted for the AAK president last year. e event also included the bi annual Dura coat Awards of Excellence and the unveiling of the AAK at 50 commemorative book. Lindon Leader “e life of a designer is a life of ght. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor ghts against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.” Mossimo Vignelli Cytonn Towers is a proposed iconic Mixed-Use Development on a 4-acre parcel in Kilimani, located at the junction of Argwings Kodhek and Elgeyo-Marakwet Road, 10 minutes from Nairobi CBD. During the unveiling of the Cytonn Towers project, the architect, Paul Oburu of Aspera Designs noted that “Cytonn Towers will provide potential clients with the best view of the Nairobi city and Ngong Hills, with Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro being visible in the early morning.” Quite a great way to wake-up