Meet Elizabeth Anyango Okumu, Designer at AnnaOkumuMbogo My company name is AnnaOkumuMbogo in honor of my mother who passed away in 2000. AnnaOkumuMbogo is a design firm that deals with a wide variety of designs from textiles, to graphics, to exhibition and interior design. The main style that I use depends on the customer's needs, though I have a love for and am currently developing a signature style to focus on African/Contemporary/Child educational style.
What are your dreams and aspirations? My ultimate goal is to promote/create African design styles with messages about African origins, African cultural dimensions and African child-friendly communication on moral values.
What was your journey to becoming a textile designer? At the beginning of my career, I designed for the Coffee Board of Kenya in various capacities including exhibition design (agricultural show stands throughout the country) and design of system documentation (Annual Report, rate card). Armed with exhibition design experience, I went on to create a show stand for National Housing Corporation (NHC) in Nairobi in 1991. I proceeded to work for Government training Institute Mombasa, once again designing system
documentation. This time it was Training Programme charts, a Prospectus and a Newsletter.
Over the years I evolved my design processes and nurtured a passion for textile design. While working for Abdulla Leso, I designed 2 USAID Khangas that were aimed at promoting behavior change in the health sector. I also did a Khanga design for Kaysalt Factory to promote self reliance as well as textile designs for A.C.K. Mombasa Diocese.
Although Anna Okumu Mbogo Enterprises deals with a variety of design disciplines, I am particularly passionate about textile design as a tool for visual communication.
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