Rethinking Modernism
I was recently invited to speak as part of a panel exploring the legacy and future of twentieth-century Modernism. Rather than looking backwards, I found myself asking a different question: what kind of architecture do we need now?
Craft Beyond the Workshop
In 2023, I was invited to speak at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Global Design Forum, joining architect Takeshi Hayatsu for a conversation on Tradition, Craft and Community.
Nothing is Designed in a Vacuum
A few years ago, I joined a panel at the London Design Fair to discuss a question that feels no less relevant today: Are we still designing dangerously?
Beyond Representation
I recently joined Charlene Prempeh, Joy Yamusangie and Thomas Aquilina at the Design Museum for a conversation titled Unseen by Design: Representation, Belonging and the Cultural Void
When Negress Entered the Smithsonian
People often ask how my practice moves so comfortably between jewellery, furniture, painting and large-scale public installations
From Jewellery to Architecture
People often ask how my practice moves so comfortably between jewellery, furniture, painting and large-scale public installations
In Conversation with Grant Gibson
It was a pleasure to join design writer and Material Matters host Grant Gibson to discuss the ideas that continue to shape my practice
Returning to the Black Canvas
My earliest paintings were stark and uncompromising—black female forms emerging from white paper through line alone
PLATFORM Opens at the Design Museum
This month marks the opening of PLATFORM: Simone Brewster at the Design Museum—my first museum exhibition and an opportunity to bring together over two decades of work
Looking Back: Vogue and Black British Jewellery Design
In 2020 I was honoured to be featured by British Vogue in a piece celebrating Black British jewellery designers at a moment when conversations around representation within the industry were beginning to shift
Why Objects Matter
Furniture, jewellery, paintings and everyday objects do far more than perform a function
In Conversation with Jayden Ali
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with architect, artist and Director of JA Projects, Jayden Ali, for Off The Record
Featured
In 2020 I was honoured to be featured by British Vogue in a piece celebrating Black British jewellery designers
This month marks the opening of PLATFORM: Simone Brewster at the Design Museum—my first museum exhibition and an opportunity to bring together over two decades of work
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with architect, artist and Director of JA Projects, Jayden Ali, for Off The Record