Design//Life Africa

Design//Life Africa A brand-new magazine celebrating the style and soul of Zimbabwe and its incredible creativity.

So great when you go to a meeting and everyone’s read the “Let’s Do Denim Coordinates” memo. Super styling, .theconcept ...
03/07/2025

So great when you go to a meeting and everyone’s read the “Let’s Do Denim Coordinates” memo. Super styling, .theconcept and 👊

Coffee, croissants and a little bit of clubbing? Oh, yes please.9am-3pm, this Saturday 21 June, 13 Maasdorp, Belgravia. ...
19/06/2025

Coffee, croissants and a little bit of clubbing? Oh, yes please.

9am-3pm, this Saturday 21 June, 13 Maasdorp, Belgravia.





Congratulations to Jessie Rowlands, Joe Njagu and the whole phenomenal cast and crew of “Rise” – the first Zimbabwean fi...
19/06/2025

Congratulations to Jessie Rowlands, Joe Njagu and the whole phenomenal cast and crew of “Rise” – the first Zimbabwean film ever to be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Made with love in Zimbabwe, the film also features vocals from our favourites Flying Bantu and Hope Masike. Makorokoto! ❤️







So good to watch this powerful duo take their seat in the charts with their beautiful track “Tariro”, taken from Gemma’s...
18/06/2025

So good to watch this powerful duo take their seat in the charts with their beautiful track “Tariro”, taken from Gemma’s eponymous new album. We are watching you both rise with pride and love 🫶 🫶




He’s only gone and done it! Congratulations to Lewis Mataya, Zimbabwe’s MMA warrior, for winning his first fight in Abu ...
12/06/2025

He’s only gone and done it! Congratulations to Lewis Mataya, Zimbabwe’s MMA warrior, for winning his first fight in Abu Dhabi tonight! We are so happy for you, Lewis. You deserve every bit of this success. Onwards!

This will be 🔥🔥🔥
11/06/2025

This will be 🔥🔥🔥






Sending love, strength and all the luck in the world to Zimbabwe’s very own MMA Warrior, Lewis “Porcupine” Mataya, who i...
11/06/2025

Sending love, strength and all the luck in the world to Zimbabwe’s very own MMA Warrior, Lewis “Porcupine” Mataya, who is preparing for his UAE Warriors flight in Abu Dhabi tomorrow night. Although he’s one of the nicest, kindest guys you’d ever be lucky to meet, below the surface Lewis – Africa’s MMA champion – is fiercely determined and as hard as nails. This boy from Chimanimani is on the move. Keep watching.







Working with the very best and for Design//Life Africa’s next cover. Can’t wait for you to see it in September 🎉✨
10/06/2025

Working with the very best and for Design//Life Africa’s next cover. Can’t wait for you to see it in September 🎉✨

Design//Life Africa is proud to be part of Take Over The City Live, the first solo concert by Bantu Spaceship’s Ulenni O...
08/06/2025

Design//Life Africa is proud to be part of Take Over The City Live, the first solo concert by Bantu Spaceship’s Ulenni Okandlovu and his Southern Hemis Co collective. With guest spots by Kyla Blac and DJ Tinofireyi Zhou, this celebration of Zimbabwe’s alternative music scene going to be a sight and sound explosion that’s going to blow your mind.

Tickets: $10. On sale from Monday 9 June at www.flippintickets.co.zw

Sunday 13 July, 3pm-6pm. Moongate Restaurant 13, Maasdoorp Avenue, Belgravia.









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Does this emoji 👐 also mean jazz hands? We think so. Tonight it’s all 👐👐👐👐👐👐👐 at Mara Mara for its weekly jazz night. Ta...
05/06/2025

Does this emoji 👐 also mean jazz hands? We think so.

Tonight it’s all 👐👐👐👐👐👐👐 at Mara Mara for its weekly jazz night. Take a seat, order a splendid cocktail and get ready for some awesome toe-tapping and head nodding.

Just leave the poloneck at home.

Mara Mara, Corner 2nd Street & Maasdorp Avenue. WhatsApp: +263 782 507 994.





One of the biggest lightbulb moments for me here in Zimbabwe – when I knew that I had to launch Design//Life Africa and ...
31/05/2025

One of the biggest lightbulb moments for me here in Zimbabwe – when I knew that I had to launch Design//Life Africa and create a platform for this country’s extraordinary creative talent – was at the Skeyi & Strobo Fabrik Party Convention in downtown Harare in 2023. There, on a sweltering day in March, young people gathered on a roof terrace in the baking sun, dressed to the nines in the wonderful smorgasbord of style that makes Zim fashion so unique. Here they could be themselves – no judgement, no rules. The sense of community and acceptance was electric.

Behind the crowds and catwalks new designers were selling their first collections; among them was Reece Wright, a big part of the Fabrik Party community, whose Sh*tty Art Clothing company specialised in T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with clever, off-the-wall quotes. Some were funny (his “Look Mom, I’m At An Art Show” is one of my treasures); others, such as “An Unending Pursuit Of Creative Satisfaction”, were poignant and heartbreakingly prescient.

Just a few months later Reece lost his life, and Zimbabwe lost one of its most courageous young creatives. Reece had taken a piercing putdown from his school days – that his art was “sh*tty” – and named his fashion label just that. The success of his brand was a bold and proud “F**k you”.

To celebrate Reece and raise awareness of mental health issues, his community has come together to launch a new line for Sh*tty Art Clothing – a range of T-shirts and hoodies that would do Reece proud. “It’s not just a brand, it’s a state of mind, it’s a protest, it’s a revolution, it’s freedom,” says Skeyi & Strobo founder and creative director Ulenni Okandlovu. “Reece is one of the MVPs the Fabrik Party community ever had. His legacy lives forever.”

The collection is a true reflection of how much Reece was loved and valued by his community, and a fitting tribute to a young talent who was gone too soon. We will wear these new pieces with love and pride.

Visit: www.sh*ttyart.co.zw




Dancing shoes ON! This weekend you can techno shuffle from dusk till dawn with Electro Party on Friday, followed nicely ...
29/05/2025

Dancing shoes ON! This weekend you can techno shuffle from dusk till dawn with Electro Party on Friday, followed nicely by some Fish Helicopter and the Independence Trio on Saturday. You’re welcome.






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