What better way to see the world than through the eyes of our favorite tastemakers? In Hidden Trails, we look at the places that feel most like home to our community of design insiders — wherever those might be — to help you uncover what their cities have in store for you.
Should you be looking for evidence that Salù Iwadi Studio, the interdisciplinary design practice that architect, designer, and artist Toluwalase Rufai and creative strategist and curator Sandia Nassila set up between Nigeria, Senegal, and Marrakech in 2023, looks at Dakar as "one of its anchors, an important part of how we think about ourselves as Pan-African," as the two tell me over email, you'll likely find it in the porous essence and unconventional silhouettes of their functional, spatial, and experiential designs.