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It's Going to Be Tola Ojuolape's Year — Meet the London Designer Channeling the Color and Texture of Africa

The living area in Tola’s showhome in Nine Elms.

The architectural interior designer Tola Ojuolape is about to make 2025 her year. "I’ve been busy, trying to get to the next level, to reach success," she says, of a hustle that, from the outside, looks to the world like she has already achieved it.

She set up her own studio in 2021, having previously worked for the primarily-commercial design agency Blacksheep on hotel projects around the world, and then grabbed attention with her overhaul of the Africa Centre in Southwark.

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