Coka Mũciĩ – Rudi Nyumbani – Home Coming

The exhibition showcased the award winning designer Sandra Githinji’s CB2 Black in Design collection. Coka Mũciĩ – Rudi Nyumbani – Home Coming brings the pieces to the place, people, and culture that inspired them.

Client and collaborator:

Sandra Githinji Studio for CB2 exhibition in Kenya

Location:

Opportunity Factory, Nairobi, Kenya

Role: exhibition designer

exhibition design, installation

“Sandra Githinji: The Black in Design Collective is CB2’s (North American retailer) first capsule collection to solely feature works by international Black designers, architects and creatives. The collection is part of the Fifteen Percent Pledge, established in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests as a call to action for major retailers and corporations to create sustainable and supportive ecosystems for Black-owned businesses to succeed… …It felt essential to present it in Nairobi, on the motherland, where the stories that inspired the work are rooted. Although the pieces were manufactured offshore, they are deeply informed by personal experience and Black cultural memory. Bringing the exhibition home allowed me to reconnect the designs to the land, language, and people that shaped them. ”1

Industrial modern sculpture decorative art piece for contemporary interior design.

“Sandra Githinji: Visitors were immediately drawn to touch the walls, something about the elephant grass felt both familiar and unexpected. Inside the space, the scent of fresh-cut grass often evoked memories of rural homesteads.”1

The exhibition included furniture, lighting and sculpture. The concepts created for CB2’s Black in Design Collective are envisioned through the multifaceted lens of the Black woman, honouring her metaphysical, psychological, physical, and social dimensions.

Stylish indoor space with natural materials, modern decor, and artistic accents, showcasing Dhliwayo Architecture design.
Elegant interior decor with modern artisan lighting and sculpture, showcasing contemporary architecture design.
Elegant black bust sculpture featuring bold hairstyle and large earrings, under warm lighting.

Design Team:

Furniture design, fundraising, coordination: Sandra Githinji

Exhibition Design: Sandra Githinji, Kholisile Dhliwayo

Reference:

1 Hansen, Cassie, Rooted in return: Sandra Githinji on home, heritage and the power of place in Architecture Au, 16 May 2025
https://architectureau.com/articles/rooted-in-return-sandra-githinji-on-home-heritage-and-the-power-of-place/

Elegant modern interior space with stylish decor and artistic sculptures in a luxury home.

This project took place in Nairobi Kenya, on the homelands of the Maasai, in a place inhabited by the Kikuyu and Akamba.