With Design Network Africa Eleven, 11 leading design companies from the continent will make their debut at Maison & Objet in Paris. The presentations include Djiguyaso Cooperative, a Mali-based cooperative founded by Aissata Namoko employees 100 women in the textile industry in Mali. The artisans use traditional bogolan tie-dying with indigo, crochet, weaving, spinning, and sewing to produce organic cotton cushions, bedspreads, curtains, dresses, handbags, tablecloths, throws, and scarves. Photo 2 of 20 in This Just In: News From the Editors, August 2016 by Heather Corcoran

This Just In: News From the Editors, August 2016

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With Design Network Africa Eleven, 11 leading design companies from the continent will make their debut at Maison & Objet in Paris. The presentations include Djiguyaso Cooperative, a Mali-based cooperative founded by Aissata Namoko employees 100 women in the textile industry in Mali. The artisans use traditional bogolan tie-dying with indigo, crochet, weaving, spinning, and sewing to produce organic cotton cushions, bedspreads, curtains, dresses, handbags, tablecloths, throws, and scarves.