AFP championing integration of younger designers – DWL founder

Founder of Design Week Lagos (DWL Expo), Mrs Titi Ogufere, has hailed Julius Berger’s furnishings manufacturing subsidiary, AFP for main within the integration of younger furnishings designers into its processes, describing it as a sustainable effort that not solely empowers the youth, however prepares them for better challenges sooner or later.

 Speaking throughout a go to to the AFP pavilion on the ongoing Design Week Lagos, DWL Expo, weekend, Ogufere famous that AFP has been a constant exhibitor in any respect however two DWL exhibitions for over eight years, at the same time as she recommended the corporate for believing I the beliefs that knowledgeable the annual occasion.

 “I would like to say AFP has been with us in the Made by Design show for eight years now. Since we started, they’ve been consistent. They’ve missed only, I think only one or two,” she mentioned.

 “What we do with Design Week, the Made by Design show, is we curate the very best brands in Nigeria, and you can see from the craftsmanship of AFP that these are one of the foremost companies. I really like the fact that they have integrated young designers into what they are doing because at Design Week Lagos we are really for promoting young designers and young thinkers, even as she expressed the hope that AFP will continue to journey with DWL as they strive to build the Made in Nigeria brand,” she mentioned.

In his response, the General Manager of the furnishings firm, Oliver Cohnen thanked Ogufere for the type phrases on AFP and praised for the foresight in creating the annual occasion to showcase Nigeria’s really home-made furnishings manufacturers that examine with the very best the world can supply.

Later at a panel session, Cohnen, who joined 4 different panelists, shared his expertise in furnishings manufacturing, providing recommendation to these trying to set up a producing enterprise. Drawing from his 20 years within the business, he mentioned understanding the market and realizing what prospects want ought to come earlier than investing in costly equipment.