Didier Akinlabi Osias standing in New York wearing graduation regalia
Didier Akinlabi Osias – Designer, Researcher, Maker

The work begins with attention.

Then I follow it into form.

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Research, direction, design, photography, making
01 – An Ecology of Making

Listen. Synthesize. Cultivate.

Making a good object is only part of the question. I am interested in what happens around it: who learns, who is remembered, what gets carried forward, and what the process asks of us.

01Listen
02Synthesize
03Cultivate
Griot publication photographed on a reflective surface
02 – Independent Publishing

Griot Book Series

The books began as a way to hold on to people, places, and the life around the camera. I photograph, edit, design, and publish each one independently.

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03 – Selected Work

Case studies

Exact roles visible

EUSEXUA

The album's language had to hold across every object.
Studio – Office Ben Ganz
Role – Research + Design Development
EUSEXUA vinyl package

USM Midtown

A precise system made room for softness, humor, and disorder.
Role – Photography + Visual Direction
USM Midtown campaign photograph

PIN-UP Issue 37

Nine hand-built covers photographed on one repeatable rig.
Role – Art + Technical Direction Assistance
PIN-UP Magazine Issue 37 cover campaign

Cooper Hewitt Making Home

Research, identity development, and exhibition graphics for Making Home.
Role – Research + Design Development + Production Support
Cooper Hewitt Making Home poster

NASA Eclipse Soundscapes

Access changes what participation means.
Role – UX Design Researcher
Eclipse Soundscapes accessibility research deck
04 – Research

What should a system remember?

That question runs through my current work in archives, computation, and cultural memory.

Portrait from Didier Akinlabi Osias's photographic archive
Didier Akinlabi Osias cutting textile material during a fabrication process
05 – Selected Index

Five ways into the work

01Griot Book SeriesPhotography + Editing + Design + Publishing
02EUSEXUAResearch + Design Development
03USM MidtownPhotography + Visual Direction
04Cooper Hewitt Making HomeResearch + Design Development + Production Support
05NASA Eclipse SoundscapesUX Design Researcher
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