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Published in Bootcamp

·Nov 21, 2022

My experience working at Co.Lab as a product designer

and pulling off an MVP in 8 weeks — Three months ago, I received a scholarship offer to be part of the Co.lab program where I’d work as a Product Designer alongside developers, product managers and a mentor to build a live product. I had applied in the weeks before and got invited for a quick chat, later receiving…

Product Design

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My experience working at Co.Lab as a product designer
My experience working at Co.Lab as a product designer
Product Design

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Published in Bootcamp

·Updated Sep 23, 2022

Case study: Inviting playfulness and the outdoors into everyday life

The Problem Sexual harassment in public spaces is an everyday occurrence for women and girls in every country around the world. This reality reduces women’s and girls’ freedom of movement and their enjoyment of cultural and recreational activities, and negatively impacts their health and well-being. Although domestic and workplace violence is now…

Product Design

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Case study: Inviting playfulness and the outdoors into everyday life
Case study: Inviting playfulness and the outdoors into everyday life
Product Design

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Jun 27, 2022

Fostering connection in an increasingly disconnected world

When I think about the progress of humanity, even though studies say that we are better off than in the past, it often feels like we are worse off. I had thought that it could be because we have all the technology that enables us to connect and empathise with…

UX Design

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Fostering connection in an increasingly disconnected world
Fostering connection in an increasingly disconnected world
UX Design

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Published in Bootcamp

·Feb 17, 2022

The lost art of discovering products

There’s no more time for that — As a child, most of my time was spent taking apart electronic toys and fiddling with the buttons on appliances to find out how they worked. The TV and the radio were recurring victims of my exploration, coupled with VHS tapes and eventually, CD players. The manuals of these devices…

Design

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The lost art of discovering products
The lost art of discovering products
Design

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Jan 11, 2022

Common Human Needs According to Age (most likely to show up)

A list of common needs to challenge and inspire designers, developers, and problem solvers. — Someone once said you don’t need to have all the money in the world to impact people’s lives. You only need to meet them at the point of their need. I’ve been thinking a lot about how Tunde Onakoya’s idea for using chess to impact and change the lives of…

UX

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Common Human Needs According to Age (most likely to show up)
Common Human Needs According to Age (most likely to show up)
UX

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Dec 31, 2021

Welcoming 2022

A short note — If you are someone who dabbles in astrology or numerology, 2022 will likely make you peak up a little when you hear it. I think it’s the most perfect set of numbers we will see in the years for a while. I’m excited for 2022, I won’t lie. It’s not…

New Year

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Welcoming 2022
Welcoming 2022
New Year

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Sep 28, 2021

My First Attempt at Designing a Responsive Website

Using Adobe XD was cooler than I thought — Product Overview Bouquet Garden is an online florist store that offers affordable flower bouquet and plant options for people who want to gift a loved one or beautify their spaces. The target users are between 21–60 years old and are early to late-career professionals. Bouquet Garden’s goal is to make gift giving…

UX Design

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My First Attempt at Designing a Responsive Website
My First Attempt at Designing a Responsive Website
UX Design

5 min read


Published in Bootcamp

·Sep 2, 2021

Case study: Designing a showtime app

Overview In Nigeria, moviegoers join long queues trying to get tickets and snacks to see a movie. As a person who goes to the cinema occasionally, I could relate to missing the opening scenes of the movie I was invested in because I was trying to get popcorn so, as part…

UX

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Case study: Designing a showtime app
Case study: Designing a showtime app
UX

7 min read


Oct 24, 2020

I’m Here to Die for Something

This is the time! They are already shooting at us right now The military are already shooting at us right now But we are not backing down I’m here. You can hear the gunshots I’m hear to die for something! - a Nigerian youth When Nigeria’s military shot into the…

Nigeria

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I’m Here to Die for Something
I’m Here to Die for Something
Nigeria

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Oct 8, 2020

Hacking Lagos as an Introvert

The first thing I noticed when I woke up in Abuja was my renewed eagerness to wake up in the morning to go for a brisk walk in the cool morning air. In the past months, it has felt obligatory — stressful even — to go for a walk, run…

Lagos State

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Hacking Lagos as an Introvert
Hacking Lagos as an Introvert
Lagos State

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Adaku Nwakanma

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Digital product designer and amateur cyclist living in Abuja, Nigeria.

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