Lesley Lokko & Hanif Kara | Design, Wellbeing, and the Future: A Conversation

Architect Lesley Lokko and engineer Hanif Kara sit down for a candid conversation to explore the interconnectedness of personal, cultural, and societal health, and how design shapes the conditions for communities to thrive.

Lokko and Kara reflect on design’s power to improve quality of life and its role in confronting ecological urgency. They also discuss the stakes of design education within the African continent, the optimism of a young population, and the challenges of building critical and creative capacity amid infrastructural constraints.

This conversation offers a nuanced and inspiring look at why design matters, not only as a technical practice, but as a cultural, ethical, and deeply human pursuit.