place to showcase the work of talented Cabo Verdean designers to the world. The goal is to inspire new designers to diversify their references, experienced designers to diversify their network, and companies to diversify their teams.
If you know a Cabo Verdean designer whose work or voice is valuable to the design industry, please fill out this form with their information and a few words about why you're nominating them. You can choose to link to their portfolio, to their Linkedin, or to other social profiles — any link that you feel best represents how that person is making a difference in the industry. We decided not to collect or display the designer’s photo because we wanted the repository to be less about what someone looks like and more about how they’re making an impact in the industry.
We wanted to showcase not only contemporary Cabo Verdean design, but also leverage all the visibility that this project is getting to celebrate the history of design in our country. Every time you reload the website there’s a new featured Cabo Verdean designer you can learn more about.
We didn’t. This project is inspired by our fantastic sibling sites:
Kriolus Who Design is open source for you create your own showcase. It is built inspired by the tech stack that Jules Forrest kindly made available on Github after building Women Who Design.
Sites built using our open-source platform:
Thanks to Fábio Alves, Julia Coronel, Milton Cabral, Helder de Pina, Kasey Randall, for the help putting together this project of gathering the initial list of designers. Also, a special shoutout to Zeh Fernandes for all the support.
If you’ve been added to the directory and would like to opt-out or make an edit to your profile, please send us a message at krioluswhodesign@gmail.com.
We update this website once a week to include new names. To ensure a healthy gender balance on this website, some nominations might take longer to appear. In the meantime, try nominating a designer who identifies as a woman or non-binary.