This month’s cover “looks toward a more hopeful future, where our solidarity will be our strength”, writes the illustrator.
?This month’s cover is called “Sisterhood”. It’s inspired by Black women and their strength and perseverance, which is pushing forward change in the Black Lives Matter movement. It looks toward a more hopeful future, where our solidarity will be our strength.
I’m a Nigerian-Irish designer and illustrator from Dublin, specialising in shaping and creating brands people want to obsess over. I believe each project has the potential to add colour and imagination to the world and I work on a variety of projects, from posters and illustration for creatives to conceptual branding for small businesses.
In my spare time I run a female collective called GXRLCODE (@gxrlcode) with DJ Mona-Lxsa, a platform to support women in the creative industry. I also have a streetwear label, KTSCH, which is relaunching next month with its SS20 collection. You can follow me on Instagram @enemaku to keep up with my escapades in real time, or visit enemaku.com to see more of my work.
"Stephen’s Green, overlooked by the shopping centre, is an iconic symbol of summer in Dublin to me."
"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season."
"The two top squares are Parnell Square and Mountjoy Square. The three bottom ones are St Stephen’s Green, Merrion Square and Fitzwilliam Square. The fish in the river are mullet."
"This painting is called Blackbird in Trees. I made a few of these small mixed-media paintings in 2022."
