Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA)
- Region
- Zimbabwe
Saki Mafundikwa founded ZIVA, a Zimbabwean design school grounded in African aesthetics and indigenous knowledge. His work shows how heritage can sit at the center of design practice.
Saki Mafundikwa, a Zimbabwean graphic designer and educator, exemplifies this by practicing design that is deeply rooted in African aesthetics, cultural narratives, and indigenous knowledge systems through his work and the Zimbabwe Institute of Vigital Arts (ZIVA), demonstrating how human experience and heritage are core to referential design.
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Books and references
- Change by Design · discussed together in section 100
- Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change · discussed together in section 100
- Design, When Everybody Designs · discussed together in section 100
- Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design · discussed together in section 100
- The Design of Everyday Things · discussed together in section 100
In the framework
- Emotional · variable
- Human Component
In the book
- Chapter 10, section 100 · Human Component | Referential (Who?)
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