The Kudos Project Charlene Prempeh shines the spotlight on black creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs The Kudos Project: Glasses frames to suit black and brown featuresWhen two sisters couldn’t find glasses to fit, they created themThe Kudos Project: He’s sending the taste of joy to your doorThe Nigerian-inspired Ayo delivers restaurant-quality flavour, style and ambience to your homeThe Kudos Project: Nigeria’s new cultural capitalDolly Kola-Balogun’s Abuja project is changing Africa’s culturescapeThe Kudos Project: ‘I want to bottle the smell of freedom and frolicking’The secret ingredient in Maya Njie’s evocative perfumes is pure nostalgia The Kudos Project: is it art, menswear or both?Art Comes First is writing its own rules for men’s fashionCult Shop: street style and social impact come together in HoustonA Ma Maniere combines fashion-forward buys with community connection More from this SeriesThe Kudos Project: beautifully restored mid-century modern finds with soulFurniture store Old Old Woods is a secret trove of restoration gems The Kudos Project: rum that pays homage to abolitionist Olaudah EquianoThis award-winning African and Caribbean rum has a warmth to savour and a heart of gold The Kudos Project: happiness in a cushion, from a Gambian asylum seekerIf joy could be sewn and stitched with ruffles, it would be an In Casa by Paboy cushionThe Kudos Project: Nassau’s answer to Nasa gets a fashion launch padIs it clothes? Art? Space exploration? Or philanthropy? All of the above, says artist Tavares Strachan The Kudos Project: ‘We make glasses to heal your eyes and music to heal your soul’Meet Coco and Breezy Dotson, the twin sisters who are eyewear designers, DJs and philanthropistsThe Kudos Project: Is it a jumper, is it an artwork, is it social activism?Kenyan-born artist Michael Armitage and Haitian-Italian fashion designer Stella Jean’s sweater collaboration is a multicultural force for goodThe Kudos Project: the urban gardener sowing the seeds of social changeClaire Ratinon is cultivating a new agenda in horticultureThe Kudos Project: a beauty brand powered by Yoruba philosophy LIHA Beauty draws on west-African spirituality and its skincare ritualsThe Kudos Project: meet the millennial building mindful cities Stephanie Edwards draws upon her childhood on Grenada to evoke a sense of calm in her urban designsThe Kudos Project: the artist helping black women loom large in public artThomas J Price challenges the status quo with a 9ft sculpture that’s both otherworldly and beautifully familiarThe Kudos Project: a Mayfair restaurant that breaks all the rulesIkoyi’s blend of west African spice with Asian umami defies categorisationThe Kudos Project: meet the bio-designer who claims “bacteria can be beautiful”Faber Futures draws on science, architecture and southern African philosophy to create bespoke textile designsThe Kudos Project: meet the fashion designer crossing continents and epochsOlubiyi Thomas takes inspiration from Yinka Shonibare, Victorian England and the Black DutchmenThe Kudos Project: a new column celebrating black-owned businessesTime to soak up the scent of Bullshit, with IIUVO fragrances’ new candle launch
