BRAND DESIGNER / STUDIO FOUNDER / EDUCATOR
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi
SHAPING BRANDS . OPENING DOORS
I’m driven to open more doors in design, and to give more people the skills & confidence to do meaningful work in it
I’m driven to open more doors in design, and to give more people the skills & confidence to do meaningful work in it
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator from Lagos, Nigeria.
She helps businesses tell clear, memorable stories through thoughtful design.
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator from Lagos, Nigeria.
She helps businesses tell clear, memorable stories through thoughtful design.
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator based in Lagos, Nigeria. She builds identities that help businesses say who they are with clarity and confidence. Most of her work is with founders and small teams turning good ideas into brands people remember.
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator based in Lagos, Nigeria. She builds identities that help businesses say who they are with clarity and confidence. Most of her work is with founders and small teams turning good ideas into brands people remember.
She also leads the Kora Collective, a community she started to train and mentor women entering design, so more of them can build lasting careers across Nigeria’s growing tech and creative industries.
She also leads the Kora Collective, a community she started to train and mentor women entering design, so more of them can build lasting careers across Nigeria’s growing tech and creative industries.
650+
Women mentored through Kora
12
Years in design practice
70+
Identities launched
How I can help
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Brand Identity Systems
Strategy-led identities for growing businesses, from positioning and naming to logo systems and guidelines.
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Brand Identity Systems
Strategy-led identities for growing businesses, from positioning and naming to logo systems and guidelines.
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Workshops & Courses
Live and self-paced programmes for designers and founders who want to sharpen their craft and their business.
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Workshops & Courses
Live and self-paced programmes for designers and founders who want to sharpen their craft and their business.
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Mentorship Calls
Focused one-on-one time for portfolio feedback, pricing questions and the big decisions in a design career.
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Mentorship Calls
Focused one-on-one time for portfolio feedback, pricing questions and the big decisions in a design career.
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Talks & Guest Lectures
Keynotes, panels and classroom sessions on brand building, creative careers and inclusion in design.
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Talks & Guest Lectures
Keynotes, panels and classroom sessions on brand building, creative careers and inclusion in design.
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Interviews & Features
Open to interviews and features on African design, creative entrepreneurship and women in technology.
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Interviews & Features
Open to interviews and features on African design, creative entrepreneurship and women in technology.
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The Open Brief Podcast
Honest conversations with designers and founders about the work, the business and everything in between.
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The Open Brief Podcast
Honest conversations with designers and founders about the work, the business and everything in between.
Ona Studio
At Ona Studio, my team and I help founders and growing businesses shape identities that are clear, distinctive and ready to scale, from first sketch to launch day.
The Kora Collective
Kora is a not-for-profit I founded to open doors for women in design, offering free training, mentorship and paid placements across Africa’s creative and tech industries.
Talks & press
In their words
CLIENTS, STUDENTS AND COLLABORATORS
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Temilade asked better questions in our first workshop than we had asked ourselves in two years. The identity still feels exactly like us.
Ngozi Eze
Founder, Ofe Kitchen
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She gave our arts centre a voice that works on a ticket stub and a twelve-metre banner. Our team finally designs with confidence.
Daniel Mensah
Head of Marketing, Harbour Arts Centre
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Kora gave me a mentor, a first paid project and a community I still lean on. I would not be a designer today without it.
Amara Okonkwo
Brand Designer, Kora alumna
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Calm, precise and generous with her thinking. Every decision came with a reason, which made it easy to bring our board along.
Lerato Dube
Co-founder, Tenda Health
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The masterclass changed how I price and present my work. I raised my rates within a month, and my clients said yes.
Kofi Asante
Independent Designer, Accra
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We came for a logo and left with a brand system the whole company understands. A year on, it still holds up everywhere.
Sarah Whitfield
Operations Director, Northfold Coffee
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Temilade asked better questions in our first workshop than we had asked ourselves in two years. The identity still feels exactly like us.
Ngozi Eze
Founder, Ofe Kitchen
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She gave our arts centre a voice that works on a ticket stub and a twelve-metre banner. Our team finally designs with confidence.
Daniel Mensah
Head of Marketing, Harbour Arts Centre
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Kora gave me a mentor, a first paid project and a community I still lean on. I would not be a designer today without it.
Amara Okonkwo
Brand Designer, Kora alumna
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Calm, precise and generous with her thinking. Every decision came with a reason, which made it easy to bring our board along.
Lerato Dube
Co-founder, Tenda Health
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The masterclass changed how I price and present my work. I raised my rates within a month, and my clients said yes.
Kofi Asante
Independent Designer, Accra
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We came for a logo and left with a brand system the whole company understands. A year on, it still holds up everywhere.
Sarah Whitfield
Operations Director, Northfold Coffee
6 testimonials
MY BIO
MY BIO
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator based in Lagos, Nigeria.
She is the founder of Ona Studio, a small identity practice that helps founders and growing teams build clear brands and tell their stories through thoughtful design.
She also founded the Kora Collective (Kora), an initiative that trains and mentors women entering design, growing the number of women building careers in Nigeria’s technology and creative industries.
Through Kora, she has offered free training and mentorship to more than 650 women.
Temilade Ayo Adeyemi is a brand designer and educator based in Lagos, Nigeria.
She is the founder of Ona Studio, a small identity practice that helps founders and growing teams build clear brands and tell their stories through thoughtful design.
She also founded the Kora Collective (Kora), an initiative that trains and mentors women entering design, growing the number of women building careers in Nigeria’s technology and creative industries.
Through Kora, she has offered free training and mentorship to more than 650 women.
In 2023 she launched Ona School of Design, running live cohorts for working designers across Africa and Europe.
She also hosts The Open Brief, a podcast on the craft and business of design, and speaks at conferences, universities and community events across the continent about brand building, creative careers, and widening access to design and technology for women.
In 2023 she launched Ona School of Design, running live cohorts for working designers across Africa and Europe.
She also hosts The Open Brief, a podcast on the craft and business of design, and speaks at conferences, universities and community events across the continent about brand building, creative careers, and widening access to design and technology for women.
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