Nifemi Marcus-Bello

Designer, Artist and Owner, nmbello Studio

Nifemi Marcus-Bello is a designer, artist and owner of Nmbello Studio in Lagos. His work is guided by a philosophy that values intuition, resourcefulness and deep engagement with context, and bridges commercial and artistic disciplines. His work and design contributions are held in the collections of major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Design Museum London. Marcus-Bello is also a recipient of several international honours, including the Loewe Craft Prize (2025), the Hublot Design Prize (2022) and Monocle’s Emerging Designer Award (2023). In 2026, he was shortlisted for the Wallpaper Designer of the Year Award.