C O R N R O W O R N C R O W N C O R N R O W

I do not own the rights to these photos, nor did I cornrow the styles featured. Braider/stylist and/or photographer can be found by clicking photo

BRAIDS x Saint Heron by Shani Crowe

fka twigs Nike by David Uzochukwu

“The Breadth We All Share” by Shani Crowe. With Taheera Cartman, Bianca Bulliner, Nailah Cartman/Photo: Shani Crowe

Nikki Nelms for Allure

The Sacred of the Ori by Laolu Senbanjo

Laolu Senbanjo creating a body painting on the actress Danielle Brooks in his Brooklyn studio in November. Credit...Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times

Design is complexity resolved…

And what is more exquisite yet simple, in all its forms, than Black hair braided to the scalp? Encoding societal and cultural markers in three strands, braids are instrumental in connecting Black people to history, expression, and community.

Debuting at Hindsight Conference 2019, C O R N R O W S, is a research project reimagining the social fabric and building blocks of cities. The foundation of this project is based upon African traditions and systems, Black scholars, and of course Black braiders and the art they create and culture they maintain.

Learn more about this project here.