CHIDI NWAUBANI

Writing

Table of Contents
(01)— Spotlight
(02)— Essay
(03)— Field Notes
(04)— Tutorial
01

Spotlight

02 Entries
SpotlightMay 2026

Rethinking the Printed Page

On typographic systems as objects in their own right — and what a broadside teaches a screen.

6 min read
SpotlightMay 2026

The Anatomy of a Broadside

Pulling one poster apart — the grid, the rules, the single accent that earns its keep.

5 min read
02

Essay

04 Entries
EssayApril 2026

Tools That Disappear

The best instruments get out of the way. A note on craft, interfaces, and the feeling of a thing working.

5 min read
EssayMarch 2026

Against the Infinite Canvas

Endless space defers every decision. Sometimes a smaller room makes a better building.

4 min read
EssayFebruary 2026

The Honest Interface

State you can see, feedback you can trust — and nothing pretending to be what it isn't.

5 min read
EssayJanuary 2026

On Constraint

A short defence of the fixed grid, the limited palette, and the single typeface.

3 min read
03

Field Notes

03 Entries
Field NotesMarch 2026

Memory as Material

Working with archives, provenance, and the weight of what gets kept.

7 min read
Field NotesDecember 2025

Notes from a Residency

A month in an unfamiliar studio, and what the unfamiliarity taught the work.

6 min read
Field NotesNovember 2025

What the Archive Forgets

Absence as evidence — reading the gaps in a record as carefully as the entries.

5 min read
04

Tutorial

03 Entries
TutorialOctober 2025

Building a Type Scale

From one base size to a ramp you can trust — a practical method for sizing type.

4 min read
TutorialSeptember 2025

Animating with Intent

Motion that explains rather than decorates — easing, duration, and knowing when to stop.

6 min read
TutorialAugust 2025

A Grid You Can Feel

Setting a baseline and gutter so a layout snaps together without anyone noticing why.

5 min read
● Past Exhibitions( 2023 — 2026 )View all →

Past Exhibitions

Ogene MIDI at the London Design Biennale
Chidirim Nwaubani
Ogene MIDI — Ritual as Algorithm
London Design Biennale
12 Sep – 14 Sep 2026
Honorary Mention
Venice Biennale Special Projects
Chidirim Nwaubani
Special Projects — Architettura
Venice Biennale
30 May – 7 Jun 2026
Panel: Decolonising the Museum
LOOTY x Art Dubai
Chidirim Nwaubani
LOOTY × Art Dubai — Live Reconstruction
Art Dubai
7 Feb – 9 Feb 2025
Fair Floor Commission
The Reclamation
Chidirim Nwaubani
The Reclamation
Gallery-Scale Staging
2023
Group Show
■ Headlines( Press / News / Releases )View all →

Headlines

  • Press / 22 Mar 2025Featured in The Guardian: Rewriting Ownership — "a heist in reverse"Read →
  • Press / 20 Nov 2024BBC World Service: on heritage, technology, and the digital twinListen →
  • Releases / 18 Apr 2025LOOTY NFT — Season Two mint is open, provenance on-chainMint →
  • News / 30 Jan 2025Fourteen new LiDAR scans join the Open ArchiveArchive →