COMMUNITY events
Our Parlour
Full programme
12 - 20 September • 2 Cromwell Pl SW7 2JE • Open 11 AM - 6 PM
Ndewo! A Housewarming 🏡
Sat 12 Sep • 4 ~ 9 PM
Welcome! Come say hello, wander the space, read a book, listen to a record, play Nchọ, meet new people, and settle in for the week ahead.
Puff Puff Café and artisanal kombucha by @ogoisfooding
Drinks by @calabasaspirits
Edible Archives: An Igbo Table 🌴
Wed 16 Sep • 6 ~ 9 PM
A hearty 3-course dinner and tasting experience exploring classic foods eaten by most Igbo families around the world, presented by Chef Ogochukwu Igwilo (@ogoisfooding )
Reserve on Eventbrite
Cocktails by @calabasaspirits
A Couch Conversation on Design & Memory 🗣️
Thu 17 Sep • 3 ~ 4 PM
Join designers Zoë Chinonso Ene (@nowayzoway), Arjun Singh Assa (@assa.design.make), and Amandine Forest-Aguié (@malice.studio) on the couch for a chat about the indelible mark that certain projects leave and why memory-making matters in and for design.
BROMPTON LATE! A House Party 🌀
Thu 17 Sep • 5 ~ 9 PM
DJ Dare Balogun (@darebalogun / @rootstorhythm) takes us on a sonic journey through the best of highlife music. Come dance and gist in the district!
Puff Puff Café and artisanal kombucha by @ogoisfooding
Drinks by @calabasaspirits
Open from 11 AM
House Party from 5-9 PM
The Architecture of Memory 🌿
Fri 18 Sep • 4 ~ 8 PM • 1 hour slots
A scentsorial flora arrangement workshop exploring how scents, objects, and flora hold memory in the everyday, hosted by Chinasa (@chinasa of @mmetu.co)
Reserve on Eventbrite
Kachifo! A Farewell Party 👋🏾
Sat 19 Sep • 4 ~ 9 PM
Swing by one last time for a house tour led by Christina (@bynwabugo) followed by a night of food, performance, games and joy.
Play in an Nchọ tournament to win something special! 🏆
Puff Puff Café and artisanal kombucha by Ogo @ogoisfooding
Drinks by @calabasaspirits
Featuring a curated playlist by DJ Dare Balogun (@darebalogun) released on the day
Open from 11 AM
Farewell party from 4-9 PM
An “Estate” Sale! 📦
Sun 20 Sep • 11 AM ~ 6 PM
Bring a bit of Our Parlour home with you. Objects, furniture, plants, and more all for sale.
Pre-orders made during the week can also be picked up
Zoë’s Ncho boards (@hello.homenka) to preorder, Ogo’s Ose Ose sauce (@oseose.world), Christina’s framed photos, prints and zines (@objectandtheory) and Chinasa’s vessels (@mmetu.co )
For play, for joy, for memory! At this year’s London Design Festival, within the bustling Brompton Design District curated by Alex Tieghi-Walker, Homenkà & friends invite you to Our Parlour
Hosted by four Igbo women ~ Zoë Chinonso Ene, Chinasa Chukwu (Mmetu), Christina Nwabugo (Object and Theory) and Ogochukwu Igwilo (Ogoisfooding) ~ Our Parlour is an immersive space built from the memories of the parlours we grew up in: a space to gist, gather, laugh, play, and remember, around cherished everyday design.
A selection of Nchọ boards will be available in the space to play with, alongside vessels by Chinasa, photography by Christina and a culinary programme by Ogochukwu. Swing by during the week for games nights, conversations, workshops, performance, vinyl sets, communal dining or just to chill on the couch.
Branding / Graphic Identity: Amandine Forest-Aguié of Malice Studios
Drinks: Calabasa Spirits
With special thanks to: Anglepoise, Bleu Furniture, Cuso Fabrics, Daydream Objects, Joseph Bond, Limewash London, Tribal Gathering, Seed Archives, MAD Iris, and Ọnwụ Design
LtR: Christina Nwabugo, Zoë Chinonso Ene, Chinasa Chukwu, Ogochukwu Igwilo
An Afternoon playing Nchọ at Seed
Come play a few rounds of Nchọ, one expression of the beloved strategy game, over puff puff, palm wine, good music, and a curation of books from Seed’s collection and Zoë’s personal archive celebrating the rich history of the game. Know how to play? Teach us. New to it? Come learn.
Think you can win? At 2 PM, we play for keeps.
The winner takes home a book from Seed, a print, and 20% off an Nchọ board when preorders open.
Specialty puff puff and artisanal kombucha from Ogochukwu Igwilo’s innovative kitchen.
ARCHIVES ALIVE
Archives Alive is a workshop and conversation that explores digital tools for engaging with, conserving, and ultimately continuing material culture in more imaginative ways. Unlike literature or photographs, digital-first approaches create new perspectives on viewing and understanding the things around us that make up and have made up our cultures; we can zoom in and zoom out, resize and rotate, study and replicate...
The morning will start with Padà's own Folayemi Brown welcoming us and sharing the relevance of Padà to the workshop's theme of cultural conservation. Then, Steven Dey (3D heritage specialist; ThinkSee3D), will give a hands-on demo of photogrammetric capturing, then will join Omi Collective (Goethe grantee and Lagos-based designers & researchers; Nigerian Modernism-Drive), Kutlwano & Lele Ramphele (digital archivists & researchers; Dintho Objects) and Zoë Chinonso Ene (designer & researcher, Homenkà) in conversation, each sharing how they keep cultural archives alive through their practices.
All are welcome! The workshop invites individuals interested in learning about hands-on digital tools and also in expanding the discussion and practice of heritage conservation.
Complimentary snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Homenkà is happy to bring its first community event to life, hosted at the beautiful PadàLagos guesthouse, through a project partnership with the National Museum of Nigeria.