Powerful Woman 2012

About

Atim Annette Oton

Atim Annette Oton is a Nigerian-born, American and British educated architectural designer. She is the co-founder of Black Design News Network (BDNN), a flagship news distribution source and website creating awareness of black designers across the globe by distributing news, content and information about Architecture, Interior Design, Product and Industrial Design, Fashion and Textile Design, Communication, Media and Graphic Design. She is also the publisher and editor of Brooklyn’s Calabar Magazine, a bi-monthly lifestyle publication about black Brooklyn home décor, fashion, culture, and lifestyle; and serves as a blogger for Huffington Post Black Voices focused on African issues. In 2006, she stepped down from her role as the Associate Chair of Product Design at Parsons School of Design, working with black furniture designer Tony Whitfield, to concentrate on Calabar Magazine and Calabar Imports.
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