Mido Chair
Designer Jomo Tariku Ethiopian American
Jomo Tariku Ethiopian American
David Bohnhoff American
Tariku designs ergonomic furniture to support the body and the mind, with aesthetic references drawn from elements of Ethiopian and Black American culture and history. The Afro comb is a tool that has been used across Africa for centuries, both to groom and to signal cultural ties. In the United States it is often linked to notions of cultural pride, particularly during the Black Power movement's emergence in the late 1960s. Used to pick out natural hair into a style that gives the wearer a kind of halo effect, the comb is also popularly worn to assert one's connection to their Black heritage.
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