Jamilah Rose-Roberts: Freelance creative writer and strategist

Jamilah Rose-Roberts is a London-based multidisciplinary creative, digital and social media editor, writer and strategist working across art, design, architecture and culture.

Her experience spans international publications, luxury brands and cultural organisations, including Wallpaper*, Ark Journal, Hunger Magazine, Harrods and Maddox Gallery. She specialises in editorial storytelling, digital strategy and cultural communications, bringing together creative thinking, cultural insight and audience development.

Alongside her digital practice, Jamilah writes about contemporary art, architecture, identity and cultural memory, with a particular interest in African and Caribbean diasporic histories.

She is also the founder of Over Breakfast, a research library and cultural platform exploring art, design, architecture and literature through the lens of Black and diasporic histories, archives and the preservation of cultural knowledge. Over Breakfast explores how knowledge is collected, preserved, shared and passed between generations.

For editorial commissions, digital strategy, creative collaborations or consultancy enquiries, please get in touch directly.

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SELECTED WORK

‘The Nue Black Aesthetic’ maps the diasporic voices shaping design today

Design & Cultural Reporting

In an exclusive for Wallpaper*, I broke the news of The Nue Black Aesthetic, a major exhibition at London's Design Museum, ahead of its public announcement. Featuring 16 contemporary Black designers working across furniture, architecture, fashion and sculpture, the exhibition explores the evolving influence of the African and Caribbean diasporas on contemporary design. In conversation with curator Charlene Prempeh, the feature examines identity, cultural heritage, and representation, and how a new generation of designers is reshaping the design canon.

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London Design Festival 2026 Preview

Design & Cultural Reporting

For Wallpaper*, I was invited to preview London Design Festival 2026, offering an early look at the installations, exhibitions and creative collaborations shaping this year's programme. From ambitious public installations to emerging design practices, the feature explored how the festival continues to transform London into a meeting place for international design, craftsmanship and experimentation, highlighting the projects and creative voices worth discovering.

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‘I’m drawing in my painting’: Frank Bowling on the practice behind a life’s work

Exclusive Interviews & Features

In an exclusive interview for Wallpaper*, I spoke with pioneering British artist Sir Frank Bowling about his lifelong relationship with drawing, painting and artistic experimentation. Published alongside Driven to Draw at the Royal Drawing School, the conversation explores the creative processes underpinning his remarkable career, the relationship between drawing and abstraction, and the curiosity that continues to inform his practice. An intimate reflection on artistic longevity, material exploration and a life dedicated to making art.

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Nieves González paints Lily Allen at a turning point

Exclusive Interviews & Features

In an exclusive interview for Wallpaper*, I spoke with Spanish painter Nieves González about creating the cover artwork for Lily Allen's album West End Girl. Commissioned by creative director Leith Clark, the portrait draws on González's distinctive use of classical painting techniques, chiaroscuro and symbolic imagery. Our conversation explores the relationship between portraiture, music and female identity, examining how a single image can communicate vulnerability, resilience and the complexities of womanhood at a pivotal moment in an artist's life.

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Yinka Ilori’s new book gives his celebrated chairs a voice

Design & Cultural Reporting

In an exclusive for Wallpaper*, I announced Chairman Yinka Ilori's debut monograph and the first comprehensive publication dedicated to his celebrated chair designs. Published by ORO Editions, the book traces more than a decade of Ilori's practice, revealing how discarded furniture became vessels for storytelling, cultural memory and personal identity. Through the lens of his British-Nigerian heritage, the feature explores the relationship between furniture, folklore and the everyday objects through which we preserve and communicate our histories.

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At Tate Modern, Nora Chipaumire invites us to experience art through the body

Exclusive Interviews & Features

For Wallpaper*, I interviewed Zimbabwean-born artist and choreographer Nora Chipaumire about gadzi, her immersive performance installation at Tate Modern. Drawing on movement, sound, ritual, and the body's physical presence, the work challenges conventional relationships between performer and audience. Our conversation explores African cultural histories, spirituality and the body as a site of knowledge, resistance and collective memory, questioning how art can be experienced beyond the act of looking.

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Salù Iwadi Studio’s Gèlèdé Lamp Collection shapes light through lineage and form

Design & Cultural Reporting

For Wallpaper*, I explored Salù Iwadi Studio's Gèlèdé Lamp Collection, a series of sculptural lighting objects by designers Toluwalase Rufai and Sandia Nassila. Drawing on Yoruba cosmology, matriarchal traditions and ancestral knowledge, the collection reimagines light as a symbol of femininity, continuity and spiritual connection. Crafted between Lagos and Marrakesh, the pieces blend traditional materials with contemporary design, opening a broader conversation about African craftsmanship, cultural inheritance, and the stories held within everyday objects.

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Amoako Boafo expands his practice and mentors the next generation

Art & Cultural Criticism

For Wallpaper*, I explored the evolving practice of Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo, whose distinctive finger-painted portraits have earned him international recognition. From recreating his Accra studio with leading architecture firm DeRoche Projects for an exhibition at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles to mentoring emerging artists through the Maison Perrier Art Prize, the feature considers Boafo's growing commitment to artistic exchange and cultural infrastructure. It also examines how his work through dot.ateliers is helping cultivate opportunities for a new generation of artists in Ghana and beyond.

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‘Nigerian Modernism’ at Tate Modern: how a nation rewrote the rules of art

Art & Cultural Criticism

For Wallpaper*, I examined Nigerian Modernism, Tate Modern's landmark exhibition tracing the artistic movements that emerged during Nigeria's struggle for independence and the decades that followed. Bringing together more than 250 works by over 50 artists, the exhibition challenges established Western narratives of modernism, placing Nigerian artists at the centre of a wider history of artistic experimentation. Through painting, sculpture, photography, and archival material, my review explores the relationship between art, decolonisation, and national identity, questioning how major institutions write, preserve, and represent cultural histories.

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