Bamidélé Elégbèdé
Designer. Educator.
Chicago
Portrait of Bamidélé Elégbèdé
I design physical experiences rooted in simplicity, playfulness, and poetry.
Things you understand because you’ve felt them.
Bamidélé Elégbèdé is a Nigerian American designer and educator. He works where culture, care, and technology meet, turning ideas that are hard to explain into objects and spaces people can hold, walk through, and feel. His method, PMFA, was published and presented at the 2025 SEGD Academic Summit.
Water poured from the Kèrègbè glass carafe by the sea
Kèrègbè, glass carafe
Organizations Bamidélé has worked with
Selected roles
Experiential ProjectsBridgewater Studio, Chicago2026–Present
Inaugural Designer in ResidenceSAFELab, University of Pennsylvania2024–2025
Interactive Designer, Urban Nature LabThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University2024
Curriculum Designer & Adjunct ProfessorDrexel University, Westphal College2022–2025
Industrial Designer IINETGEAR2020–2021
Principal DesignerRitualShare Lab2019–Present
Senior Exhibits DesignerExploratorium2019–2020
Industrial & Exhibit DesignHanu Labs · ONYX Motorbikes · Biome · McKinsey & Company · LUNAR Design · West Office Exhibition Design · ZOOSE Design · Zip Innovation2014–2018
To make the most beautiful things.
be@bamideledesign.com