Bamidélé Elégbèdé

Experiential Designer
Chicago
Portrait of Bamidele Elegbede (Bamidélé Elégbèdé), experiential designer, Chicago
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. 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.
Talk·Paper
Water poured from the Kèrègbè glass carafe by the sea, designed by Bamidele Elegbede
Kèrègbè, glass carafe
Selected roles
Experiential Design & Engineering Project ManagerBridgewater Studio, Chicago2026–Present
Inaugural Designer in ResidenceSAFELab, University of Pennsylvania2024–2025
Curriculum Designer & Adjunct ProfessorDrexel University, Westphal College2022–2025
Industrial & Exhibit DesignExploratorium · NETGEAR · ONYX Motorbikes · Proef · McKinsey & Company · LUNAR Design · West Office Exhibition Design2014–2021
To make the most beautiful things.
be@bamideledesign.com