Cocoa and Jasmine is a cultural publication and agency that facilitates multi-disciplinary & cross-cultural collaborations and conversations between various creatives, organisations and cultural entrepreneurs

Our Mission

  • To voice contemporary arts, crafts and design globally that are rooted in tradition on a global platform, thus making them more accessible and inclusive.

  • Celebrate diversity in culture through visuals and materials.

  • Facilitate collaboration and dialogue within the creative community of makers and curators globally, thus a promoting cross-cultural work and exchange of ideas that have a socio-cultural impact.

  • Understand the value of cultural documentation.

  • Create an ecosystem to support design led slow living.

  • Promote creative entrepreneurship with a focus on women.

  • Contribute to developing cultural and creative infrastructure in the country in a meaningful way.

  • Provide a platform for people to question and critique the cultural environment we live in.

We believe that arts and culture are powerful and necessary social tools to express creativity and understand the other. It encourages us to broaden our horizons and engage. It brings a quality into our lives that is human and slow in this digital, scalable and quantity driven entrepreneurial environment.

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Our Founder

Sayali is cultural curator, visual artist and anthropologist working at the intersection of crafts, design led tourism, research, publishing and education. A University of Arts London and University of London alumni, she has an experience of working for over 15 years in the design x culture sector globally.