Nairobi · Since 2006

Traditional screen printers

Made-to-order prints on fabric, cotton canvas and visual merchandise, through the art of hand-screen printing.

Screen printing

One screen per colour, pulled by hand.

Block printing

Hand-carved and 3D laser-cut blocks.

Embossing

Blind and foil, for packaging and stationery.

Hand painting

Gold and metallic detail, finished by eye.

The archive

Prints from the 1980s, redrawn by hand.

Our designs are drawn from archived prints dating back to the 1980s. Each one has been re-worked and printed in a range of trending colours.

Acacia

Windmill

Anne Marie

Croc

Giraffe

Kanga

The Craft

One screen. One colour. One pass.

01

The brief

You bring a motif, a colourway, a deadline. We talk through stock and run size.

02

The screen

One screen is cut for every colour in the pattern. Nothing is digitally shortcut.

03

The pull

Each screen is pulled by hand and checked before the next pass begins.

04

The finish

Cured, cut and finished in the Nairobi studio, ready to ship by the metre.

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A fabric with presence. One that carries the mark of someone who made it.

Dragonfly Designs Kenya

Screen printing isn’t the fastest way to make a fabric. It’s the best way.

Who we print for

A diverse and esteemed client base.

Fashion designers

Luxury safari camps

Interior designers

East African retailers

International retailers

Community projects

The studio

Skilled hands, and a steady pull of ink.

Helen joined master screen printers Joseph Mwaka and Onesmas ‘Muya’ Mutunga in 2006. The print team works from a custom-built, low-impact studio filled with light, flatbed tables, silk screens and a rainbow of ink pots.

Screen-printed fabric.Embossed paper.Print by the metre.

All of it made by hand in Nairobi.