VISIT ZAMBIA (11 National Parks & Landmarks)

The Visit Zambia series is modelled after the US Works Progress Administration (WPA) National Park posters commissioned in the 1930’s and 40’s. They featured a limited colour palette, period fonts and iconic scenes from America’s national parks. The scenes depicted in the Visit Zambia series mimic the WPA posters in style and content; they are based on our own research, photos and experiences in Zambia’s amazing parks. 

At its heart, the VISIT ZAMBIA series is a visual love letter from our family to the country which we have come to call home for more than a decade. In the spirit of the original WPA, InHouse Design Studio is committed to working with local NGOs which work closely with government and local communities to stop poaching and promote conservation in Zambia’s precious national parks.  Sales of these posters directly supports this work.

This series now features artwork from 9 of Zambia’s 20 National Parks and two beloved landmarks: Lusaka NP, South Luangwa, Mosi Oa Tunya, Lower Zambezi, Kasanka NP, Liuwa Plain, Kafue NP, North Luangwa, Nsumbu and Lake Tanganyika, Lake Kariba and last but not least, Shiwa Ng’andu, aka Africa House.

(Note: Limited quantities of these prints are available as refrigerator magnets!)

Afronauts

From 1960 - 1969 the Southern African country of Zambia had a space program with ambitions of beating the US and Russia in the race to the moon. 

The plan was to send a young cadette to the moon with two trained but uncooperative cats.  If that trip went well there was to be a follow-up mission to Mars involving 12 Afronauts and ten cats. 

The Afronauts were championed by 17 year-old ‘Captain’ Matha Mwamba. The unofficial ‘Zambia National Science, Space Research and Philosophy Academy’ had a tiny aluminium and copper rocket which they claimed was ready to be blasted into space.  In addition to Academy's scientific pursuits, the program had an evangelical objective:  to make Zambia “controllers of the Seventh Heaven Interstellar space.” 

Celebrate Zambia’s unique history with your own Zambia Space Academy t-shirt!

(Various sizes and style available while supplies last - please get in touch)

Lusaka City

15°25’S 26°19E never looked so good.

Getting efficiently from Point A to Point B in Lusaka is frequently an exercise in futility. If you’ve ever been caught up in this city’s tangletown matrix, or set out on a wild-goose chase following a ‘smart’ location pin you’ll appreciate this Lusaka City poster. It makes the nonsense make sense even if it still doesn’t get you to where you need to go.

Look good trying.

Size: 20 x 25 cm blue w/ white and white w/ graphite

(AND limited stock of rolled 40 x 50 cm posters)

This is lusaka

Czech architect, Miroslav Šašek, began his career in children’s literature in the late 1940’s. In 1959, Šašek published “This is Paris”, the first in his beloved 18-book series. For more than 50 years, children everywhere have been able to sample the world’s greatest locales through his works.

Lusaka never made it’s way into the official “This is….” series, but that didn’t stop InHouse from imagining this title and creating the book jacket in Šašek’s distinct sytle. We can only wonder what he would have made of the city we call home.

Available, Contact InHouse for prints and custom orders. (Example shown below)

smart art Mosiac

This Smart Art mosaic is a custom sculpture piece which bridges the gap between physical and digital media.

The wall-mounted sculpture, made from 625 hand painted cubes, brings the viewer to a destination of your choosing. The QR code can be linked to a video, a portfolio, a website….the options are endless.

(Shown: Owen, showing off his black and white mosaic which links to his video project, Above. You can scan the code with your phone to view).

For custom orders Contact InHouse

giraffes

Standing at 2.3 meters / 7’6” these hand-painted, flat-pack, plywood giraffes, are the official mascots of the Lusaka Arts Festival, held annually in May (ahem, on non-global pandemic years only). In the early years of the festival, local artists were invited to paint a giraffe which was then donated back to the festival and sold to the highest bidder.

Outside of festival season, these giraffes are sold by special order with a portion of proceeds going back to the Lusaka Arts Festival.

To get your own LAF Giraffe Contact InHouse

Fine art photos

Ethereal prints from our favorite landscapes; wildflower macros and safari all-stars. Check out our photography portfolios for custom printing and framing available by special arrangement. (Contact InHouse)