Press

Selected coverage

Public records, interviews and speaking profiles — held apart from biography, and apart from awards.

Verified press features

Forbes

Dhaka Through the Eyes of a Bangladeshi Designer

A portrait of Dhaka through Rokaiya Ahmed Purna’s practice, including the EKN Kamthala collaboration.

Forbes, Shivani Vora, 31 January 2023.

31 January 2023

The Business Standard

A feature on Rokaiya Ahmed Purna and the argument for design authorship from Bangladesh.

The Business Standard, Kaniz Supriya, 5 February 2023.

5 February 2023

Dhaka Tribune

Coverage of the EKN Kamthala collaboration and its framing proposition.

Dhaka Tribune, Probir Kumar Sarker, 16 February 2024.

16 February 2024

TEDxRUET

Speaker listing for the TEDxRUET talk on “Designed in Bangladesh.”

TEDxRUET speaker profile. Studio does not reproduce third-party biographical claims from this page.

7 February 2025

UNESCO

Public participants record of UNESCO’s 13th Youth Forum. Rokaiya represented Bangladesh as a delegate — not as UNESCO staff.

UNESCO, 13th Youth Forum participants record, 2023.

2023

Biography

Awards

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Media kit

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