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Zambian designer trades pharmacy for the drawing board

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Patronella Diedricks
September 12, 2025

Suheir Falconer's path to interior design was anything but traditional. For years, she dedicated herself to the precise science of pharmacy. What led her to exchange the dispensing counter for the drawing board?

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