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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m D r a f t : Y i n k a I l o r i )
British artist and designer
Yinka Ilori MBE [1] [2] [3] [4]
The New York Times Style Magazine Abitare [5] [6]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Ilori grew up in a multicultural neighbourhood on Essex Road in Islington and attended St Jude and St Paul's Church of England Primary School.[7] [8]
His father was a store manager for B&Q and his mother worked as an events caterer.[2] [9] [10] [11] [12] [4] [13] [14]
Ilori studied art and design (with a focus on furniture and product design) at London Metropolitan University from 2006 to 2009.[4] [2]
The Colour Palace , Dulwich Pavilion (with Pricegore architects)Blackfriars Road mural Happy Street , Thessaly Road bridgeHappy Street (another view)
After completing his degree, Ilori worked as an intern with furniture designer Lee Broom .[2] [13] The Prince's Trust .[15] [16] [17] upcycling second-hand furniture, and taking inspiration from the colour and design aesthetic of West African textiles.[18] Marks & Spencer store in Moorgate. The company later hired him to design products, including a recyclable carrier bag.[19]
Ilori's mixed cultural heritage is an influence in his work. The Nigerian parables his parents told him as a child have become a major source of inspiration for his designs.[2] [13] [4] [20] [21]
More recently, he has created public works and installations such as Happy Street , in which he transformed a railway bridge underpass at Nine Elms with brightly coloured murals;[22] The Colour Palace at Dulwich Picture Gallery , a temporary pavilion described as "a testament to universal themes of [colour], pattern, and celebration";[23] Get Up Stand Up at Somerset House , which "celebrates half a century of black creativity in the UK" and was called "a riot of colour and pattern".[24] [25]
Ilori founded his design studio in 2015.[13] [2] [15] [15] NHS Foundation Trust for which he created works for the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and Springfield University Hospital.[26] [27] [18] [28] [4]
In 2020 he launched an eponymous homeware brand[29] [16] [30] Emerging Design Medal by the London Design Festival .[31]
Ilori collaborated with British stage designer Es Devlin on the design of the Britannia statuettes for the 2021 BRIT Awards .[32]
In 2022 Ilori designed a playground named The Flamboyance of Flamingos in Parsloes Park , East London.[33] [30] Design Museum in London staged an exhibition of his work featuring 100 of his projects as well as "Canary Wharf's first ever basketball court."[34] [35] [36] V&A Dundee ,[37] Vitra Design Museum in Basel,[38] Guggenheim Bilbao ,[39] Metropolitan Museum in New York as part of the Afrofuturist Period Room .[40] [41]
Ilori has said, "I use colour as a way of starting a conversation. It's quite a nice way of opening up a topic and softening what could be a harsh reality",[42] The Guardian [2] Member of the British Empire (MBE)[3] [43] New Year's Honours .[44] [45]
According to the architect David Adjaye , Ilori's work "transcends just function and product and acts as a device for cultural memory".[5]
Selected projects [ edit ]
2019 Colour Palace, Dulwich Picture Gallery , London, UK[46]
2019 Happy Street , London Festival of Architecture and Wandsworth Council, UK[47]
2020 Colorama skate park, La Condition Publique cultural centre, Lille, France[48] [49]
2021 Laundrette of Dreams, Lego Collaboration, London, UK[1] [50]
2021 Transparency in Shades of Colour , London, UK[51]
2021 Bring London Together , UK[52]
2021 The Sound of Movement, Labrum London ,[53] [54]
2021 Lick x Yinka Ilori Maximalist Brights , Wallpaper collection[55]
2021 sonsbeek20→24 Sonsbeek , Arnhem , Netherlands[56]
2021 Dodge, Somerset House , London, UK[57]
2021 Promise me memories and I will let you in , Greenwich Peninsula , London, UK[58]
2022 Layers of Movement, Meta, London, UK[59]
2022 The Flamboyance of Flamingos, Parsloes Park Play Area, East London, UK[60]
2023 From Greener Pastures, Labrum London, Autumn–Winter 2023 show, UK[61]
2023 Public Art Piece, The Rowe (Central House , former London Metropolitan University Cass School of Architecture), London, UK[62]
2023 Types of Happiness , The Line art trail, London, UK[63]
2024 Omi Okun , commission for Art on The Mart [64]
2024 Shaped to the Measure of the People’s Songs: Reflection in Numbers pavilion, HKW , Berlin, Germany[65] [66]
Exhibitions [ edit ]
2013 It Started With a Parable, Jaguar Shoes, London Design Week[67]
2014 This is Where It Started, The Whitespace Gallery, Lagos[68]
2015 If Chairs Could Talk, The Shop At Bluebird[69] [70]
2022 Yinka Ilori: Parables for Happiness , the Design Museum , London[71]
Publications [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b "No. 63218" . The London Gazette
^ a b c d e Burman, Sujata (18 September 2020). "The British Nigerian designer making technicolor adult playgrounds" . CNN . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ a b Sharma, Meara (4 October 2021). "The Artist Who Dreamed Up a Kaleidoscopic Basketball Court for London's Canary Wharf" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 14 February 2023 .
^ Trombetta, Luca (27 August 2022). "Yinka Ilori, the power of colour" . Abitare . Retrieved 14 February 2023 .
^ "Artist Yinka Ilori Visits SJSP!" . St Jude & St Paul’s . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "My city life: Yinka Ilori" . The Royal Exchange . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Colquhoun, Joe (29 October 2021). "Lego and artist Yinka Ilori partner to create the Launderette of Dreams" . Famous Campaigns . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Aouf, Rima Sabina (28 October 2021). "Yinka Ilori builds colourful Lego launderette in East London" . Dezeen . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Aron, Isabelle (19 July 2021). "Artist Yinka Ilori on design shops and wild nights in Islington" . Time Out London . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Das, Jareh. "The Colorful Nostalgia of Yinka Ilori's Designs" . www.culturedmag.com . Retrieved 26 February 2023 .
^ a b c d Barrett, Helen (3 April 2020). "Yinka Ilori: 'Why should I feel like I don't belong?' . Financial Times . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Tindall, Sofia (12 May 2021). "Artist Yinka Ilori on Finding Inspiration in Lockdown" . Country and Town House . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ a b c "About — Yinka Ilori" . Yinka Ilori Studio . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ a b Maitland, Hayley (1 December 2020). "Yinka Ilori's Joyful Homewares Are the Colourful Boost Your Flat Needs This Winter" . British Vogue . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Artist 101 | 5 Things to Know About Yinka Ilori" . Bonhams . Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^ a b Connolly, Holly. "Interior Escapism: Yinka Ilori on Transforming Life Through Color" . GOAT . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Marks & Spencer Teams Up With Artist Yinka Ilori" . Art Plugged . 10 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori's New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs" . Design Indaba . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Chutel, Lynsey (9 March 2017). "A British-Nigerian designer tells modern African parables with chairs you can't sit on" . Quartz . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Happy Street" . Architecture Today . 16 July 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Pownall, Augusta. " . Dulwich Picture Gallery . Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori designs Somerset House exhibition celebrating 50 years of black creativity" . Dezeen . 20 June 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori, Types of Happiness, 2019" . The Line . 6 March 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori Studio Collection" . SCP . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Williams, Megan (8 August 2019). "Premium water brand Arto LIFEWTR aims to give a canvas to artists" . Creative Review . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Dodds, Rosanna (20 January 2023). "Inside the spaces that care" . Financial Times . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori Homeware" . Yinka Ilori Store . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ a b Bertoli, Rosa (15 September 2022). "At home with Yinka Ilori" . Wallpaper . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori recognised for impact on design scene" . London Metropolitan University . Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ Bertoli, Rosa (28 April 2021). "Brit Awards 2021 winners to receive trophies by Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin" . Wallpaper . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Buck, Louisa (21 January 2022). "Power to the people: London's new public art gives a glimmer of hope in gloomy times" . The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Tagliabue, Francesca (11 January 2023). "Yinka Ilori on show at the Design Museum in London" . Abitare . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ Adams, Shawn (27 September 2022). "The Design Museum celebrates Yinka Ilori's world" . Wallpaper . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ Galli, Antonella. "Design that unites: Yinka Ilori's colourful metaphors" . Floornature . Retrieved 15 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori: Listening to Joy" . Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee . Retrieved 26 February 2023 .
^ Treggiden, Katie (16 February 2021). "Yinka Ilori Turns Discarded Chairs into Sculptural Pieces with a Story" . Design Milk . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ a b "Making Africa, a Continent of Contemporary Design" . Vitra Design Museum . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room" . Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 26 February 2023 .
^ "Iya Ati Omo, Yinka Ilori, 2016" . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ Englefield, Jane (13 May 2022). " . Dezeen . Retrieved 4 March 2023 .
^ "David Chipperfield and Yinka Ilori recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list" . Dezeen . 31 December 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023 .
^ Long, Molly (4 January 2021). "Yinka Ilori among designers and creatives named in New Year's Honours 2021" . Design Week . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Hashish, Amira (28 January 2022). "Yinka Ilori's area guide, including a hot tip from Ed Sheeran" . Evening Standard . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Dulwich Pavilion 2019: The Colour Palace" . Dulwich Picture Gallery . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Superblue, Yinka Ilori" . Superblue . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ Ravenscroft, Tom (14 July 2020). "Yinka Ilori creates "joy and excitement" with colourful skate park in Lille" . Dezeen . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori Teams Up With THE SKATEROOM" . Hypebeast . 15 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ Cooper, Leonie (28 October 2021). "The eye-popping Yinka Ilori x Lego collab is open from today" . Time Out London . Retrieved 10 February 2023 .
^ Thomas, Ben (24 August 2021). "Design London unveils talks programme" . Sleeper . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Elengical, Jerry. "Yinka Ilori restyles London's pedestrian crossings with vivid colours for LDF 2021" . Stir World . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "ABOUT" . Labrum London . Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ Willson, Tayler (20 September 2021). "Labrum's SS22 Collection Sees British Styles Meet West African Accents" . Hypebeast . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Davidson, Laurie (7 September 2021). "Lick's new collection with award-winning artist Yinka Ilori embraces the biggest trend of the season" . Ideal Home . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Rakes, Rachael. "sonsbeek20→24, "force times distance: on labour and its sonic ecologies" — Criticism — e-flux" . E-flux . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Wong, Henry (5 July 2021). "Yinka Ilori and Nick Ryan design "artful dodgems" for Somerset House" . Design Week . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ updated, Rosa Bertoli last (2 July 2021). "Last chance to see: Yinka Ilori's colourful pop-up at London's Greenwich Peninsula" . Wallpaper . Retrieved 19 July 2023 .
^ Harris, Gareth (8 September 2022). "Meta London unveils art commissions at vast King's Cross office complex" . The Art Newspaper . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Beach, Charlotte (7 July 2022). "Yinka Ilori's Flamingo Playground Will Make You Wish You Were a Kid Again" . Print Magazine . Retrieved 24 April 2023 .
^ Bromley, Joe (20 February 2023). "Labrum London's peerless show lights up Brixton Village" . Evening Standard . Retrieved 27 February 2023 .
^ Williams, Frances (27 February 2023). "AHMM's £83m extension of former Cass building completed" . The Architects' Journal . Retrieved 2 March 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori places gigantic chairs in Royal Docks for Types of Happiness installation" . Dezeen . 20 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori Makes US-Debut with Premiere of ART on THE MART" . Art Plugged . 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024 .
^ "Yinka Ilori's Pavilion at HKW—Reflection in Numbers: A Deliberation on Accountability and Multiplicity in Sports | HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt" . Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). Retrieved 12 June 2024 .
^ "Yinka Ilori designs reflective pavilion at Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2024" . Dezeen . 7 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024 .
^ "Yinka – It Started with a Parable « Jaguarshoes Collective" . Jaguarshoes Collective . 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori in 'This is where it started' Lagos exhibition" . TheNiche . 14 September 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Williamson, Caroline (18 September 2015). "Installation Inspired by Nigerian Parables & Fabric" . Design Milk . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ Affolderbach, Annegret. "If chairs could talk: the stories of Yinka Ilori's furniture" . Wanted Online . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori: Parables for Happiness" . Design Museum . Retrieved 12 February 2023 .
^ "Africa Calling" . The Dots . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Home Affairs" . Now Gallery . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Knit! by Kvadrat explores knitted textiles by Kvadrat Febrik at 3 days of design 2020" . Kvadrat . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ "Yinka Ilori | Knit! by Kvadrat" . Kvadrat . Retrieved 11 February 2023 .
^ Floris, Job; Vally, Sumayya (2021). Price, Dingle; Gore, Alex (eds.). Pricegore & Yinka Ilori: Dulwich Pavilion . Showing work by Pricegore and Yinka Ilori Studio. Zurich: Park Books. ISBN 978-3-03860-233-0 OCLC 1224160677 .
^ Reynolds, Jason (2018). For every one . London: Knights Of. ISBN 978-1-9996425-3-2 OCLC 1063638673 .
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