Acclaimed contemporary artist Yinka Ilori tells stories through furniture. Fusing Nigeria - the country of his childhood - with London - where he has lived since graduating in Furniture and Product Design from London Metropolitan University - Ilori’s work touches on global themes and resonates with viewers around the world.
Ilori’s design blends Nigerian folk parables and bright African fabrics with the playful designs of 1980s postmodern design: think Memphis, but updated, with a twenty-first century slant, to encompass diverse, diasporic voices and traditions. His work is fun, sometimes humorous, and always spirited and full of life: this is design made to make you smile.
