Yinka Ilori
{{Short description|British artist and designer}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}
| image = Yinka Ilori photo @LewisKhan.jpg
| caption = Ilori in 2021
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| birth_date = April 1987
| birth_place = London, England
| nationality = British
| education = St Jude and St Paul's CoE Primary School
| alma_mater = London Metropolitan University
| occupation = {{hlist|Artist|Designer}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| honours = Member of the British Empire
| website = {{official website}}
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Yinka Ilori {{postnom|country=GBR|MBE}} (born April 1987) is a British artist and designer known for his bold use of bright colours and playful designs for furniture and public spaces.{{Cite news |last=Sunshine |first=Becky |date=14 June 2020 |title='Architecture and design should be for everyone': Yinka Ilori's colourful world |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/14/yinka-ilori-colourful-world-london-nigeria-public-spaces |access-date=10 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}{{London Gazette
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| date = 31 December 2020
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}} His work includes architecture, interior design, graphic design, textiles, sculpture, and furniture.{{Cite web |last=Burman |first=Sujata |title=The British Nigerian designer making technicolor adult playgrounds |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/yinka-ilori-studio-design/index.html |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=CNN |date=18 September 2020 |language=en}} It includes storytelling using design as a medium, referencing his British and Nigerian heritage.
The New York Times Style Magazine described Ilori as "one of '12 Talents Shaping the Design World'", and Abitare referred to him as belonging "to a more open-minded and inclusive generation that sees design as offering a possible response to social and environmental changes."{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Meara |date=4 October 2021 |title=The Artist Who Dreamed Up a Kaleidoscopic Basketball Court for London's Canary Wharf |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/t-magazine/yinka-ilori-art-design.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Trombetta |first=Luca |date=27 August 2022 |title=Yinka Ilori, the power of colour |url=https://www.abitare.it/en/design-en/2022/08/27/yinka-ilori-the-power-of-colour/ |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=Abitare |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
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.{{Cite web |title=Artist Yinka Ilori Visits SJSP! |url=https://www.stjudestpauls.co.uk/news/?pid=21&nid=2&storyid=153 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=St Jude & St Paul’s}}{{Cite web |title=My city life: Yinka Ilori | website=The Royal Exchange |url=https://www.theroyalexchange.co.uk/my-city-life-yinka-ilori/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en-US}}
His father was a store manager for B&Q and his mother worked as an events caterer.{{Cite web |last=Colquhoun |first=Joe |date=29 October 2021 |title=Lego and artist Yinka Ilori partner to create the Launderette of Dreams |url=https://www.famouscampaigns.com/2021/10/lego-and-artist-yinka-ilori-partner-to-create-the-launderette-of-dreams/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Famous Campaigns}}{{Cite web |last=Aouf |first=Rima Sabina |date=28 October 2021 |title=Yinka Ilori builds colourful Lego launderette in East London |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/10/28/yinka-ilori-lego-launderette-of-dreams-east-london/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} Ilori recalls the vibrant outfits worn by his parents' friends and family at house parties when he was little.{{Cite web |last=Aron |first=Isabelle |title=Artist Yinka Ilori on design shops and wild nights in Islington |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/designer-yinka-ilori-on-growing-up-in-islington-071921 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Time Out London |date=19 July 2021 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Jareh |title=The Colorful Nostalgia of Yinka Ilori's Designs |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2019/05/29/yinka-ilori |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=www.culturedmag.com |language=en}} Visiting Nigeria as a child had an important impact on him and helped him better understand his family's cultural heritage.{{Cite web |last=Tindall |first=Sofia |date=12 May 2021 |title=Artist Yinka Ilori on Finding Inspiration in Lockdown |url=https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/interiors/yinka-ilori/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Country and Town House |language=en-GB}}
Ilori studied art and design (with a focus on furniture and product design) at London Metropolitan University from 2006 to 2009.
Career
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After completing his degree, Ilori worked as an intern with furniture designer Lee Broom.{{Cite news |last=Barrett |first=Helen |date=3 April 2020 |title=Yinka Ilori: 'Why should I feel like I don't belong?' |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/43b88468-6de0-11ea-89df-41bea055720b |access-date=11 February 2023}} His first solo work was supported by a £3,500 grant from The Prince's Trust.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=About — Yinka Ilori |url=https://yinkailori.com/about |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Yinka Ilori Studio |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Maitland |first=Hayley |date=1 December 2020 |title=Yinka Ilori's Joyful Homewares Are the Colourful Boost Your Flat Needs This Winter |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/yinka-ilori-interview |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Artist 101 {{!}} 5 Things to Know About Yinka Ilori |url=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31629/ |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=Bonhams}} He began his professional practice in 2011, initially by upcycling second-hand furniture, and taking inspiration from the colour and design aesthetic of West African textiles.{{Cite web |last=Connolly |first=Holly |title=Interior Escapism: Yinka Ilori on Transforming Life Through Color |url=https://www.goat.com/editorial/yinka-ilori-london-designer-interview |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=GOAT |language=en-us}} Early in his career, he worked at a Marks & Spencer store in Moorgate. The company later hired him to design products, including a recyclable carrier bag.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=10 January 2023 |title=Marks & Spencer Teams Up With Artist Yinka Ilori |url=https://artplugged.co.uk/marks-spencer-teams-up-with-artist-yinka-ilori/ |access-date=5 March 2023 |website=Art Plugged |language=en-US}}
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. In 2013, one such parable, "No matter how long the neck of a giraffe is, it still cannot see the future", led to a five-piece collection of chairs which Ilori transformed from broken and cast-off furniture into abstract, brightly coloured new works of art "to share a lesson from this childhood story — that we should not be judgemental".{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori's New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs |url=https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/yinka-ilori%E2%80%99s-new-20-piece-homeware-collection-merges-african-and-english |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Design Indaba |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chutel |first=Lynsey |date=9 March 2017 |title=A British-Nigerian designer tells modern African parables with chairs you can't sit on |url=https://qz.com/africa/928619/designer-yinka-ilori-uses-chairs-to-tell-the-stories-of-people-who-sit-in-them/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Quartz |language=en}}
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;{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 July 2019 |title=Happy Street |url=https://architecturetoday.co.uk/happy-street/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Architecture Today |language=en-GB}} The Colour Palace at Dulwich Picture Gallery, a temporary pavilion described as "a testament to universal themes of [colour], pattern, and celebration";{{Cite web |last=Pownall |first=Augusta |title='The Colour Palace': Pricegore and Yinka Ilori chosen for second Dulwich Pavilion |url=https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/about/press-media/press-releases/the-colour-palace-pricegore-and-yinka-ilori-chosen-for-second-dulwich-pavilion/ |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=Dulwich Picture Gallery}} and 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".{{Cite web |date=20 June 2019 |title=Yinka Ilori designs Somerset House exhibition celebrating 50 years of black creativity |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/06/20/yinka-ilori-somerset-house-get-up-stand-up-exhibition-design/ |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori, Types of Happiness, 2019 |url=https://the-line.org/artist/yinka-ilori/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=The Line |date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
Ilori founded his design studio in 2015. The practice includes architects and designers for whom colour is a key interest. As his team has expanded, Ilori has been able to take on larger-scale architectural and interior design projects. His clients include companies such as Adidas, Kvadrat, Lego, Meta, Nike, Pepsi, and SCP, as well as the NHS Foundation Trust for which he created works for the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and Springfield University Hospital.{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori Studio Collection |url=https://www.scp.co.uk/collections/yinka-ilori-collection |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=SCP}}{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Megan |date=8 August 2019 |title=Premium water brand Arto LIFEWTR aims to give a canvas to artists |url=https://www.creativereview.co.uk/arto-lifewtr/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Creative Review |language=en-UK}}{{Cite news |last=Dodds |first=Rosanna |date=20 January 2023 |title=Inside the spaces that care |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a2b2d6a9-a113-4e0b-bb13-9b5914db3a04 |access-date=11 February 2023}}
In 2020 he launched an eponymous homeware brand which manufactures and distributes his own products.{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori Homeware |url=https://shop.yinkailori.com/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Yinka Ilori Store}}{{Cite web |last=Bertoli |first=Rosa |date=15 September 2022 |title=At home with Yinka Ilori |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/at-home-with-yinka-ilori |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Wallpaper |language=en}} He was also awarded the Emerging Design Medal by the London Design Festival.{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori recognised for impact on design scene |url=https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/news/articles/yinka-ilori-recognised-for-impact-on-design-scene/ |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=London Metropolitan University}}
Ilori collaborated with British stage designer Es Devlin on the design of the Britannia statuettes for the 2021 BRIT Awards.{{Cite web |last=Bertoli |first=Rosa |date=28 April 2021 |title=Brit Awards 2021 winners to receive trophies by Yinka Ilori and Es Devlin |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/brit-awards-2021-trophy-design-es-devlin-yinka-ilori |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Wallpaper |language=en}}
In 2022 Ilori designed a playground named The Flamboyance of Flamingos in Parsloes Park, East London.{{Cite web |last=Buck |first=Louisa |date=21 January 2022 |title=Power to the people: London's new public art gives a glimmer of hope in gloomy times |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/01/21/power-to-the-people-londons-new-public-art-is-a-tonic-during-a-gloomy-year |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=The Art Newspaper}} In the same year, the 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."{{Cite web |last=Tagliabue |first=Francesca |date=11 January 2023 |title=Yinka Ilori on show at the Design Museum in London |url=https://www.abitare.it/en/events/2023/01/11/yinka-ilori-on-show-at-the-design-museum-in-london/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Abitare |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Shawn |date=27 September 2022 |title=The Design Museum celebrates Yinka Ilori's world |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/yinka-ilori-design-museum-display-parables-happiness |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Wallpaper |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Galli |first=Antonella |title=Design that unites: Yinka Ilori's colourful metaphors |url=https://www.floornature.com/design-trends/design-unites-yinka-ilorias-colourful-metaphors-17362/ |access-date=15 February 2023 |website=Floornature |language=}} His work has also been exhibited in museums such as the V&A Dundee,{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori: Listening to Joy |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/exhibitions/yinka-ilori-listening-to-joy |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee |language=en}} Vitra Design Museum in Basel,{{Cite web |last=Treggiden |first=Katie |date=16 February 2021 |title=Yinka Ilori Turns Discarded Chairs into Sculptural Pieces with a Story |url=https://design-milk.com/yinka-ilori-turns-discarded-chairs-into-sculptural-pieces-with-a-story/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Design Milk |language=en}} and the Guggenheim Bilbao,{{Cite web |title=Making Africa, a Continent of Contemporary Design |url=https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/making-africa.html |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Vitra Design Museum |language=}} and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York as part of the Afrofuturist Period Room.{{Cite web |title=Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/afrofuturist-period-room/exhibition-objects |access-date=26 February 2023 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Iya Ati Omo, Yinka Ilori, 2016 |url=https://www3.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/849304 |access-date=19 February 2023 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}
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",{{Cite web |last=Englefield |first=Jane |date=13 May 2022 |title="I use colour as a way of starting a conversation" says designer Yinka Ilori |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/05/13/colour-design-architecture-yinka-ilori-interviews/ |access-date=4 March 2023 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} and is quoted in The Guardian as saying, "My work is very much about inclusivity and how people enjoy design." He lives and works in London, and was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year's Honours.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-31 |title=David Chipperfield and Yinka Ilori recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/12/31/david-chipperfield-yinka-ilori-new-year-honours/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Molly |date=4 January 2021 |title=Yinka Ilori among designers and creatives named in New Year's Honours 2021 |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/4-10-january-2021/ny-honours-2021/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Design Week |language=en-UK}}{{Cite web |last=Hashish |first=Amira |date=28 January 2022 |title=Yinka Ilori's area guide, including a hot tip from Ed Sheeran |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/where-to-live/living-in-acton-area-guide-yinka-ilori-ed-sheeran-b978767.html |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
According to the architect David Adjaye, Ilori's work "transcends just function and product and acts as a device for cultural memory".
In July 2024, Ilori was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) "for his outstanding contributions to art and design."{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=27 Jun 2024 |title=UCA announces 2024 honours |url=https://www.uca.ac.uk/news/2024/uca-announces-2024-honours/ |access-date=11 September 2024 |website=University for the Creative Arts - UCA |language=en}}
In September 2024, Ilori has introduced a new clothing collection in collaboration with The North Face, featuring his trademark vibrant patterns.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-06 |title=Yinka Ilori x The North Face Find the Good in the Bad Weather |url=https://hypebeast.com/uk/2024/9/yinka-ilori-x-the-north-face-collab-release-info |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Hypebeast}} The NSE collection (Never Stop Exploring) has been described by the brand as its "most playful" to date. It includes a range of items such as rain jackets, fleeces, sweatshirts, trousers, t-shirts, and a bag.{{Cite web |title=Dezeen - Yinka Ilori х North Face
|url= https://www.dezeen.com/2024/09/05/yinka-ilori-north-face-jackets |access-date=2024-09-10 |website= dezeen.com |date= 5 September 2024 }}
Selected projects
- 2019 Colour Palace, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK{{Cite web |title=Dulwich Pavilion 2019: The Colour Palace |url=https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2019/may/dulwich-pavilion-2019-the-colour-palace/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Dulwich Picture Gallery}}
- 2019 Happy Street, London Festival of Architecture and Wandsworth Council, UK{{Cite web |title=Superblue, Yinka Ilori |url=https://www.superblue.com/artists/yinka-ilori/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Superblue |language=en-US}}
- 2020 Colorama skate park, La Condition Publique cultural centre, Lille, France{{Cite web |last=Ravenscroft |first=Tom |date=14 July 2020 |title=Yinka Ilori creates "joy and excitement" with colourful skate park in Lille |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/07/14/yinka-ilori-colorama-skate-park-la-condition-publique-lille/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-15 |title=Yinka Ilori Teams Up With THE SKATEROOM |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/2/yinka-ilori-x-the-skateroom-collab-capsule-images-release-info |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Hypebeast}}
- 2021 Laundrette of Dreams, Lego Collaboration, London, UK{{Cite web |date=27 October 2021 |title=The Lego Group unveils 'Launderette of Dreams', an installation by artist Yinka Ilori that celebrates how children use play to rebuild the world around them |url=https://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news/2021/october/launderette-of-dreams |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Lego |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Leonie |title=The eye-popping Yinka Ilori x Lego collab is open from today |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/yinka-iloris-lego-collab-opens-to-the-public-today-102821 |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Time Out London |date=28 October 2021 |language=en-GB}}
- 2021 Transparency in Shades of Colour, London, UK{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Ben |date=24 August 2021 |title=Design London unveils talks programme |url=https://www.sleepermagazine.com/stories/events/design-london-unveils-talks-programme/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Sleeper |language=en-US}}
- 2021 Bring London Together, UK{{Cite web |last=Elengical |first=Jerry |title=Yinka Ilori restyles London's pedestrian crossings with vivid colours for LDF 2021 |url=https://www.stirworld.com/see-news-yinka-ilori-restyles-london-s-pedestrian-crossings-with-vivid-colours-for-ldf-2021 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Stir World |language=English}}
- 2021 The Sound of Movement, Labrum London,{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://labrumlondon.com/pages/about |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Labrum London |language=en}} Spring-Summer 2022 show, UK{{Cite web |last=Willson |first=Tayler |date=20 September 2021 |title=Labrum's SS22 Collection Sees British Styles Meet West African Accents |url=https://hypebeast.com/2021/9/labrum-london-ss22-london-fashion-week-runway-info |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Hypebeast}}
- 2021 Lick x Yinka Ilori Maximalist Brights, Wallpaper collection{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Laurie |date=7 September 2021 |title=Lick's new collection with award-winning artist Yinka Ilori embraces the biggest trend of the season |url=https://www.idealhome.co.uk/news/lick-x-yinka-ilori-maximalist-brights-collection-286110 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Ideal Home |language=en}}
- 2021 sonsbeek20→24 Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands{{Cite web |last=Rakes |first=Rachael |title=sonsbeek20→24, "force times distance: on labour and its sonic ecologies" — Criticism — e-flux |url=https://www.e-flux.com/criticism/409489/sonsbeek20-24-force-times-distance-on-labour-and-its-sonic-ecologies |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=E-flux |language=en}}
- 2021 Dodge, Somerset House, London, UK{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Henry |date=5 July 2021 |title=Yinka Ilori and Nick Ryan design "artful dodgems" for Somerset House |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/5-11-july-2021/dodge-yinka-ilori-somerset-house/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Design Week |language=en-UK}}
- 2021 Promise me memories and I will let you in, Greenwich Peninsula, London, UK{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Rosa Bertoli last |date=2021-07-02 |title=Last chance to see: Yinka Ilori's colourful pop-up at London's Greenwich Peninsula |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/yinka-ilori-greenwich-peninsula-installation |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Wallpaper |language=en}}
- 2022 Layers of Movement, Meta, London, UK{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Gareth |date=8 September 2022 |title=Meta London unveils art commissions at vast King's Cross office complex |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/08/meta-london-unveil-art-commissions-at-vast-kings-cross-office-complex |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=The Art Newspaper}}
- 2022 The Flamboyance of Flamingos, Parsloes Park Play Area, East London, UK{{Cite web |last=Beach |first=Charlotte |date=2022-07-07 |title=Yinka Ilori's Flamingo Playground Will Make You Wish You Were a Kid Again |url=https://www.printmag.com/designer-interviews/the-flamboyance-of-flamingos/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Print Magazine |language=en-US}}
- 2022 Filtered Rays, Hotel Estrel, Berlin{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=21 June 2022 |title=La nuova installazione permanente di Yinka Ilori a Berlino |trans-title=Yinka Ilori's new permanent installation in Berlin |url=https://www.fuorisalone.it/it/magazine/focus/article/974/yinka-ilori-berlino-filtered-rays |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Fuorisalone.it |language=it}}
- 2023 From Greener Pastures, Labrum London, Autumn–Winter 2023 show, UK{{Cite web |last=Bromley |first=Joe |date=20 February 2023 |title=Labrum London's peerless show lights up Brixton Village |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/labrum-london-brixton-village-aw23-collection-b1061573.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}
- 2023 Public Art Piece, The Rowe (Central House, former London Metropolitan University Cass School of Architecture), London, UK{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Frances |date=27 February 2023 |title=AHMM's £83m extension of former Cass building completed |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ahmms-83m-extension-of-former-cass-building-completed |access-date=2 March 2023 |website=The Architects' Journal |language=en}}
- 2023 Types of Happiness, The Line art trail, London, UK{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Yinka Ilori places gigantic chairs in Royal Docks for Types of Happiness installation |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/06/20/yinka-ilori-gigantic-chairs-types-of-happiness/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}
- 2024 Omi Okun, commission for Art on The Mart, Chicago, US{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-11 |title=Yinka Ilori Makes US-Debut with Premiere of ART on THE MART |url=https://artplugged.co.uk/yinka-ilori-makes-us-debut-with-premiere-of-art-on-the-mart/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Art Plugged |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=Yinka Ilori: Omi Okun |url=https://artonthemart.com/art/yinka-ilori-omi-okun |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=ART on THE MART |language=en-US}}
- 2024 Shaped to the Measure of the People’s Songs: Reflection in Numbers pavilion, HKW, Berlin, Germany{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori's Pavilion at HKW—Reflection in Numbers: A Deliberation on Accountability and Multiplicity in Sports {{!}} HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt |url=https://www.hkw.de/en/the-house/press/2023/05.06.2024-pavilion-yinka-ilori |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-07 |title=Yinka Ilori designs reflective pavilion at Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2024 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/06/07/yinka-ilori-pavilion-haus-der-kulturen-der-welt-2024/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}
- 2024 Slices of Peace, Orchard Park, Kent, UK (with Peter Adjaye){{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori: Slices of Peace |url=https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/yinka-ilori-slices-of-peace/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Turner Contemporary |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Turner Contemporary & UCA Public Art – Kings Hill |url=https://www.kings-hill.com/apple/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |language=en-US}}
Exhibitions
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- 2013 It Started With a Parable, Jaguar Shoes, London Design Week{{Cite web |date=15 August 2013 |title=Yinka – It Started with a Parable « Jaguarshoes Collective |url=http://www.jaguarshoes.com/yinka-it-started-with-a-parable/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Jaguarshoes Collective |language=en-GB}}
- 2014 This is Where It Started, The Whitespace Gallery, Lagos{{Cite web |last= |date=14 September 2014 |title=Yinka Ilori in 'This is where it started' Lagos exhibition |url=https://www.thenicheng.com/yinka-ilori-in-this-is-where-it-started-lagos-exhibition/ |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=TheNiche |language=en-US}}
- 2015 If Chairs Could Talk, The Shop At Bluebird{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Caroline |date=18 September 2015 |title=Installation Inspired by Nigerian Parables & Fabric |url=https://design-milk.com/upcycled-chairs-inspired-traditional-nigerian-parables-african-fabrics/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Design Milk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Affolderbach |first=Annegret |title=If chairs could talk: the stories of Yinka Ilori's furniture |url=https://www.wantedonline.co.za/art-design/2018-05-16-if-chairs-could-talk-the-stories-of-yinka-iloris-furniture/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Wanted Online |language=en-ZA}}
- 2022 Yinka Ilori: Parables for Happiness, the Design Museum, London{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Yinka Ilori: Parables for Happiness |url=https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/yinka-ilori-parables-for-happiness# |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Design Museum |language=en}}
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- 2014 Africa Calling, Africa Utopia, Southbank Centre, London{{Cite web |title=Africa Calling |url=https://the-dots.com/projects/africa-calling-115221 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=The Dots |language=en-GB}}
- 2015 Home Affairs, Now Gallery, London{{Cite web |title=Home Affairs |url=https://nowgallery.co.uk/exhibitions/home-affairs |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Now Gallery}}
- 2015 Making Africa, Vitra Design Museum, Basel. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- 2020 Knit!, Kvadrat, Copenhagen{{Cite web |title=Knit! by Kvadrat explores knitted textiles by Kvadrat Febrik at 3 days of design 2020 |url=https://www.kvadrat.dk/en/knit-by-kvadrat |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Kvadrat |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yinka Ilori {{!}} Knit! by Kvadrat |url=https://www.kvadrat.dk/en/knit-by-kvadrat/knit-designers/yinka-ilori |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=Kvadrat |language=en}}
Publications
- Pricegore & Yinka Ilori: Dulwich Pavilion. Dingle Price, Alex Gore, Job Floris, Sumayya Vally, Yinka Ilori Studio, Pricegore. Zurich. 2021. {{ISBN|3-03860-233-7}}. {{OCLC|1224160677}}.{{Cite book | title=Pricegore & Yinka Ilori: Dulwich Pavilion |date=2021 |editor-first1=Dingle | editor-last1=Price | editor-first2=Alex | editor-last2= Gore | author-first1=Job | author-last1=Floris | author-first2=Sumayya | author-last2=Vally | others=Showing work by Pricegore and Yinka Ilori Studio. |isbn=978-3-03860-233-0 | publisher=Park Books | location=Zurich |oclc=1224160677}}
- Reynolds, Jason (2018). For every one. London. {{ISBN|978-1-9996425-3-2}}. {{OCLC|1063638673}}.{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Jason |title=For every one |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-9996425-3-2 |location=London | publisher=Knights Of |oclc=1063638673}} (cover design by Yinka Ilori)
References
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External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vMGCNkjxMc&ab_channel=DesignIndaba Yinka Ilori on the feelings and emotions of chairs], interview at Design Indaba
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZn_PGlnak&ab_channel=theDesignMuseum In the studio: artist and designer Yinka Ilori], short film from the Design Museum
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRxVvPfrqc&ab_channel=LEGO Artist Yinka Ilori teams up with kids to build the "Launderette of Dreams"], short film
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feo6GeZqxss&ab_channel=LEGO The making of the "Launderette of Dreams" by Yinka Ilori], short film
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Category:English furniture designers
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Category:English people of Nigerian descent
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