Celebrated London-based multidisciplinary artist of British-Nigerian heritage, Yinka Ilori who specializes in storytelling by fusing his British and Nigerian heritage to tell new stories in contemporary design. Humorous, provocative and fun, every project that he creates tells a story. Bringing Nigerian verbal traditional into playful conversation with contemporary design, Yinka Ilori’s has revealed his first homeware collection, taking inspiration from his British-Nigerian heritage and childhood to create a collection of soft furnishings. The focus for the first release is on tabletop and textile pieces including cushions, tablecloths, stoneware and rugs.
The first homeware collection is a continuation of design work inspired by his own British Nigerian heritage and childhood. It’s a colourful celebration of two cultures expressed through abstract, technicolour pattern and contemporary craft. Unexpected, functional household items – that evoke memories from his own upbringing – have been reworked as colourful artworks. Each has their own narrative and back-story, meant to instill a sense of optimism and joy, to act in their own small way as a distraction to the dark times that we’re facing this year.
Speaking about the launch of the collection, Ilori explained its influences,
“My first homeware collection is a continuation of design work inspired by my own British-Nigerian heritage and childhood. It’s a colourful celebration of two cultures expressed through abstract, techni-colour pattern and contemporary craft. Unexpected, functional household items that evoke memories from my own upbringing have been reworked as colourful artworks. Each has their own narrative and back-story, meant to instil a sense of optimism and joy, to act in their own small way as a distraction to the dark times that we’re facing this year.”
View the collections below;
The full collection is available now from Yinka Ilori’s web store, and will also be sold at select stockists around the world.
