yinka ilori upcycles old furniture into setting up at london design festival

aug 18, 2016

yinka ilori upcycles antique furnishings into installing at london design festival

throughout london design festival 2016, local-based mostly fashion designer yinka ilori will seriously change the clerkenwell's gallery basement with an immersive installing referred to as 'a swimming pool of dreams'. the intervention contains six chairs that were made from diverse discovered substances, brought collectively to create a colorful piece that sits between paintings and design, contemporary aesthetics and historic oral subculture.

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conventional for his bold and playful vogue, yinka ilori's  chair collection references the colorings and patterns of african textiles and testimonies from nigerian parables. every considered one of them represents a distinct faith-based mostly narrative that goes returned into yinka's childhood reminiscences that evoke strong emotional responses. his work portrays positivity while bearing in mind exact elements like sustainability through the reuse of discharged substances. every piece enables for long and fun contemplation, taking the viewer to distinct references and playful locations.

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juliana neira I designboom

aug 18, 2016