{"id":117122,"date":"2020-06-14T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/architecture-and-design-should-be-for-everyone-yinka-iloris-colourful-world\/"},"modified":"2020-06-14T16:06:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T09:06:37","slug":"architecture-and-design-should-be-for-everyone-yinka-iloris-colourful-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/architecture-and-design-should-be-for-everyone-yinka-iloris-colourful-world\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Architecture and design should be for everyone\u2019: Yinka Ilori\u2019s colourful world"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe British Nigerian designer on thinking big, bright and positive Walking into Yinka Ilori\u2019s west London studio from the drab suburban business park outside is to enter an oasis. Floor-to-ceiling shelving is lined with the brightly coloured, upcycled chairs, painted or upholstered in West African fabrics, that made Ilori\u2019s name when he first left college. Lush houseplants are dotted around and a portrait of his smiling grandmother sits behind his desk, resplendent in a gele, a traditional head tie. He refers to the picture as we talk about his family\u2019s influence on his work.\u201cMy work is very much about inclusivity and how people enjoy design,\u201d says the 33-year-old. There is also a sense of story, of people communicating, something that started at London Metropolitan University when he was in his second year studying product and furniture design. He was set a project called Our Chair, which referenced Italian designer Martino Gamper\u2019s 100 Chairs in 100 Days (Gamper transformed 100 discarded chairs into entirely new, brilliantly sculptural pieces). Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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