Yinka Ilori

Yinka Ilori
MBE
Ilori in 2021
BornApril 1987
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Jude and St Paul's CoE Primary School
Alma materLondon Metropolitan University
Occupations
  • Artist
  • Designer
Years active2009–present
HonoursMember of the British Empire
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Yinka Ilori 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.[1][2][3] His work includes architecture, interior design, graphic design, textiles, sculpture, and furniture.[4] 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."[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lego-2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sunshine, Becky (14 June 2020). "'Architecture and design should be for everyone': Yinka Ilori's colourful world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N20.
  4. ^ Burman, Sujata (18 September 2020). "The British Nigerian designer making technicolor adult playgrounds". CNN. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ Sharma, Meara (4 October 2021). "The Artist Who Dreamed Up a Kaleidoscopic Basketball Court for London's Canary Wharf". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ^ Trombetta, Luca (27 August 2022). "Yinka Ilori, the power of colour". Abitare. Retrieved 14 February 2023.