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Yinka Ilori’s new foundation is dedicated to play and joy: ‘Play gave me freedom to dream’Today, artist and designer Yinka Ilori announced the launch of a non-profit organisation that debuts with a playscape in Nigeria
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Yinka Ilori creates artwork for Wyclef Jean's latest singleOut today, Wyclef Jean's 'Back to Abu Dhabi' features a cover bearing Yinka Ilori's distinctive colourful aesthetic
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The charity record sale with a difference, Secret 7”, is backThe initiative sees 700 vinyls in one-of-a-kind record sleeves designed by world-class artists exhibited and auctioned to raise money for charity
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‘Architect of Joy’ Yinka Ilori's latest collection ‘breathes colour and optimism into every corner of any space’Yinka Ilori debuts a collaboration with American brand Momentum, marking his first foray into commercial textile and wallcovering design
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Last chance to shop: Yinka Ilori pop-up shop entices in London’s ShoreditchYinka Ilori's colourful pop-up shop (until 3 January 2023) in east London features new collections and interiors inspired by West African architecture
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Yinka Ilori’s diamond-infused Fashion Awards 2022 trophy design unveiledFollowing designs by David Adjaye and Marc Newson in previous years, Yinka Ilori has designed the trophies for The Fashion Awards 2022 in a colourful mass of glass and diamond
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The Design Museum celebrates Yinka Ilori’s worldFrom community-focused commissions to design for play, 'Yinka Ilori: Parables of Happiness' (open until 25 June 2023) celebrates the British-Nigerian designer's creativity, his influences and his inspirations
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Brit Awards 2021 winners to receive trophies by Yinka Ilori and Es DevlinEach Brit Awards 2021 winner will receive two awards, with each recipient invited to gift the second trophy in the spirit of ‘giving something back’
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Last chance to see: Yinka Ilori’s colourful pop-up at London’s Greenwich PeninsulaPromise me memories and I will let you in by Yinka Ilori is a colourful pop-up outdoor installation at Greenwich Peninsula until 19 September 2021, a colourful space ‘for communities to reconnect through curiosity and imagination’
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Last chance to play: Yinka Ilori's colourful basketball court in Canary Wharf is a slam dunkArtist and designer Yinka Ilori applied his signature colourful geometries to his design for this new public basketball court in Canary Wharf, London
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At home with Yinka IloriSpeaking ahead of his first solo display at London's Design Museum (15 September 2022 – 25 June 2023), British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori welcomes us to his new London studio space to talk family, music, daily routines, and his most joyful projects
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Yinka Ilori transforms afternoon tea at Bulgari Hotel, LondonCelebrated designer Yinka Ilori unveils an exuberant afternoon tea at London’s Bulgari Hotel
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Yinka Ilori and Lego’s launderette celebrates play and communityCreated in collaboration with Lego, Yinka Ilori’s pop-up Launderette of Dreams installation (until 6 November 2021) is a colourful celebration of play
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Yinka Ilori’s colourful skatepark in France is a pillar of the communitySport, street art and community merge in Yinka Ilori’s skatepark in Roubaix, project that is part of Lille’s World Capital of Design 2020
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Step inside Yinka Ilori and Pricegore’s colourful summer pavilion for LondonEnter the ‘Colour Palace’ designed by architects Pricegore and artist Yinka Ilori. This year’s Dulwich Pavilion, commissioned for London Festival of Architecture, is inspired by the colours of the Balogun Market in Lagos. The cerise pink, canary yellow, Granny Smith-green and sky blue scheme responds with confidence to the demure, Sir John Soane-designed gallery building. The design’s colourfully patterned timber louvres work together in tandem to reflect the joy of multicultural London.
