Creating the chairs for The Line was a flashback to Ilori’s early days as a designer
Every chair has stories to tell. British-Nigerian designer, Yinka Iloricreated two oversized chairs and placed them in The Line“tthe longest art route in London». Designed – initially – in the context of a wider collection of six chairs, each of which referred to a different emotion, the two chairs in The Line express happiness and pride.
“In a way the chairs were born out of an underpass project I did on Happy Street in Battersea where I was also asked to do a mini community exhibition. The chairs drew from the colors of the subway and from colors that express happiness. The original six chairs were normal size; these are larger versions of two of themIlori said, speaking to Dezeen.
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Creating the chairs for The Line was a flashback to Ilori’s early days as a designer, when he often worked with chairs. “I have always been obsessed with chairs, collecting chairs from all over London and in a sense retelling their stories“, he confessed.
“Basically, I look at the chair, whether it’s somebody’s aunt’s chair or their grandmother’s chair passed down to their son or daughter, and I reimagine their narratives but trying to incorporate my own personal stories into those chairs. I then bequeath this narrative to others to allow the user to add their own story. It’s about how everyday objects can be platforms to hold stories or share memories and going back to my original roots of chairs and storytelling“, explained.
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