Studio Launch

https://lewiskhan.co.uk/Yinka Ilori recently opened his new studio space in Park Royal, London’s largest industrial neighbourhood which is home to a growing number of creatives. Working in collaboration with Sam Jacob, principle of Sam Jacob Studio and a former director of FAT Architects, Yinka has transformed a blank canvas industrial-style unit into a bold, light filled studio that facilitates creation, collaboration and display, with a sense of community and togetherness central to the design.

Drawing inspiration from Ilori’s British-Nigerian heritage as well as his upbringing on a council estate in Islington, Ilori and Jacob have created a dynamic, layered space which incorporates the bright colours and playful elements that are characteristic of his work, while rethinking the role and function of the artists’ studio and the needs of the team in a post-Covid working environment.

Three distinctive zones for workstations, an office, exhibition and archive space, and a communal table and kitchen have been created. At the same time, transitory boundaries and partitions including curtains and sliding doors create both openness and privacy and ensure a multifunctional environment. This creates flexibility allowing the space to respond to different ways of working, socialising, presenting and sharing.

Photographs by Lewis Khan.