WHAT DESIGN CAN DO.

London based artist Yinka Ilori spreading colour amongst the grey towers of London’s Canary Wharf.

Yinka Ilori MBE is a London-based artist of British-Nigerian heritage. Yinka has a great ability to tell stories with his art by fusing his mixed cultural upbringing to tell new stories in contemporary design. Humorous, provocative and fun, words we love to hear.

Yinka’s vibrant pop up ‘Be the best you can’ court is open to the public, we checked it out early Summer, the vibrancy lit up the seriousness of the location. It remains at Canary Wharf until October 2021 - So be quick and get your swish on before it goes!

“I found it difficult not to have time and space to play in public spaces last year, so I wanted to create an area that encouraged play for everyone,” said Ilori “I wanted to give people a place they can come and just enjoy being outdoors and being together again.”

For more details on book go to the Canary Wharf website.

For more details on Yinka’s work here HERE

Photography by Matt Alexander for Canary Wharf & Yinka Ilori.