Camille Walala unveils Les Jumeaux street artwork in colourful New London Fabulous style
Two pedestrian crossings and a building facade in London's White City district have been given a new lick of paint as part of one of Camille Walala's characteristically vibrant public art installations, called Les Jumeaux.
The project forms part of a burgeoning design movement called the New London Fabulous ? a term coined by Adam Nathaniel Furman in a live interview with Dezeen to describe a group of creatives working in the capital, including himself, Walala and Yinka Ilori.
"Being grouped with the New London Fabulous and recognised as someone who is very deliberately using colour and pattern to disseminate joy, positivity and pride to as many people as possible, is a vindication of everything I set out to do in my work," Walala told Dezeen.
Marking the French designer's first major outdoor artwork in West London, it consists of seven separate murals, which now adorn the facade of the WestWorks office building, as well as two overhauled zebra crossings on Wood Lane and South Africa Road.
Their imagery sees Walala reinterpret the rich architectural details found in the area through her signature colourful lense.
"The geometric forms mirror the simple lines and block patterns found in the surrounding buildings, whereas the colours offer a bold counterpoint to the largely monochrome palette of the streetscape," Walala said.
"The lines formed by the windows inspired the black-and-white striped motif I've used, which is aptly reminiscent of the trad...
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