Modular display stands modelled on buildings in Burkina Faso feature in the first brick-and-mortar shop that London-based designer Yinka Ilori has created for his self-titled homeware brand.
Taking over a compact retail space in Shoreditch in the leadup to Christmas, the pop-up shop features a colour-block interior designed to match the products on sale, as slime-green walls clash with pink and orange flooring.
Yinka Ilori has opened a pop-up shop in London
This "more is more" philosophy to colour also extends onto the store's glossy lacquered product displays, designed by Ilori to reference the construction of mosques and homes in Burkina Faso.
"I am really obsessed with their design language which is very African, very rich and very unapologetic," he told Dezeen. "There is a recurring use of squares and triangles and you sometimes also see poles sticking out of the structures. I found these poles fascinating. They are structural but also used to make it easy for people to climb up and repair the building."
Products are displayed in modular colour-block storage units
In the store, these shapes are reflected in the modular storage units, which are constructed from medium-density fibreboard (MDF) and each topped with a stepped pyramid.
Strategically placed holes can be used much like those on a pegboard to add poles of different sizes and provide storage for a changing array of products.
Longer rails can be slotted in to hang T-shirts and throw...