Ini Archibong

Background

Ini Archibong is an industrial designer, creative director, artist and musician. Knoll says he is the son of Nigerian parents who came to the United States as academic scholars and that he was born and raised in Pasadena, California. He studied at the Art Center College of Design and, after time in Singapore, earned a master's degree in luxury design and craftsmanship at ECAL in Switzerland.

Signature Style

Knoll describes a deep interest in master-craftsmanship and its relationship to technology, both modern and ancient, and praises the quiet, poetic elegance of his work.

Notable Works

His design for the Pavilion of the African Diaspora won the Best Design Medal at the 2021 London Design Biennale. Wikipedia says New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired three of his pieces in 2021, and that his Iquo Café Collection for Knoll received a Good Design award in 2022.

Legacy

He is a visiting professor at ECAL and founded the design collective L.M.N.O. CREATIVE.