Changemakers: Yinka Ilori MBE, Artist and Designer

Date: 18/11/2026 Time: 6:00pm to 8:39pm

Organiser: Virgin StartUp

A distinctive brand is one thing. Building a creative world people recognise as yours? That takes more than a good eye.  Yinka Ilori MBE has made a career out of seeing possibility where other people might not.

His early work transformed discarded chairs into colourful pieces packed with stories, drawing on his British-Nigerian heritage, childhood memories and the parables he grew up with.  For our next Changemakers event, Yinka is joining us at Virgin HQ to talk about finding your creative voice, turning ideas into a business and building something distinctive without losing sight of where you started.

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