The chair brings British furniture design together with African textiles, drawing from Ilori’s own experience of growing up between British and Nigerian cultures. ‘Iya Ati Omo’, 2016, also part of the Metropolitan Museum's collection (Image credit: Andy Stagg)Many of the chairs begin with parables Ilori heard as a child. ‘Let There Be Light’ (2013) (Image credit: Andy Stagg)Some of Ilori’s interventions leave the chairs impractical, while others refuse conventional use altogether. ‘If chairs could talk’, 2015 (Image credit: Andy Stagg)Among the later works is ‘Transparency Akoyawo I’ (2023), which looks to the migration experiences of Ilori’s parents. (Image credit: Andy Stagg)The book arrives during a particularly active period for Ilori.