Ini Archibong
Founded in 2010, Design by Ini is the independent design studio of designer Ini Archibong. Archibong’s work is characterised by a deep interest in craftsmanship and integrity to his chosen material. His designs are enthralling, confounding and inspiring - inviting viewers to touch beyond the sublime in their encounter. His work draws from architecture, environmental and product design, as well as lifelong passions for mathematics, philosophy and world religions. As a son of Nigerian immigrants to the United States, and a resident of US, Singapore and Switzerland, his diverse personal and professional background underlines his design ethic and ethos. “Ini has become one of America’s design ‘storytellers’, where product and narrative share equal billing”, said longtime mentor and collaborator Jerry Helling, Creative Director, Bernhardt Design.
Ini Archibong
Tough yet refined, the slender Heracles Table evokes the classical language of ancient Greece with four pillars bracing both marble top and wooden base, all playing with the idea of discreet strength
Ini Archibong
This table family, in three different sizes and with marble tops and ceramic or lacquer bases, can be single or grouped. When arranged together they appear as if planetary bodies in orbit.
Ini Archibong
Two planetary discs complete the Gaea Table’s composition: one large and one small, linked by a thread of ‘pebbles’; large ceramic beads. As Archibong said, it articulates the polar ideas of gravity and transcendence. “It embodies the Collection’s theme of reconciling the ethereal and the down-to-earth.” Available in both coffee table and bistro sizes.
Ini Archibong
Two planetary discs complete the Gaea Table’s composition: one large and one small, linked by a thread of ‘pebbles’; large ceramic beads. As Archibong said, it articulates the polar ideas of gravity and transcendence. “It embodies the Collection’s theme of reconciling the ethereal and the down-to-earth.” Available in both coffee table and bistro sizes.
Ini Archibong
Tough yet refined, the slender Heracles Table evokes the classical language of ancient Greece with four pillars bracing both marble top and wooden base, all playing with the idea of discreet strength
Ini Archibong
Tough yet refined, the slender Heracles Table evokes the classical language of ancient Greece with four pillars bracing both marble top and wooden base, all playing with the idea of discreet strength
Ini Archibong
This table family, in three different sizes and with marble tops and ceramic or lacquer bases, can be single or grouped. When arranged together they appear as if planetary bodies in orbit.
Ini Archibong
This Eos Table is a cantilevered disc atop a ceramic or lacquered base: akin to the sun rising over a horizon. “I wanted the top and base to interact like concentric ovals, giving a feeling of perpetual motion,” says Archibong. The ceramic version is also available with a gold patterned base, see Eos 'Dawn'.
Ini Archibong
This Eos Table is a cantilevered disc atop a ceramic or lacquered base: akin to the sun rising over a horizon. “I wanted the top and base to interact like concentric ovals, giving a feeling of perpetual motion,” says Archibong. The ceramic version is also available with a gold patterned base, see Eos 'Dawn'.
Ini Archibong
This Eos Table is a cantilevered disc atop a ceramic or lacquered base: akin to the sun rising over a horizon. “I wanted the top and base to interact like concentric ovals, giving a feeling of perpetual motion,” says Archibong. The ceramic version is also available with a gold patterned base, see Eos 'Dawn'.
Ini Archibong
In a dynamic interplay of sensitivity and strength, the curvaceous Atlas Console features a discreet lacquered node between the bench’s elegant legs and Azul Macaubas top. Also available with a Carrara marble top.
Ini Archibong
In a dynamic interplay of sensitivity and strength, the curvaceous Atlas Console features a discreet lacquered node between the bench’s elegant legs and Azul Macaubas top. Also available with a Carrara marble top.
Ini Archibong
Referencing Atlas, the bearer of the celestial sphere, this oak table plays with weight and weightlessness, “exploring galactic ideas but with new materiality”, in Archibong’s words. The strength, width and scale of the wood is part of the design, tethering it to the earth.
Ini Archibong
The Atlas Desk is a command centre: a place from where the universe can be viewed and brought back to a personal scale. While a symbol of strength, the desk also shows a material interplay between its two asymmetric supports: a typically Archibong-like dialogue between delicacy and power.
Ini Archibong
The Oshun Daybed is named after an ‘Orisha’ or deity, invoking the goddesses of the West African Ifá and Yoruba religions. As befits an homage to a deity of love, luxury and pleasure, it’s appropriate that the Oshun Daybed offers a heavenly landing on earth. “I think of it as a seat for reposing, thinking and fantasising,” says Archibong, “a place for personal escape.”
Ini Archibong
The Oshun Armchair, in the same family as the sofa, is a retreat and a source of comfort, as if sitting on a cloud. “I think of it as a seat for reposing, thinking and fantasising,” says Archibong, “a place for personal escape.”
