001 / An introduction
DÂ-NIYI / Film 001Individual in form. Collective by design.
01 / The practice
Design for the present tense.
Objects with a future tense.
AGBOLÉ OYÈ is an independent design practice creating collectible furniture, lighting, and objects.
Rooted in cultural memory and material exploration, the studio examines the relationship between objects, people, and the spaces they inhabit.
Rooted in cultural memory and material exploration, the studio examines the relationship between objects, people, and the spaces they inhabit.
02 / Inaugural object
DÂ-NIYI
A modular chair system
Individual in form.
Collective by design.
Collective by design.
DÂ-NIYI is a modular chair system drawing from the Nuna dâgalo chair tradition of Burkina Faso.
Designed to exist independently or connect with others, the chair explores the relationship between individual presence and collective gathering.
Designed to exist independently or connect with others, the chair explores the relationship between individual presence and collective gathering.
One is a chair. Two is a conversation. Three is a gathering. More becomes a space.
- Typology
- Modular lounge chair
- Materials
- Aluminum, white oak
- Design
- Omolola Oyetubo
- Status
- In development / 2027
03 / The founder
Omolola
Oyetubo
Omolola Oyetubo is a Nigerian-Jamaican American designer and creative practitioner working across furniture, objects, and spatial experiences.
Her work explores cultural memory, identity, and the ways design can create new possibilities for gathering and belonging.
She is the founder of AGBOLÉ OYÈ and HOUSE OF OYE.
Her work explores cultural memory, identity, and the ways design can create new possibilities for gathering and belonging.
She is the founder of AGBOLÉ OYÈ and HOUSE OF OYE.