Ini Archibong

Ini Archibong studied at Polytechnic School, Art Center College of Design and École cantonale d'art de Lausanne. Training under Tim Kobe is recorded. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is design. Frank Baum, C. Lewis and Marc Newson are recorded as an influence. Residence is recorded at Neuchâtel. Employment is recorded with Eight Inc. Work by Ini Archibong is recorded in the collections of Dallas Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Studio Museum in Harlem.

Archibong was born on 23 June 1983 and raised in Pasadena, California. His parents were Nigerian emigrants who came to the United States on academic scholarships. He graduated from the Polytechnic School, then briefly attended the University of Southern California's business school before dropping out. He subsequently enrolled at ArtCenter College of Design where he was both an Edwards Entrance Scholar and an Art Center Outreach Grant recipient, was also named the 2010 Student Designer of the Year, and from which he received a degree in Environmental Design. After graduation, he joined Eight Inc. in Singapore for several years, before continuing his studies at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL), where he earned a master's of advanced studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship.

• Illustration — Vernus 3, on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, Before Yesterday We Could Fly Archibong began exhibiting his work at the Milan Furniture Fair in the mid-2010s. His 2016 furniture collection titled The Secret Garden was produced with the support of the actor Terry Crews. This was followed by several exhibitions of his furniture designs for Sé Collections at the Rossana Orlandi gallery. He began an ongoing collaboration with the Knoll furniture company in 2018 creating designs such as the "Iquo Cafe Collection". In 2019 Hermès began marketing Archibong's "Galop d'Hermès" wristwatch. In 2020, Archibong started working on the creation of sculptural pieces for a solo exhibition at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York. In addition to his artwork and design practice, Archibong has taught at several design institutions and is a visiting professor at his alma mater ÉCAL, and has also taught at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne and the National University of Singapore in Singapore. He has also lectured and spoken internationally including at the College Art Association conference, USC School of Architecture, and in Dubai and Design Indaba in Cape Town. In 2019 Archibong founded L.M.N.O. CREATIVE, a multi-disciplinary design collective. The collective includes fellow graduates from Pasadena's ArtCenter, Jori Brown and Maxwell Engelmann, as well as designer Ebony Lerandy, who studied under Archibong at ÉCAL. In 2021 the New York Times published an essay by Archibong titled What We Believe About Storytelling. The essay is part of a series called The Big Ideas: What Do We Believe, and was later published in a compendium titled Question Everything: A Stone Reader. In 2023, Archibong began working with Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg on the concept, packaging, and graphic identity for a new brand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1993 single Gin and Juice. The resulting products include a canned alcoholic drink brand called Gin & Juice that was released in 2024. The design features an "explicit content" Parental Advisory logo and illustrations by the artist Wayne Johnson. A Venetian glass bottle design for a gin called "Still G.I.N.", a reference to Dr Dre's 1999 single Still D.R.E., was released later in the same year, followed by a HexClad cocktail shaker in 2025. Archibong was also named creative director of Gin & Juice, "where he'll oversee graphic identity, design language, future packaging concepts and visual presentation for the brand." Other clients include companies such as de Sede, Bernhardt Design, Diageo, and Logitech.

Archibong lives and works in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He has a daughter. He is the younger brother of Olympic athlete Koko Archibong.

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