MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art
Vitra Design Museum
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Die Neue Sammlung
Studio Museum Harlem
J.Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture & History
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
Lagos - Reimagining Resources 2025
Montreal - MMFA ‘Abstraction’ 2025
Lagos - Ko Artspace 2025
Milan - 'Craft West Africa’ 2025
Lagos - 'Designing Craft Futures' 2024
New York - Smithsonian Design Triennial 2024
Milan - Triennale Milano 2024
Venice Biennial - 'Designing for Life' 2023
Milan - Salone Satellite 2022
LA - Design Festival 2020
London Craft Week 2020
Ghana - Africa By Design 2019
NYC - ‘Eyes on Talent’ Game 2019
Milan - Salone Satellite 2018
NYC - WantedDesign 2018
Lagos - African Culture & Design Show 2017
NYC - WantedDesign 2017
Toronto - Interior Design Show 2017
Vancouver - Interior Design Show 2016
Toronto - Interior Design Show 2016
NYC - ICFF Design Show 2015
SELECT COLLABORATORS
Rockwell Group
Diageo
Microsoft
EniolaAluko
Lani Adeoye is an award-winning designer and the founder of Studio-Lani, a multidisciplinary practice spanning sculpture, lighting, and furniture. Her work is guided by the belief that design holds the power to unite people and foster meaningful human connection.
Her creative process blends the rhythmic warmth of her Nigerian heritage with time-honored craftsmanship, paired with a forward-thinking, experimental approach. Lani’s hybrid mindset merges analytical rigor with an innate sensitivity to form and material, resulting in unexpected designs that radiate an enigmatic elegance. At the core of her practice is a celebration of the human touch, transforming deeply held values into objects that resonate both emotionally and tactilely.
Her unique creations have earned placements in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, Vitra Design Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and Die Neue Sammlung. Notable accolades include winning the first prize in Milan's 2022 'SaloneSatellite: Designing for our future selves' award for her creation, RemX—an asymmetric walker hailed by the jury for merging "elegance and dignity in a useful object for all." Additionally, she was honored by Elle Décor in its 'Women of the World: 75 Global Female Designers Worth Celebrating' issue in 2020 and has been featured in prominent publications such as Designed For Life, Woman Made, and Phaidon's '1000 Design Classics.'
Lani collaborates with clients across the creative industry and works closely with artisan communities to preserve fading crafts while reimagining them within a contemporary design context. She sees design as a tool to ignite connection, celebrate culture, and promote dignity for all. Lani also serves as a visiting professor at Parsons The New School of Design.
SELECT RECOGNITIONS
New York Times ‘Celebrating West African Craftsmanship’
1st PRIZE - Salone Satellite, Milan ‘Designing For Our Future Selves’ Award
Published in ‘1000 Design Classics’ by Phaidon
Published in ‘Designed for Life’ by Phaidon
Published in ‘Woman Made’ by Phaidon
Golden Pin Design Award Jury 2025
IF Design Award Jury 2024
Dezeen Award Jury 2023
Designing Design Education Book, IF Foundation
Finalist - Createurs Design Awards 2023
Maison & Objet Rising Talents Nominee - France
Netflix Feature – Made By Design
ELLE DÉCOR -75 International Women Designers
Los Angeles Design Festival: 40 Innovators
Dwell Magazine in 2017 - ‘Young Guns - Designers Making Waves’
First Place - Wanted Design's 2017 - Launch Pad in New York City
Silver Award - European product design awards competition
SELECT TALKS
2025 - Kyoorius Designyatra, Goa India
2024 - Designing Craft Futures, Lagos, Nigeria
2024 - New Directions in Nigerian Design, Lagos
2023 - UIC School of Design, Chicago, USA
2023 - SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design)
2023 - Parsons NYC 'Circular Design’
2021 - University of Illinois, USA
2021 - University of California, USA
2021 - Industrial Designer’s Society of America’s
2021 - Tennessee State University, USA
2020 - IF Design Foundation, South Africa
2020 - The Heritage Series, Nigeria
2019 - Africa by Design Panel, Ghana