Camille Walala, the designer who imbues with originality and fun cities3 minutos de lectura

Colors that flood with good energy streets, facades of buildings, interiors or urban furniture in different places of the world. The person responsible for this is Camille Walala, a very daring artist who plays with geometric shapes, prints and optical effects in order to give what surrounds us a much cooler and more fun air, without fear of the power of color.

She was born in France, although she decided to move to London to study Literature and later entered the University of Brighton where he began to train in textile design. In 2009 she established her own studio in London. The attraction to the world fell during her adolescence, influenced by warm, Mediterranean colors as well as African patterns that characterized his mother’s decorative taste, as well as Memphis Group designs that adorn her father’s home.

Hence, her inspiration in patterns and use of color or iconography and decorative art covering the facades of the houses of the Ndebele tribe or the optical effects of Victor Vasarely. The composition of forms has also been influenced by the Bauhaus movement and in particular by the artist Josef Albers.

Camille Walala names the style that identifies her as Tribal Pop. It is a risky style that fundamentally bets on the color and simplicity of forms, as the artist considers that the energy and emotions generated through her works are achieved thanks to the power contained in the colors and the combination of patterns.

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She adapts the decoration that best fits the spaces, loves the imposing and challenging architecture, as it can play with the volumes and their restrictions. And it takes into account every detail when creating his works: Whether they are angles, windows… combining, in addition, different geometric shapes overlapping or interleaving them to create plurididimensional sensations.

One of the most striking works is the reinvention of the facade of a seven-story building in Brooklyn. This is one of his biggest projects and is characterized by the dimensional effect generated by the geometric shapes that mimic the windows, making them part of the work. It highlights the architecture of the building through the combination of primary colors, the pink of the sunset or darker tones characteristic of the city, all of which is framed in a blue tone that blends with the background of the sky.

She also made an inflatable sculpture that certainly does not leave indifferent, it is a totally unexpected creation because of the enclave where it is located. An explosion of colour that reminds us of our childhood and provides fun on a London street. Passers-by are invited to walk through one of its four arches and touch its gigantic soft shapes. Four inflatable totem-like structures mark the corners of the square.

On the other hand, she made a collaboration with Lego that resulted in: House of Dots. It is divided into five rooms that correspond to the kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom and even a discotheque. The house is made with Lego pieces and projects the interior designs of the muralist. The interiors are characterized by the combination of linear prints, polka dots and bright colors. In the end, the artist tries to reflect creativity in the link of colors and to show the power of imagination to carry out great projects.

Camille Walala is liveliness in its purest form, something that she reflects in her creations. Many of them invite the spectator to interact and she tries to transmit the joy of childhood. Because of this, she places the works in very busy places in order to create spaces in which to disconnect from the chaos that big cities contain.