Before her new Villa Walala exhibit opens in London, the muralist and designer talks about her own creative epiphany In the midst of next month?s London Design Festival, the annual celebration of creativity in the English capital, a playground is angling to become a new city centerpiece. Done up in Memphis-inspired prints that harken back the the heyday of the kinetic ?80s design movement, the installation is being designed to create a sense of nostalgia and fun among the assembled design fans.
Known as Villa Walala, plans for this playscape, set to open September 16th, appears to turn the mental landscape of designer and muralist Camille Walala, known for her unique blend of color, pattern, and sequence, into a physical reality.
Renderings of the maze-like playground look like a perfect blend of her ideas and inspirations, which she calls Tribal Pop. When Curbed caught up with her during a phone interview on her vacation, she was traveling in Mexico, having toured the colorful homes of Luis Barragan, and was on her way to New York City to see the new exhibit about Memphis founder Ettore Sottsass at the Met Breuer.
Camille Walala
Another view of Villa Walala, set to be installed in Exchange Square in Broadgate, London

Walala says that her design career wasn?t immediately apparent to her. Set to pursue a career in fashion and textiles, the French designer moved to London in her 20s, and after finishing school at the University of Brighton, sp...