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Inimfon “Ini” Joshua Archibong (born 23 June 1983) is an industrial designer, creative director, artist and musician who is active in product design, furniture design, environmental design, architecture, watch design, and fashion.

Archibong's work reflects an interest in master-craftsmanship and its relationship to modern and ancient technology. It is inspired by the study of architecture, environmental and product design, as well as mathematics, philosophy and world religions. His clients include brands such as Hermès, Knoll, de Sede, Bernhardt, Sé. and Logitech. Archibong lives and works in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Early life and education
The son of Nigerian parents who emigrated to the United States as academic scholars, Archibong was born in Pasadena, California. He attended and graduated from the Polytechnic School. , and then enrolled at ArtCenter College of Design, where he received a degree in Environmental Design. He was both an Edwards Endowed Scholar and an Outreach Grant recipient.

Career
After graduation, he joined Tim Kobe's Eight Inc. in Singapore, before continuing his studies at the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL), where he earned a master's of advanced studies in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship.

He has taught at several design institutions. In addition to a visiting professorship at his alma mater ECAL, he has 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 Cape Town.

In 2019, along with business development collaborations with Benjamin de Haan, 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 ECAL.

Awards and exhibitions
Archibong's work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery in Pasadena, Galerie Triode in Paris, the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan, Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan, Design Indaba in Cape Town, the Dallas Museum of Art, the High Museum in Atlanta, and the Design Museum in London. In 2020, Archibong began working on the creation of sculptural pieces for a solo exhibition at the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York.

He is the recipient of the ICFF Studio Award, Best of NeoCon Silver, International Woodworking Fair's Design Emphasis Award, ICFF's American Student Designer of the Year Award, and the 2019 Elle Deco American Design Award. In 2019, he received Distinguished Alumni awards from both ArtCenter and Polytechnic in his hometown of Pasadena.

His design for a Pavilion of the African Diaspora (PoAD) will debut at the London Design Biennale in June 2021 at Somerset House.