Feyisola Abiru Shines Spotlight on Structure and Standardization at Lagos Masterclass and Lagos Leather Fair 2025
Mrs. Feyisola Abiru, CEO/MD of H&Y Furniture Manufacturers Limited*, delivered a powerful message on the future of creative enterprise at two major industry events held on June 28, 2025, in Lagos. At The Business of Interior Design Masterclass hosted by VickyHeldan, and the prestigious Lagos Leather Fair 2025, Abiru captivated design professionals, industry stakeholders, and creative entrepreneurs with her core philosophy: *“Structure is the New Creative.” Drawing on over 30 years of experience leading one of Nigeria’s most respected modular furniture companies, Mrs. Abiru shared how H&Y Furniture Manufacturers (formerly Home & You) transitioned from a small furniture-making initiative into a structured, scalable production enterprise.
Her keynote outlined how modularity, Standardization, and systems thinking have enabled H&Y to meet the growing demands of clients across the real estate, banking, education, government, and hospitality sectors in Nigeria. Highlighting the company’s product line—which includes modular wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, doors, office workstations, reception counters, conference tables, and educational furniture—Mrs. Abiru emphasised the importance of pre-engineered templates and factory-grade consistency. At the core of H&Y’s success is its Ikorodu-based manufacturing facility and the H&Y EPIIC Academy, which trains a new generation of skilled furniture professionals guided by the company’s values: Excellence, Partnership, Innovation, Integrity, and Customer Care.
Speaking to a hall of architects, interior designers, and design enthusiasts at the masterclass in Lekki, Lagos, Abiru challenged the notion that structure stifles creativity. Instead, she showed how it amplifies it—offering leather designers and creative entrepreneurs practical insights on scaling production through cataloguing, workflow documentation, and systematised pricing. At the Lagos Leather Fair, where the conversation explored whether “Made in Africa” is a movement or a mirage, her presence underscored the fact that sustainable local manufacturing is not only possible—but already happening. *_“We don’t just manufacture,” she noted, “we build systems that scale. Structure is how creativity becomes impact.”
Her presentations at both events reinforced H&Y’s position as a national leader in modular furniture manufacturing and a blueprint for what is possible when vision meets process in Nigeria’s evolving design ecosystem.
