[4] Walala grew up in Piégon, a small village in the South of France, where her mother ran a B&B.

[5][6] Walala struggled at school due to her dyslexia and felt her eccentric style was judged.

Although initially reluctant, Walala loved it and returned to London in 1999 after completing her French Literature degree.

The bridge is decorated with colourful geometric shapes and patterns, and plays with the long perspective of the tunnel.

[14][15] In 2021, during a period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walala reimagined the Design Museum shop as a grocery store, selling essential products re-designed by emerging artists such as Kentaro Okawara, Joey Yu, Isadora Lima and Michaela Yearwood-Dan.