John Leo Gillen

John Leo Gillen is a temporary space designer and producer who was raised in the nightlife industry through his family's nightclub business in Ireland. He initially began archiving ephemeral club spaces on Instagram under the banner Temporary Pleasure, before turning the project into a collective of architects, event producers, and creatives who are generating new ways to rebuild clubs through design labs, building workshops, and pop-up DIY spaces. He holds a master's degree in Ephemeral...See more

John Leo Gillen is a temporary space designer and producer who was raised in the nightlife industry through his family's nightclub business in Ireland. He initially began archiving ephemeral club spaces on Instagram under the banner Temporary Pleasure, before turning the project into a collective of architects, event producers, and creatives who are generating new ways to rebuild clubs through design labs, building workshops, and pop-up DIY spaces. He holds a master's degree in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces from Elisava in Barcelona, and lives in London. See less