About me

Signe Nordli Becker
I’m Signe Nordli Becker and I grew up in a small artic town at the top of Norway, where you see reindeers on the road with Nordic Light moving in the sky.
I started as a Florist when I was 15 years old. The world of flowers was a gorgeous world where I really felt like home.
After finish the high school I got a diploma as a florist.
In Bali I study philosophy with 60 other Norwegian students. My trip to Bali made me curious of life and people, which made it difficult for me to stay in my small artic town. I moved to Oslo to study and worked in a flower shop in the evening but some years later I was in a new trip to the South America for 3 months. Then suddenly Oslo was too small.
I got a job in Paris for the company Sia as merchandiser and designer in 2000, since then my life has been travelling and creating new designs. After 4 months in Paris I met my husband Mathieu and now we have 2 girls Nina Sofie and Maya Carolina. At Sia we made the collection from A to Z, that means making the trend boards, designing the products after style and colours, travel to Asia and Europa to control the prototypes, make the layout and ambiance for fairs and showrooms.
In 2012 I got a job as designer and stylist at Blanc D’Ivoire . This was a nice opportunity for me as I learned more about textiles and furniture’s.
After working many years for other companies I felt that I need some more challenge, so I started my company YLVAYA in the beginning of January 2017. During the period I set up my company I felt sharing my pictures, my life, my inspiration’s with other people that have the same passions.
My inspiration is coming from my nature in the North of Norway, the culture of the Sami, art and antique markets in Paris. My passions are the beauty of the nature, colours, arts and what life brings to you. You can see it through my designs I’m been making through all these years.