Southern Guild Gallery (Cape Town)
photo credits: Hayden Phipps, Adriaan Louw Since its foundation in 2008, the South African based gallery has set out to act as a platform for locally made art and design and to "redefine global perceptions of African design." In 2011 it became the first African gallery to show at Design Miami, and in 2015 it was the first to be displayed at Christie's London annual design auction. Southern Guild has also had collections included in numerous renowned institutions including the
RICH MNISI 2018 COLLECTION Nwa-Mulamula (Projekt)
In 2018 the South African fashion brand Rich Mnisi debuted its furniture line which consisted of a chaise and a stool. The line was named in honour of Mnisi's late great-grand mother 'Nwa-Mulamula' (The Guardian). The pieces were part of the 2018 collection with the same name. The range was also part of Southern Guild's Extra Ordinary Group Showing, a collaborative exhibition highlighting and celebrating pioneering design in South Africa. According to the designer “The chaise
POETRY OF SIMPLICITY Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe
(Gallery) A glass box residence of "almost nothing". Built in 1951, Mies van der Rohe designed the absolutely stunning Farnsworth House as a private weekend residence and it stayed that way for over 50 years until, in 2003, it was purchased by Landmarks Illinois and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened it up to the public. "Mies's buildings possess not the poetry of true simplicity, we might say, but the simplicity of true poetry. I mean this not as a play
MINIMALISM IS THE MAXIM Naoto Fukasawa
Embodiment by Naoto Fukasawa available at Phaidon related LAla Design Lala Sandbox #design #objects #furniture #seating #interiordesign
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Muji Kitchen Appliances by Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa related LAla Design Lala Sandbox #design #objects
CHOREOGRAPHED MINIMALISM Coil+Drift
"Luxurious American-made contemporary furniture, lighting, and accessories". Based in New York City, Coil + Drift is the design studio of acclaimed modern-dancer-turned-designer John Sorensen-Jolink. related LAla Design Lala Sandbox #design #furniture #seating #interiordesign
UNCONSCIOUS FORMS Coil + Drift
Coil + Drift founder John Sorensen-Jolink fuses dance, design, and performance in a new video installation by Charlie Schuck (2018) related LAla Epilogue Lala Design LAla Sandbox #video #design #interiordesign
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