INSPIRE / SHOWCASE

Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award.
20Q: Ian Kelynack
Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo.
20Q: Aram Lello
Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character.
20Q: Katie Thompson
Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces.
20Q: John Edwards
James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs.
20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people.
20Q: Thingking
LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive.
20Q: Danielle Ehrlich

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Functional, sustainable and aesthetically pleasing. Here's a look at the creations of some of SA's hottest young furniture designers.
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Every year, the Design Indaba Expo welcomes fresh talent to the South African design community. Photographer Paul Ward visits some of the year's most successful young furniture designers and makers in their studios.

 

Photography and art direction: Paul Ward, www.whoispaulward.com and diaryofward.com

Post-production and digital imaging: Paul Ward

Production manager: Michelle Liao

Photographic assistant: Keenan Mulvaney

Photographic equipment: Digital Brothers, www.digitalbrothers.co.za

Special thanks: Environserv Waste Management Services, Vissershok Landfill Facility

20Q: Ian Kelynack
Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award.
more
20Q: Aram Lello
Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo.
more
20Q: Katie Thompson
Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character.
more
20Q: John Edwards
Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces.
more
20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs.
more
20Q: Thingking
Marc Nicolson and Lyall Sprong of Thingking would like to contribute towards ideas and objects that have a meaningful impact on people.
more
20Q: Danielle Ehrlich
LIV is Danielle Ehrlich's design company. She is passionate about design that is environmentally, culturally and socially sensitive.
more