Haldane Martin qualified as an industrial designer at the Cape Tech in 1992, also winning the Style Student Award. From these promising beginnings he moved on to work for Richard Sparks Industrial Design consultancy but, just a year later, branched off on his own to develop furniture and homeware designs.

His approach to design is a holistic one, meeting the needs of the whole human being. His furniture is simultaneously meaningful for the spirit, beautiful for the soul and nurturing for the body. He believes that our environments and the objects that populate them need to reflect our deeper intelligence and wisdom as human beings.

Since Haldane Martin™ opened its doors for business, it's picked up clients such as Swala Line, Woolworths, Namib Lodge, Singita-Lebombo, Arrabella Sheraton, Cecile & Boyd and Source Interior Brand Architects. Their most well known piece is possibly the iconic Zulu Mama café chair with the seat woven in recycled plastic by rural women.