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 * Homepage
 * About
 * Works
   * Architecture
   * Animals
   * Nests
   * Exhibitions
   * Lites
   * Tables
   * Projects
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 * New Creatures
   * Plastocene
   * Buttpuss
   * Flat White
   * Q-Tip
   * Sabre Toothed Netfeesh
   * Suckerfish
 * Contact

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VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE


THE NEST@SOSSUS

Winner – Wallpaper Design Award 2019 – Best New Private Residence of 2018.

https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/best-new-private-house-wallpaper-design-awards-2019

Inspired by the nests of the sociable weaver that dot the landscape.

Designed for Swen Bachran situated on the Namib Tsaris Conservancy near to
Sesriem in Namibia.

A completely off the grid, hand made, hand crafted, organic home exploring local
materials and local techniques. 

The locally sourced reed roofs and walls are clad onto a steel inner structure
and walls made from handmade bricks clad with granite from the site. 

Kiaat  used for furniture, cabinetry and cladding and teak for the floors.
Interiors by Yelda Bayraktar and Maybe Corpaci.

For enquiries mail info@namibtsaris.com

Photo credits: Katinka Bester





ANIMALS


MANTA


 

MANTA

Manta Ray Dining structure.

Designed for nolab Istanbul for Joali Hotel in the Maldives and built with
Cüneyt Bükülmez of Istanbul-based firm Atölye4n.

Steel structure clad with wood and local palm. 5m in the air and a wingspan of
almost 15m.

The 50m tail of the manta is a suspended walkway leading you up to body which
seats up to 10 people.


ENDANGERED




In collaboration with SFA Advisory and Southern Guild  Design Miami/Basel from
12-17 June 2018.

The exhibition, commissioned by SFA Advisory to benefit the Leonardo DiCaprio
Foundation (LDF), showcased a series of seating environments depicting
endangered species.

The sculptures, which depict an orangutan, a polar bear, a sloth, a blue whale,
and a great white shark, are made of eco-friendly and recycled materials.

Titled Endangered, the pods were produced using environmentally
sustainable materials that have been extensively hand-worked by artisans in Cape
Town. Hefer worked closely with textile artist Ronel Jordaan and craft
collectives Heart Works and Mielie to translate the creatures into giant,
tactile sculptures whose surfaces have been crocheted, felted, stitched and
embroidered with unique embellishments.

Pictures by Antoni Steyn





FIONA BLACKFISH




Fiona was born in Cape Town.
Fiona has furry tongue.
Fiona loves fish.
Fiona loves children.
Fiona hates Sea World.


EUGENIE CROCODYLUS



TOCO MIAMI PALMS


AUDREY ESCA



Part of the 2012 Southern Guild collection. A collaboration with Woodheads
Leather Merchants. The nest is made up of scales cut from leather offcuts. There
are 3 different sizes of scales to allow for different sizes of off cuts. Scales
are attached to a nylon fishing net attached to a steel frame. Audrey is named
after Audrey in the Little shop of Horrors, her surname Esca refers to the
probiscus with the light source that protrudes in front of her. This is inspired
by the Angler fish that sports the most well known esca of all. The inside is
upholstered in leather and sheepskin offcuts. Audrey is an indoors fish.

Audrey Esca – 1.35m x 1.6m. leather, nylon netting and steel frame



BETTINA ESCA



DORA ESCA

CATHERINE ESCA

GRACE AMPHIBIOUS



PELICANUS IRIS



Images courtesy of Southern Guild



MONSTERA DELICIOSA


NESTS

BIRD CRIB


FALLEN NEST




First designed For Southern Guild 2009 collection.
Nests are copying the genius of the Weaver Birds. The result is a human nest to
be used outside hung in a tree or inside. It is an attempt at bio mimicry but my
skills are no match for the delicate touch of a master. I have explored
different materials from Port Jackson alien vegetation to Kubu cane to waste
materials, looking for the most sustainable and effective solution. I
collaborate with experts in the various weaving techniques to achieve what I
dream. Sizes vary and nests can be ordered to suit your needs. They can
accommodate from 1 to 4 people.

Bridle road – 1. 8 x 1.6m. Kubu cane and wood.


WASP NEST


SPECIMEN


MUD & DAUBER NEST




Wall mounted sleeping pods

Kubu cane steel and leather

Based on the mud dauber wasp nests


APPROPRIATED STRUCTURES




Based on the concept of mimioking birds as they appropriate existing structures
either man made or natural and weave or build their nests over them creating a
functional “nest”


PACKAGING STRAPPING NEST



Nests woven with recycled plastic packaging straps. developed with Leonie Vlaar
and Lois Stolwijk, 2 design students from School of Arts Uitrecht that have been
interning with me.


BLACKHOLE




Made in collaboration with Nelson Banderson, a Zimbabwean with incredible skill
of the needle and thread. The skin is made from truck tyres that have been hand
sewn together. Will last for 40 000 years.

Blackholes – 1,4m x 1,5m. Truck tyres, steel, stainless steel.


KUBU NESTS



First designed For Southern Guild 2009 collection.
Nests are copying the genius of the Weaver Birds. The result is a human nest to
be used outside hung in a tree or inside. It is an attempt at bio mimicry but my
skills are no match for the delicate touch of a master. I have explored
different materials from Port Jackson alien vegetation to Kubu cane to waste
materials, looking for the most sustainable and effective solution. I
collaborate with experts in the various weaving techniques to achieve what I
dream. Sizes vary and nests can be ordered to suit your needs. They can
accommodate from 1 to 4 people.

Bridle road – 1. 8 x 1.6m. Kubu cane and wood.


PORT JACKSON NESTS
First designed For Southern Guild 2009 collection.
Nests are copying the genius of the Weaver Birds. The result is a human nest to
be used outside hung in a tree or inside. It is an attempt at bio mimicry but my
skills are no match for the delicate touch of a master. I have explored
different materials from Port Jackson alien vegetation to Kubu cane to waste
materials, looking for the most sustainable and effective solution. I
collaborate with experts in the various weaving techniques to achieve what I
dream. Sizes vary and nests can be ordered to suit your needs. They can
accommodate from 1 to 4 people.



First nest – 2m x 1.4m. Port Jackson, dak riet, fynbos, steel.
Tokara – 1.6 x 1.8m. Port Jackson and steel.


TULBAGH



EXHIBITIONS

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM “MAKING AFRICA”




Humanest Swing – selected as part of the Vitra Design Museum “Making Africa”
Exhibition and now part of the Vitra Design Museum permanent collection. Very
proud. Good bird.


NEW YORK CITY R & CO EXHIBITION




Selected to show 3 nests at the Grains of Paradise Exhibition at R&Co in
Tribeca, New York City. in collaboration with Southern Guild and alongside
Doktor and Missus, Ardmore and the Everlasting Great Babacar Niang. Deeply
saddend by the news of Babacar passing away but honoured to show alongside such
a legend. R.I.P Babacar Niang.irst designed For Southern Guild 2009 collection.


OTIUM & ACEDIA LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE2016



In September 2016 in Collaboration with Southern Guild represented South Africa
at first London Design Biennale at Somerset House.



LITES

PLUG

LITE BULB




Inspired by the rapid transformation of the light bulb and the emergence of CFL
and LED lamps.

Conventional lights were using between 110 – 220 volts and one of the results
was a lot of heat.
Now for example, some LEDs are using 5 watts / 7 –8 volts and burning at much
lower temperatures.
The wooden shade that is made so that it can only use LED lamps.
The intention is to change perceptions about LEDs and demonstrate the much lower
electricity usage and therefore greater savings on your electricity consumption
(and the environment) and ultimately greater savings in money at the end of the
day.
The shades are turned in the shape of the old fashioned incandescent bulb, from
solid wood and no dyes or stains are used to produce the various colour ways.
Instead I use different woods to create the desired colour. All the woods are
FSC certified.

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FOUND OBJECTS




A further development of the lite bulbs, these shapes are inspired by shapes and
forms I find in everyday life. Some are based on children’s spinning tops from
all around the world including the one Leonardo De Capprio spun in the movie
Inception.

Lite Ray (Ray and Charles 3 lites)
A homage to Ray Eames and her husband Charles.
A thank you for turning the light on in my head


LITE HOUSE & BEEG LITE


TABLES

PIE CHART TABLES




Part of the Southern Guild 2011 collection. Collaborated with Simon Beebe, to
explore info graphics and in particular pie charts in the tangible third
dimension, which resulted in 61/21/18 and 85/15, nesting tables that can be used
together or separately.
1m x 350



PROJECTS

BIRD WATCHER




Co-designed by Warren Lewis, the birdhouse acts as a deterrent for uninvited
visitors as it can be mounted outside, either on a tree or against the wall.


CRATE FAN




The inspiration for Cratefan came from Lego. The reusable component system which
could be used to make various shapes and structures and then broken down and
reused to create other shapes and structures without any waste or special
manufacture. This fitted perfectly with Coca-Colas new recycling initiative,
Live For a Difference. About 85% of Coca-Cola’s packaging and its their goal to
recover and reuse 50% of their packaging worldwide by 2015. All materials will
be recycled afterwards, the scaffolding reused and the crates will be put back
in to the bottlers system. Those crates that were harmed during the making of
Cratefan, will be recycled back into new ones.
Two were constructed for the 2010 soccer World Cup, one in Johannesburg in
Newtown and the other in the V&A waterfront in Cape town.

Oupa – Height 16.5 meters – Crates 2400
Elliot – Height 20 meters – Crates 4200
Easter Intervention – teeth
Christmas – beard + Ho Ho Ho
Olympics – flame + medal
Birthday – blower plus sewing recycled billboard

Collaborators:
Warren Lewis, Art at Work, Mark Sinoff, SGB scaffolding.



TABLE MOUNTAIN SEVEN WONDERS YELLOW FRAMES




 


FIRE EXTINGUISHERS




Designed in collaboration with Warren Lewis for the Table Mountain National Park
to promote fire wise behavior. 70 extinguishers installed in the Table Mountain
National Park from Signal Hill to Cape Point.
Carved from Alien Trees cleared from TMNP by The Carpenters Shop, a Cape Town
NGO working on the rehabilitation of street people and destitutes.


ROGZ DOG BALL




Fun dog ball I designed. It is manufactured and distributed by Rogz for Dogz.
Has a hole in the back that you can put treats in and ensures the ball is placed
in the right orientation.


TUFFY




Constructed monsters from plastic waste for Tuffy print Campaign with Saatchis
Cape Town. He stands 7 ft tall and is pretty and ugly.


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