Vision Questing

We finished our South African school project for the 2012 IDEC Student Competition. Here are the results:

Binta

Swiss designer Philippe Bestenheider has designed the Binta armchair, with African-inspired prints and woodcarvings. The bright textiles encompass the rubber polyurethane structure, recalling a tree-trunk form.

IDEC 2012 Student Competition

I'm currently working a education project in South Africa for this year's IDEC student competition. The project is coming together really well, and I have a great teammate. Here's an exterior site view as a preview of more to come.

ABŌD - Prefab in South Africa

BSB Design has created the ABŌD prefab housing solution in South Africa. The structure comes in a flat package that can be assembled with only a screwdriver, ladder, and awl in one day with four people. The outside is lined with colorful corrugated metal, and the interior provides loft spaces or other pre-determined solutions.

Danglers

During my various readings today, I found these two projects, both involving suspended objects held by intricately knotted rope-like supports.

The first project, created by Swedish designers TAF, is the "Fisherman" light, based on glass fishing floats.  The rope uses traditional hand-knitted rope-making techniques from Sweden.

The next tutorial I read about in ReadyMade magazine.  Heather Moore, a South African designer and illustrator, gives a tutorial for these macrame-hung planters on her website Skinny laMinx.

It looks really simple to make, but the outcome is very beautiful. Once I move into my new place, I'll definitely be hanging a few of these.