Hand Woven
These beautiful multicolored fabrics come from Madagascar can be used as bed or floor throws. Each piece is handmade and has been crafted using traditional techniques and embellished with ancient cultural detailing passed through the generations. The fabrics are manufactured from sustainable local materials.
Selected range will soon be available in the Bonsela Shop.
The Couple
Botswana
Tyred Furniture
Sean Smith started working with tyres because he wanted to create furniture that is chic and enjoyable, fun and durable. TYRED Sustainable Lifestyle Furniture helps the environment, as only recycled tyres are used but the project is also making a social impact by employing men “from on the side of the road”. Each chair costs R2000 (around 200 €), of which R800 (around 80 €) goes to a chosen charity www.employmen.co.za – R800 (around 80 €) goes back to the designer and R400 (around 40 €) to production.
In retrospect of the Design Indaba 2010: This amazing collaboration with a couple of SA young, up & coming designers has been created – a series of about 10 original custom made tyred chairs with all kinds of motives… If I had to choose.. these are my three favorites.
For for more information check out www.tyred.co.za
Shwe Shwe Fabrics
Shwe shwe fabrics was introduced to South Africa by German settlers in the 19th century. This indigo dyed fabric made out of 100 % cotton. Traditional shwe shwe fabrics are printed in three colours: Indigo blue, red and chocolate brown. While printed these fabrics are starched, which makes makes them quite stiff – after washing a few times, they become soft and easy to work with.
South African Xhosa women, started using it as replacement of their traditional animal skin clothing – they say the name shwe shwe stands for the sound the fabric makes while wearing it. These are my favourites…
Rustic Frames
This is such a Cape Town thing! These rustic frames are made out of recycled timber and look great on a wall full of frames in different colours and motives.
Image by www.designspotter.com
Wire Art
Scooby’s designer Richard is a Zimbabwean artist living in Cape Town. As a child Richard made his own toys by using any recycled goods he could find in order to have fun with his friends. Arriving in Cape Town, his creativity soon garnered interest from local designers. Using metal and wire, Richard creates expressive art that can be used practically as coat or necklace hangers or simply as decoration for one’s home.
To view more Wire Art products by Scooby click: www.bonsela.co.za
We are taking orders for personalized Wire Art by Scooby and deliver for free within South Africa!