his year’s100%Design
SouthAfrica,taking
placealongsideDecorex
Joburgat theGallagher
ConventionCentrebetween7 and
11 August,willdelightattending
aestheteswith12 brand-newcurated
featuresinvolvingindustryheavies
alongsideabout 200 otherexhibits.
Someof thewell-knownnameswho’ll
be involvedin thecuratedfeaturesare
JohnVogel,HaldaneMartin,TracyLee
Lynchand 2019 FeatureDesignerof
theYearLadumaNgxokoloof MaXhosa
by Laduma– broughtto attendees in
partnershipwithVISI.
Laduma’sbrandhasevolved
fromiconicfashionlabelto include
a dynamichomewarerange.
“Hisdesignsdrawon personal
heritageanda senseof culture,which
we feelis an importantnarrative
to champion,”saysLaurence
Brick,creativedirectorof Platform
Creative,thecurators of 100% Design
SouthAfrica.
At theshow,Ladumawillbe
presentinghis newcollectionof rugs,
cushions,throws,wallpaperdesigns
andcurtains– anda coupleof surprises
for goodmeasure.“Theideais to bring
an Africanutopianfeelwithmy designs
- shakepeople’s preconceptions,”
he says.
In an exhibitfirst,100%Design
SouthAfricawillalsobe showcasing
a FeatureArtist,r1. TheJohannesburg
streetartisthascapturedthe
imaginationof folksacrosstheglobe
withhis opticallyarrestinglarge-scale
publicartworkscreatedoutof found
materialslikestreetsigns,reclaimed
woodandbarriertape.
In collaborationwith100%Design
SouthAfrica,r1. hascreateda rangeof
newsmaller-scaleworksfor theshow.
SaysLaurence,“r1. is a creativeforce
whoseboldartworksbreathelife back
intooursurroundings.His thought-
provokingopticalfieldscapture the
eyesandrefuseto let go.”
Bestto go seeit for yourself then.
100percentdesign.co.za
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“THEIDEAIS TO BRING
ANAFRICANUTOPIAN
FEELWITHMY DESIGNS- SHAKEPEOPLE’S
PRECONCEPTIONS.”
LEFTANDABOVE
TheJohannesburg
streetartistr1.
hascreatedworks
for 100%Design
SouthAfricathat
aresmallerin
scalethanhis
usualoutdoor
installations.
OPPOSITE
LadumaNgxokolo,
thedesigner
behindthe
internationally
acclaimed
knitwearbrand
MaXhosaby
Laduma,will
showcasehis new
homewarerange
at 100%Design
South Africa.133 visi.co.zaAUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019