Furniture

NIFEMI MARCUS-BELLO: Form, Function & User Centred-Design

by Natalie Kimani|25 March 201924 September 2019|Design

Meet Nifemi Marcus-Bello, an industrial designer from Nigeria who creates products around the people using and making them. You may know him from his internationally acclaimed Tebur (pronounced tay-boo). A flat-pack table that is functional, lightweight and portable. His prowess...

Friday Film: Rethinking The Furniture-Space Connexion

by Natalie Kimani|28 April 201728 April 2017|Design

“No one wants to live in a tiny, cramped, conventional shoebox, prison cell. We have to rethink how we design, create, relate to our spaces.” Words spoken by engineer and designer at the MIT Media Lab, Hasier Larrea. At the...

David Adjaye: Architectural Visionary’s take on Furniture Design

by Natalie Kimani|26 April 201726 April 2017|Features

David Adjaye reminds you of that kid in your class you labelled ‘the over achiever”. This was for the simple fact, that whatever they seemed to do, they did it effortlessly and exceptionally well. Till this day, your parents don’t even...

The Buzzing Furniture at Wasp & Sprout

by Natalie Kimani|06 March 201706 March 2017|Design

Just imagine it. A common phrase you’ll hear at many a furniture or interior design store. Prompting you to visualize how that sofa or lamp stand would fit in your living room. But what if you could experience that piece...

#TDSCREATIVE: Humanoid Design by Babacar M’Bodj Niang

by Natalie Kimani|25 January 201724 January 2017|Africa Feature, Design

[Image: David Crookes] Strange and often humanoid is not a phrase that you commonly see associated with furniture. Yet, it’s somehow a perfect fit for the superlatively authentic design practice, Nulangee Design. Started by Babacar M’Bodj Niang, this Senegalese...

TDS CREATIVES: Cheick Diallo Turning Furniture into Inimitable Art Expression

by Natalie Kimani|23 January 201723 January 2017|Africa Feature, Style

[Image: Design Newtwork Africa / Cheick Diallo] “I don’t have an interest in design if it is only to remake that which already exists.” The powerful quote by Malian designer, Cheick Diallo, best describes the impeccable furniture and objects...

Nature meets Art with L’ÉQUIPÉE – Lilo, Gusti & Ferdi

by The Designers Studio|19 November 201419 November 2014|Features, Photography

A love for Kenya brought these two French designers to launch their interior and furniture design company. We were honored to be part of the launch and see their designs up close. Justine Chaumont and Ferdinand Barbier graduated the Ecole...