product designs

softest soft saucerer - brass/copper lasercut sheeting, reclaimed fabric, leds - sound absorbing, mood enhancing.




display tables - reclaimed wood, plywood, bell jars - highlighting individual experience of plants on sale so that prosumerism is facilitated.


marabaraba table - wood, wood, wood - open/closing, social, interactive - indigenous african game fused with cape dutch inspired furniture.




dining set - a whole narrative is attached to this simple looking product.

pictures speak loudly

sometimes images explain better than what words do, which is why i put together these collage thingies to "convey the atmosphere the interior design seeks to create"...oooooooooooooooh.... i think they're lovely, though pretty simple - took ages to find just the right images...
k, back to autocad.... OH HELP ME!

biophilic design + spatial solidarity

just in case you thought that all interior designers do is choose cushions and curtains: examples of the conceptual development of the interior design for Stem Indigenous City Garden (my BTech treatise project)






by the way, i didn't just make up the annotations, they're the result of months of theoretical investigation...

can't decide

mmmm....this is what happens when i'm meant to be doing working drawings... i say no more :)

its most likely the front page of my treatise book by the way...



but im not sure if the text reads well enough...
so i made the colours a tad darker and less saturated... but now i think it loses something something warm... i cant decide ???? do i sacrifice legibility for atmosphere........hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?????



o it started out purple btw... but i dont like it.... not dirty enough...

grace covers pages

so...life is pretty much an amalgamation of to do lists an alarm clocks (that I sleep through). sadly to say, this whole blog thing is also one of those to do list items. i will, however, try my best to give you something that is slightly interesting.
since i am just the vainest about my work, i will show some of my pretty pretty templates for my treatise book.
the following are examples of the front and back chapter pages:

inspirarararararraraaaaa

thanks to http://elledecoration.co.za/2010/07/shed-new-lite/ and twitter, i found these lovely lites , of which the far most right one is the most favourite of mine. The wooden treasures are the work of Porky Hefer of Animal Farm - beyondcool names, yes?!
South African design is kwaaaaaaaaaaaai!

gone painting

apparently i may possibly be moving to the city of gold - jozi - when i'm all finished and kla with this whole BTech story.... yes...its a daunting thought for a little girl from little old PE. so, to calm myself down I retreated into my shoe box of acrylics and painted this:



which i think i might frame in an old, decrepit picture frame alongside this one (which i also seem to have painted):

haute lumiere design for Visi / Paul Pamboukian / SA Fashion Week 2007

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portfolio 1 - done.
very much more work - ummmm not done... yet...

belows lies my most treasured works...

site:


problems and aims:


stem beliefs:


stem identity:


theory: place for sharing




theory: place for future



my favourite sketch:


you're not seeing my plans because they're so great they'll cause your mind to implode!

new lamp

these are images of the new building facade (so far) for dear old Lampenhof, the hypothetical home for a hypothetical indigenous city garden - Stem. created in 3d CAD. stay tuned for more finalised design... <3

logo wa wa revised

hopefully these logos are finally finalised...

stem kleur

my conceptual clothing design for stem employees...(Stem indigenous city garden - my btech interior design treatise project)

stand up

my exhibition stand has a special place in my heart.
It uses shadows to define a space as interior versus exterior; it emphasizes the historical and cultural heritage of Port Elizabeth by framing a view of the good old Donkin; it reuses reclaimed industrial material (EPDM rubber) - also enhances a supple quality; it makes use of invader plants (stripped Port Jackson Willow); and it is (supposed to be) able to be dismantled and packed up easy peasy...
here are images of the model I built with my own two little hands:

here are some stills from the 3ds max avi: