South African Design: Past & Present
Timed Online Auction, 13 June - 9 July 2025
Interior Elements: Wood, Metal, Fibre, Ceramic & Glass Art
About the SessionThis sale traces the heritage of South African design across centuries of creative expression highlighting diverse design objects through two sessions. Uniting the sessions is a celebration of the versatility of materials - metal, wood, glass, clay, fibre - and how artists and artisans have transformed them over time into works of wonder, rich in both tradition and innovation.
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The HUT x Always Welcome design challenge was launched at the 2024 Cape Town Furniture Week. Seven designers were invited to design limited edition pieces using material reclaimed during the refurbishment of the iconic Muizenberg beach huts.
The Surfer's Curtain was inspired by the Muizenberg beach huts both from a functional and aesthetic perspective. It was designed to be a multifunctional room divider/screen, just like the beach huts provided privacy for the bathers so will the curtain, but at an intimate scale. The curtain would function as a portable dresser where people could change and hang their items of clothing, and towels. The curtain was also designed as an art piece, which, similar to the beach houses, are admired for their vibrant, colourful repetitive silhouette facade."
- Tania Jardim of Sky Design
*A portion of the proceeds of this sale will benefit The Beach Hut Trust, Muizenberg
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