Use the search box to find the product you are looking for. Username or email *Design Miami 2015: South African designer Porky Hefer is showing a killer-whale-shaped chair from his Monstera Deliciosa collection of animal-themed "nests" at Design Miami. Fiona Blackfish has a stitched grey, white and black leather exterior completed with a tail, dorsal fin and flippers. It features a furry pink tongue-shaped seat inside the whale's mouth, surrounded by leather teeth. It is hung using a red length of rope that has been spliced – a knotting technique more commonly used on yachts for adding strength. The rope has a matching red hook that attaches to a loop at the top of the chair. The whale is part of Southern Guild's exhibition of South African collectible design during Design Miami from 1 to 6 December. It is from Porky Hefer's Monstera Deliciosa collection of animal-shaped chairs, six more of which are currently on display in the designer's solo show at Southern Guild's Cape Town gallery, which runs until 5 February.
Other animals represented as seats in the Cape Town exhibition include a pelican, whose enlarged brown-leather beak creates an egg-shaped seat, a manta ray, and a crocodile. A puffer fish and a four-legged creature have been woven out of Kooboo Cane instead of being made from stitched leather like the other pieces. The final piece is a leather anglerfish, a deep sea animal that uses a shining lure supported above its mouth by a piece of bone that bends over its head like a fishing rod to entice prey. For the seat, the lure has been replaced by a light that dangles above its white plush-lined mouth. Each of the seats, which the gallery describes as "nest environments", is made using traditional South African craft skills, including weaving, stitching and splicing together different fibres. "My pieces get people to think about nature, and its fragility, and make them consider how to protect it," said Cape Town resident Hefer, who spent 16 years in advertising before moving into collectible design.
"They're also about protecting local crafts so that these traditions don't die out," he added. Hefer worked with local craftsmen on the collection, including weaver Ismael Bey. "No one is playing with these skills in this way," said Hefer. "People are latching on to technology, but this evolves so quickly that its hard to benefit from it, because by the time you master a technological aspect it's already dead." "Ismael has trained weavers at the Cape Town Society for the Blind, where I've had a lot of my designs produced," he added. "In this way, I use his traditional knowledge and weaving skills and subvert these into non-traditional forms, making them more relevant." Hefer quit his career in advertising in 2007 to start his own creative consultancy, Animal Farm. He founded Porky Hefer Design four years later, and integrates traditional African skills into all of his projects. Monstera Deliciosa is a development of Hefer's ongoing nest designs, a series of encompassing seats and snugs.
His 2009 Weaver's Nest was a woven wooden lounger that could be hung in a tree and reached by a rope ladder. Other designs currently on show at Design Miami include an obsidian and 3D-printed metal table by Janne Kyttanen and loopy chairs made from metal tubes by Aranda\Lasch.This unbelievable frame has a solid round wooden base made of outdoor teak. The arm is powder coated steel cover in all...Beautiful hanging swing chairs and daybeds are the passion of Studio Stirling. They are made from steel and are strong and durable. Each one is made by hand and it allows for each piece to have individualism and uniqueness in some of the pattern detailing due to the variance of craftsmanship. Some of our most popular models are the nest egg, recliner and basket. All of them are ideal for inside or outside use and look gorgeous on a deck, patio, hanging from a branch of a tree or anywhere indoors. Children and teens love them, to play on outside and also to chill in or when reading a book in their rooms.
A variety of designs and cushion choices are available. Custom and exclusive designs can be discussed. Photography: David Pastoll +27 (82) 653 4623 / david@pastoll.co.za By clicking on Report you are accepting the Terms and Conditions of Gumtree.These Hanging Chairs Let You Lie Inside The Mouths Of Animals Ever have a fantasy of just being eaten alive by an animal? The thrill of ultimate surrender to a being more powerful than you? So much larger than you could ever possibly hope to become, easily swallowing you in one final, satisfying gulp? OK well that actually sounds scary AF. But it doesn’t have to be. You can still fulfill your fantasies of just chilling in the gaping maw of a ferocious beast with some of these awesome hanging chairs. South African Designer, Porky Hefer, created these awesome pieces as part of his series, Monster Deliciosa. Oh my God the Angler Fish even has a light bulb! They’re currently on display until February 5th at the Southern Guild’s designer’s solo show in Cape Town.
Unleash your inner Steve Irwin. Hefer wants people to sit inside the chairs so they can ‘reflect on the fragility of nature’. I just want to know where I can buy them. Now you know what adorable baby seals feel like. Hefer engaged traditional South African craft techniques like weaving and stitching together different fibers to make these pieces. Check out the gullet on that pelican. For some of the chairs, Hefer ditched leather for Kooboo Cane, like on this Puffer Fish and worked with local craftsmen to build the pieces. Looks like it’s straight out of a Tim Burton movie. I don’t know what the hell this thing is, but it looks like the final boss of a miniature golf course, and it’s pretty sweet. You can check out more of Hefer’s cool designs here. Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to our top stories.Bubble Chair Cape Town The original Hanging Bubble Chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1968. With this chair, 'hanging out' with friends can be taken to a whole new level.
The Hanging Bubble Chair allows one to defy gravity and tradition in one fell swoop. As you are suspended from the ceiling , you are enveloped in a non-claustrophobic hanging bubble that can rock, spin, orbit or swing as you please. This transparent and surprisingly comfortable bubble based on the original supernatural design of Aarnio,enables the enjoyment of 'sitting' along the same lines as the old swing on the front porch - but with a metro twist. Besides, you can use it all year around and never once need to light up a mozzie candle! Bubble Chair Cape Town | Suspended from the ceiling, this chair is simply out of sight, thanks in large part to its transparent acrylic sphere that gives it its name. Eero Aarnio was inspired by dome shaped skylights and asked the manufacturer if it was possible to blow a bigger bubble. The answer is before you!Eero added a steel ring for strength and installed a set of cushions for comfort so you can laze the day away in swirling, swirling comfort.