Ranlords

Ranlords is a club on the 22nd floor in a building in Braamfontein - amazing views over look a world class city of Jozi. Egoli. Joburg. No matter what you call it, joburg is finally opening its arms and pulling people back into a lost cultural atmosphere. Ranlords was designed by award winning Joburg couple Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens. A job well done, especially when you visit the males urinal!

Where Fashion Meets Architecture

This is the exhibition that we have been working on. Izuba Inafrica Architects whom I work for (a small 3 person firm, including me) designed the layout of this incredible space in down town Johannesburg, Arts on Main in the Maboneng precinct, is a 'newly' renovated derelict building that still contains its rustic history through time with touches of contemporary inserts. The launch of the event was last night, and hit off with a bang together with limitless supply of fermented potatoe juice made into those devil cocktails called Cosmopolitans and olive dunked Martini's. Well done to all who were involved!

Slice Chair

Danish-born Mathias Bengtsson (b. 1971) created the Slice chair concept,
which weds organic shapes with cutting-edge technology, in 1999. Slice began
as a hand-modelled clay form that blurs a chair's distinction between
armrests, backrest, legs and frame. The organic shape was sliced into
horizontal layers, digitally manipulated, formed again by a laser cutter,
and then hand assembled and polished.
Bengtsson is known for cutting edge designs made from industrial and high
tech materials. Slice is constructed as an assemblage of horizontal
cross-sections that stack together into a distinct lateral profile. The
designer chose aluminium for its reflective quality, and each of the 125 3mm
thick laser cut layers is hand waxed and polished. The 3mm thickness
provides both structural integrity and sufficient reflective edge surface to
enhance the overall effect of a shimmering object. The limited edition Slice
has also been produced in plywood, cardboard and foam. Milwaukee's version
was produced by the artist for the Museum in December 2010. [From Cubeme].