Design Joburg | Collaborations

CoLabs

Design Joburg continues to create a rare opportunity: connecting brands with some of the country’s most celebrated designers. These leading lights curate inspired spaces at our show, using products sourced from both local and global companies.

We’ve called the result our CoLabs – original collaborations that allow for experimentation, invention and creativity.

This pioneering approach has resulted in highly innovative room sets, elegantly updating the traditional notion of an exhibition. Visitors left truly inspired! Here, we explore three of these collaborations…

2022 CoLab Designers

Créma’s compelling CoLab

We were thrilled to see Créma back at the show: we can always rely on them to serve up a satisfying blend of global flavours.

Their unique collection continues to showcase some of the leading international indoor and outdoor luxury furniture, feature lighting, rugs and accessories. Revealed this May was the Rico Sofa by Ferm Living, the Nani x Hayon rug by Nanimarquina and the Manila Suspension Lamp by Parachilna. And that’s just a taste of what they presented.

Créma also fully embraced Design Joburg’s collaborative spirit, and were working with some of our favourite brands including JVR Architects. The latter created an architectural masterpiece as the backdrop for Créma’s offering, whilst Botanicus ensured the space was bursting with floral splendour.

Créma’s winning formula once again delighted contemporary design lovers.

www.cremadesign.co.za

Heather Boting X Acre Studio

Collaboration has always been a major focus for Design Joburg and May 2022 was no different. Just one of the exciting partnerships you didn't want to miss - interior designer Heather Boting and the team from Acre Studio created a ‘Kalahari Dawn’ themed space for visitors to immerse themselves in.

Picture yourself basking in the dulcet warmth and subtle, earthy tones of the early morning sunshine and you’ll get a sense of how their stand was planned. This mood further conveyed through a ceiling installation of cascading folds of linen that cues awakening, hope and possibility. Here, you were able to explore brand new furniture designs from Acre Studio whose pieces evoke a sense of stripped back luxury. In addition, their sharply curated display of handcrafted homeware pieces including ceramics, candles, scatter cushions, trays, napkins and more from top SA makers were not to be missed.

www.heatherboting.com and www.acrestudio.co.za

Metaphor Design

Bedroom as sanctuary, by Metaphor

The idea of collaboration remained the heart of the Design Joburg philosophy. The combining of complementary and contrasting talents gave the show its edge, as participating designers and brands created room sets together. The results were inspiring.

It was bound to be a standout example by interior design practice Metaphor. Their belief – that our habitats shape who we are and what we do – rings true in the feature-stand they unveiled this May.

Founded in 2012 by the talented Lane Reeves, Metaphor’s portfolio includes a slew of residential and commercial projects. Each project has yielded a bespoke design solution.

Metaphor’s feature-stand saw the team creating a bedroom space envisaged as a sanctuary – we saw dusty pastels and heaps of texture! – in which visitors could escape the buzz of the show. The concept had the team collaborating with a string of stellar brands that included Gregory Mark Landscaping, Bravo Brands and Leonardo Design, amongst others. Using Design Joburg as a launch platform, Metaphor also released some of their own new furniture designs.