Guild Design Fair 2015

The inaugural 2014 GUILD Design Fair, which attracted worldwide acclaim and over 8,500 visitors, is followed up with a throught-provoking offering of international collectible design at this year’s event. Southern Guild exhibits alongside some of the world’s foremost design galleries, such as Carpenters Workshop Gallery and R& Company from New York and Carwan Gallery from Beirut. In addition, acclaimed furniture producer Peter Mabeo from Botswana exhibits a new collection in collaboration with local conceptual designer Porky Hefer, while the London Connoisseur collection is curated by highly esteemed design journalist and author Helen Chislett.

Southern Guild’s curated offering includes sculptural timber pieces such as John Vogel’s Bloom table, the Linen Fold table by KOOP and David Krynauw’s Haywire chandelier, as well as metal furniture by Conrad Hicks, Beth Diane Armstrong, Gregor Jenkin, Bronze Age and Xandre Kriel. Conceptual artworks such as Adriaan Hugo’s die laaste braai and Daniella Mooney’s Catenary Arch with Yogi de Beer are a cerebral counterpoint to collaborative pieces such as the Residues bench by Laurie Wiid van Heerden and Lionel Smit, a large tiled panel by Laduma Ngxokolo and Yellowwood Arts, and artisanal rug maker Paco Pakdoust with artists Kerri Evans and Wayne Barker.