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Created to announce Amaridian's presence at 2010 International Contemporary Furniture Fair.

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 ICFF

 
Amaridian and Design Africa are pleased to present a select portfolio of studios from across Africa, representing a range of media and product categories. These companies have been chosen for their unique work and commercial excellence.
 
 
 
 
Gone Rural
Talented women from Swaziland's mountain villages collaborate with designer Philippa Thorne to transform traditional weaving techniques and renewable indigenous grasses into global design sensations.
 
 
 
Kpando Pottery
Kpando Pottery embodies essential elements which gives life to evocative ceramic art. Led by designer Nii Noi Dowuona, talented women from the Ghanaian community of Kpando use their hands to shape rich clay into organic forms with intricate textures.
 
 
 
TWIG
TWIG represents a new dimension in environmental design. South African Lientjie Wessels' monumental sculptural objects challenge scale as well as social and ecological issues. Each piece employs local artisans who use intricate, traditional weaving techniques.
 
 
 
Zenzulu
Visionary South African designer, Marisa Fick-Jordaan, dismantles traditional weaving limitations through an original process. Collaboratively working with skilled artisans who fuse conventional Zulu weaving techniques with industrial telephone wire, the studio creates the vibrant wire art of Zenzulu.
 
 
 
 
May 15-17: 10am-5pm {Trade Only}
May 18: 10am-4pm {Trade & General Public}
For more information please contact Amaridian on 917.463.3719.
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ICFF 2010


 ICFF

 
African designers live in a diverse world of dynamic, contrasting influences: nature's calm and urban energy; cultural traditions and individual identity; local resources and industrial materials; handmade artisanship and new technologies. Their artistic ingenuity drives design with substance and is forging connections with universal values.

At the ICFF, Amaridian and Design Africa will debut a select portfolio of studios from across Africa, representing a range of media and product categories. These companies have been chosen for their unique work and commercial excellence.
 
MUD Ceramics
Working with local, disadvantaged communities on an arid, South African plateau, Werner and Philippa du Toit have transformed the harsh African soil into a promising light of social development and multicultural cooperation.
 
 
 
Ronel Jordaan Textiles
Ronel Jordaan is inspired by nature. Through the medium of felted wool, her original designs playfully and eloquently echo organic forms and textures. These elements infuse a home with the comforting serenity, purity and beauty of the outdoors.
 
 
 
Tekura Design
Honoring cultural heritage and the rich dynamism of their daily lives in Accra, Ghana, Tekura's designers, Kweku and Josephine Forson, create stylish interpretations of legendary Ashanti and Fanti artistry. Each of their handmade pieces resonates with authenticity and simple elegance.
 
 
 
Willowlamp
Willowlamp's dynamic designers, Sian Eliot and Adam Hoets, ingeniously marry organic forms with industrial materials and processes to create a dramatic new species of lighting. Beginning with humble strands of everyday ball-chain, they use laser cut stainless steel frames to shape radiant representations of nature.
 
 
 
 
May 15-17: 10am-5pm {Trade Only}
May 18: 10am-4pm {Trade & General Public}
For more information please contact Amaridian on 917.463.3719.
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This email was sent to raselby7@gmail.com by info@amaridianusa.com.
Amaridian | 31 Howard Street (@Crosby) | New York | NY | 10013
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