Concepts of the Future

Visi 50th Edition. The Weavers Nest was chosen as one of the 50 definitive creations of the past 12 years.

Cratefan in Design Indaba mag

nice full page pic of Oupa in the Design Indaba India issue

"Elliot is born"

We have just completed the second Cratefan in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town.
This one is about keeping the excitement going after the world cup road show leaves our shores.
Again it’s about recycling. Nothing is manufactured for the sculptures, we just use components from existing systems. The crates from the Coca cola bottlers system and the scaffolding from a scaf company. Afterwards, in this case July 2011) the sculpture is dismantled and the components put back into their respective systems. The crates that were damaged or cut will be recycled into new crates.
His name is Elliot. Named after the foreman of the construction team that built him.
Approximately 4200 coca cola crates were used to build this one and he stands 18 meters tall.
The project was sponsored by Coca-Cola and managed by Art At Work Art Project management.

Cratefan lives

After a lengthly gestation period of 3 years, cratefan lives. He's over 16ft high and consists of a inner skeleton of scaffolding and then clad with over 2600 1.25l coca-cola crates.

Its a recycling initiative with Coca-Cola South Africa. Nothing was manufactured for the project, we only used components and parts that exist in the different systems. Everything will be reused after the World Cup - the scaffolding will be dismantled and used by SGB again and the crates will be put back into the Coca-Cola system. The crates that were damaged and the cables ties will be recycled.

Thanks Coke for finally believing it was possible and thanks Lesley Perkes and Mark Sinof from Art At Work Art project Management for getting it all together and making the impossible possible.

And thanks to Oupa and his team for such a fantastic tireless job.

SWARM

A new set of lites inspired by stools by Ray and Charles Eames and wooden spinning tops.
The focus is on the way the light falls on the shades themselves and the interaction of the negative spaces.
size - various 200mm x 130mm to 260mm x 220mm
materials - American Walnut and LED lighting
available from LIM on Kloof Street Cape Town or contact porky@animal-farm.co.za

Eric
An ode to the inventor of the dolos, Eric Merrifield.
Made in collaboration with Micheal Methven.
Where as the original dolos helps to reclaim land from water, these lights reclaim light from darkness. Ideally they should be displayed in a large group of 10+ units interlocking with each other.
Mild steel and paper.
Size – 110mm x 95mm
ZAR 4,000.00 each for a minimum order of 3 units

Black & Lite

Obeche and Duco
Size - 240mm x 180mm
porky@animal-farm.co.za