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Nawaaz assembling the Chairman : The Chairman is a remarkable piece that’s a cross between a chair and an ottoman. -
Shelf Light : It “literally shines on the objects we love, or love to forget so need reminding about.” -
Spinning Skies : A wall-mounted light sculpture that, when on, casts twirling shadows as it rotates in the breeze.
WORDS Debbie Loots
Continuing our celebration of Youth Month, our next Fresh Talent profile is about Cape Town industrial designer Nawaaz Saldulker.
Being an Emerging Creative at last year’s Design Indaba Expo gave him wings, says Nawaaz Saldulker, and not the fleeting kind that pops out when consuming that energy drink! We caught up with this Cape Town interior architect and product designer whose multi-purpose upcycled Chairman has us titillated.
What has happened since Design Indaba last year?
I took part in Li Edelkoort’s Totemism: Memphis Meets Africa show (read more here), and exhibited at Designgalleriet in Stockholm. Then it was Paris Design Week in September. I also showed at last year’s Cape Town Art Fair.
What was the first product you designed?
I designed and built my own version of the famous Carlton bookcase for a crèche in downtown Joburg. One side is a storage space for school bags, and the reverse a chalkboard.
What is your design philosophy?
In order to create something new, it first needs a good reason to exist. For me, the key to a project is varying the formal limits and techniques of art, design and architecture. As they say, you have to know the rules
to break the rules.
What lies in your future?
A French firm has commissioned me to source the best in African design for an international exhibition.
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