From a locally designed pet collar range and carpets inspired by patterns on wood to a new local collaboration and artist Lorraine Loots’s new book of miniature paintings, these are the top VISI picks of the week series – week 303.

1. Lorraine Loots’s New 100 Paintings For Ants Book

Miniature painter Lorraine Loots has released two books documenting her works from 2015 and 2016. There are only 100 copies of the limited-edition collector’s edition available, which each come with a bespoke magnifying glass by Malakai Jewellery. The regular book is litho printed on coated 120GSM paper, thread-sewn and bound in gold-foiled dark jade linen. You can buy both books online.

Images via lorraineloots.com

2. Benji + Moon’s Spring/Summer 2019 Collection

Local brand Benji + Moon has released its new Spring/Summer 2019 limited-edition range, featuring a variety of lovingly hand-made accessories for cats and dogs. Five percent of every purchase goes to CLAW (Community Led Animal Welfare).

Images courtesy of benjiandmoon.co.za

3. MUT Design’s Ply Collection

MUT Design’s collaboration with Spanish brand GAN boasts a collection of hand-tufted rugs inspired by lines, patterns, shapes and textures, mirroring the patterns on plywood – where the range gets its name.

Images via mutdesign.com

4. Zizipho Poswa of IMISO x The Trenery Guild Collaboration

The Trenery Guild’s latest collaboration sees the brand join forces with internationally renowned local ceramicist Zizipho Poswa of IMISO. The collaboration features two unique espresso cups, individually hand-painted and glazed, inspired by Trenery’s October collection. The custom-made set will be given as a limited-edition gift with purchase to qualifying customers exclusively at the Trenery store in Cavendish Square, Cape Town.

Images courtesy of Trenery

5. Winner of the StateoftheART Gallery Award 2019: Balekane Legoabe

StateoftheART Gallery has announced the winner of its Gallery Award for 2019. Championing contemporary art, the award aims to further professional development opportunities and increase exposure for young artists. Pretoria-based Balekane Legoabe won this year’s award for her digital artwork, receiving a prize of a solo exhibition in 2020 and a cash award for further work development.

Images courtesy of stateoftheart-gallery.com

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GUILD international design fair returns to Cape Town from 25 February to 1 March 2015.

We were excited to find out that there will be a number of cool collaborations happening as part of GUILD this year.

The Haas Brothers (Los Angeles) will be collaborating with local crafters Monkeybiz, while Porky Hefer will partner up with Botswana-based furniture designer Peter Mabeo on a series of “human nests”. Designer Frederik Molenschot of Studio Molen in Amsterdam is working with Gone Rural Swaziland on a handmade woven installation and Lebanese sibilings Carlo and Mary-Lynn Massoud (of the Carwan Gallery) will team up with Bronze Age Foundry and Imiso Ceramics founder Andile Dyalvane to deal with the idea of fertility.

Work from Kendall Geers (of Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris and London), Thomas Heatherwick, David Adjaye and Studio Swine (presented by UK journalist Helen Chislett’s new gallery London Connoisseur) and SA’s very own Conrad Botes will also be on show.

For more information about GUILD 2015, visit guilddesignfair.com.

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