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It’s hard to believe that such a tiny studio tucked away in a corner of Gaborone, Botswana, could extend its force so far into the world, but wooden furniture creator Mabeo is an international design phenomenon.
Mabeo’s latest collaboration, which follows on from its partnerships with major design names such as Patricia Urquiola, takes indigenous woodworking to the next level by aligning with craftspeople who work with recycled metal they find in the scrap heaps at construction sites in Botswana.
Founder Peter Mabeo worked with three international designers to see the new range come to light – Garth Roberts from Canada, Francesco Faccin from Italy and Inès Bressand from France, who created the Zezaru collection, which #Trending particularly loves.
Bressand’s spade chair is the sort of considered blend of functional and luxurious design that is so difficult to get right, and which could only really come about within a collaboration of this sort.
Mabeo said this week: “We always try to do something special that will allow us to express the craft in a way that is really clever, contemporary and fresh.
“It’s not so much that we’re seeking to say, ‘oh we’re working with recycled material’, so much as it’s a skill that’s there; people are making these things. So it’s using what we have.”
See more of Mabeo’s work at mabeofurniture.com
