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He’s become famous worldwide for his awesome, nature-inspired chairs, and now Cape Town design artist Porky Hefer has created a line for a good cause.
Called Endangered, it comprises seating pods of an orangutan, a polar bear, a sloth, a blue whale, and a great white shark, all made of eco-friendly and recycled materials.
The line, commissioned by SFA Advisory and Southern Guild, was shown at Design Miami/Basel last month, and the works have been available for sale in a limited edition of three per animal through Southern Guild gallery, with 25% of the sales proceeds supporting the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation’s wildlife conservation programmes.
The foundation, set up by the famous actor after making his climate change documentary Before the Flood, supports projects around the world that build climate resilience, protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction and restore balance to threatened ecosystems and communities.
Said Hefer: “It’s the future of the next generation that I’m concerned about and the state of the world they inherit. Looking after our animals and Earth is one thing but also the preservation of human skills, crafts and traditions. I think it’s important to show what beauty humans are capable of with their hands rather than the destructive mass production that technology is driving the modern consumerist society towards.”
- Check out more of Hefer’s work here.
