IKEA launched the ÖVERALLT collection this week at the Design Indaba conference, held in Cape Town, presenting a variety of products that encompass African-influenced themes and textiles. IKEA and Design Indaba ended up tapping creators hailing from five different countries in Africa, including Senegal, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Côte d’Ivoire.
Described as “African rituals meet Scandi,”…
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1983, Kirsten Beets works predominantly with oil paint on paper. Her main subjects and themes are how people interact with nature in a recreational way, usually observing things from a high vantage point and neatly rendering them in minute detail.
Observations of people, places and objects (and sometimes…