heath nash studio visit

heath nash in his studio image © designboom designboom recently got a personal look at south african designer heath nash’s cape town studio. the unassuming black and white building sits on a steep hill above the emerging woodstock area in east cape town. inside, the studio is filled with scrap materials of all kinds, which nash converts into his recycled creations. floors are covered in plastic bottles and finished lamps hang from the ceiling. nash showed us some of his new projects including a weaving project done with a group of craftswoman in zimbabwe and the metallic material he will be converting into a series of dresses.

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outside the studio image © designboom workspace image © designboom storage area image © designboom nash’s desk and past projects image © designboom spare room image © designboom storage room image © designboom storage room floor filled with plastic bottles image © designboom basket weaving project image © designboom lamps from weaving collaboration image © designboom shooting ‘anemone’ lamp by heath nash for artecnica

‘anemone’ lamp by heath nash for artecnica

the ‘anemone’ lamp is packaged flat and expands into a flexible three-dimensional structure composed of connected four-wall cells. anemone unzips to accommodate a protective metal sphere that serves as the lamp’s structural core. this safety feature turns the lampshade into a malleable, interactive piece that can be

moved and manipulated. this is heath’s most industrial product so far, distributed by american company artecnica.

heath nash pointing out some new materials he found for free image © designboom

nash discovered a series of off cuts from a sail factory which he plans to use on a new project image © designboom

hath nash lamps image © designboom

colourful lamps image © designboom

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this is neat too

more shapes for table lamps image © designboom