Made Here: Design Safaris X Design Week Cape Town

How Cape Town makes things, from first cut to finished piece.

Three makers, three ways of making in the city, and the people behind each. A half-day Design Safari through Cape Town’s studios and factories during Design Week South Africa. At each stop you get about 45 minutes, with a short talk and then your questions.

The Day 10:00 Leave from the aēsplore studio, 53 Church Street 10:15 to 11:00 Crystal Birch: a heritage hat factory, kept alive by rare sewing skills. One of the last hat factories in South Africa still making hats from scratch, on machinery and moulds well over a century old, with staff who have been making hats for nearly 50 years. 11:15 to 12:00 Pedersen + Lennard: furniture, designed and built under one roof. Industrial designers Luke Pedersen and James Lennard started the company in Cape Town in 2008. See the factory floor and hear how a piece goes from design to finished product. 12:15 to 13:00 HALDANE: Haldane Martin’s outdoor furniture, made to order in the Western Cape. Stainless steel, aluminium, Iroko and Dekton, plus the hand-carved aluminium il Noir edition made with Nøde. About 13:15 Back at the studio.

Three studios, about 45 minutes in each, maximum 8 guests.
Included: transport, your hosts Micha and Tom, and a tote bag.
Register to request a place. We email you a payment link, and your place is confirmed once payment is made through that link.
Booking is essential, tickets are R450.