Photography by
JP Beukes/Louise McCann
RAW STUDIO’S
INVOLVEMENT
What did you provide to the project
and how do you feel it added to the
interiors?
Peet van Straaten: Raw Studios
had the second biggest contract
on the project (second only to the
main contractor), providing all the
workhorse office elements including
all workstations, storage cabinets from
our Offis range, meeting tables and a
large amount of our Din+ range chairs.
Our products form the core of
the working environment at CK
and I believe it would have had a
lower ergonomics in use, higher
environmental impact and most
definitely a very different look and
feel had another supplier been used.
Feedback from staff and other users
have been very positive to say the
least.
How did your input help the
designers fulfil Nando’s brief?
The brief stipulated high quality
South African design from sustainable
materials and that is what we have
been providing for many years now.
Apart from just filling the brief, I
believe that what the project designers
(and client) got as a result of using
Raw on the project is beautifully light,
elegant and clever modular design that
is built for industrial use.
What are your favourite elements of
the completed project?
I could not find anything included in
the project that was not well done.
Tracy, JP and Eve did an outstanding
job on initiating, curating and
managing basically the best design
and art the industry is able to deliver
at present. My personal favourites
include Kasamento and Goet’s chairs
and couches, David Krynauw’s lights,
Thinking’s pot plant holders and all the
works by Joburgs’ Dokter and Misses.
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