An intricate coiled construction specifically manufactured for the sundeck and lounge space of a super yatch project in Southern Europe.
An elegant design which we’ve added to our Verandah Collection product selection.
For that stylish pool deck, patio or verandah.

Standard and bespoke sizes available.
Available in our standard yarn colourways.

Please pop us a mail for further enquiries.

A few Fibre Designs’ facts about our Karoo Berber Flatweaves which we are ceratin you are not in the know:

• Berber wool comes from the Karoo sheep’s fleece
• The rugs are hand woven and not woven by machine
• The rugs are manufactured in the heart of the Karoo
• Berber Karoo wool is textured and strong
• Karoo wool is vibrant when dyed
• Berber rugs are also fire resistant, which makes them ideal for placement near fireplaces
• The strength of the wool makes them ideal for use in a living room or dining room, where there might be spills.
• If your rug becomes a little grubby, please don’t fret, our Karoo Berber flatweave rugs can be cleaned and washed at home.
• They are flatweaves which make them reversible. One side looking a little grubby, simply flip it over.

Remember that, just like us, our furry four-legged friends are gaga over natural fibre. Keep your pets well trained around you Karroo Berber rugs.

If you still can’t decide which neaural colourwau to add to your space, pay us a visit at the Fibre Designs studio and experience the difference first-hand (or foot if you prefer).

When the mist rolls around Mist Cliffs, its evident how it got its name. “Home feel like a nature reserve”, says the owner of their weekend retreat which is situated in a conservation village just 45 minutes outside of the Mother City, Cape Town. Their double deck is tucked into a green oasis, and splashed with blue accents by way of pool and outdoor furniture.

They are soaking up the sun on a deck that is tucked neatly into a pristine patch of the Cape’s indigineous fynbos vegiation. This split level balau perch is suspended from a cliff fave almost hovering above the Atlantic ocean beyond.

The top deck’s Paulo Lenti furnite and Fibre Designs outdoor rug refect the colour of the ocean and foliage.

We are super chuffed to see our hand-braided, all weather rug from the Verandah Collection spotlighted as the editor’s pick in House & Leisure magazine.

For the full aritcle in House & Leisures online version, please see the link below:

https://www.houseandleisure.co.za/content/cape-town-couples-misty-cliffs-weekend-retreat?fbclid=IwAR07HqlGpaDgw2W_5wlcR_UsXNi7JzK__0yCDm45q1YzYfVDDnxD1tFwrPQ

The Cheetah Plains Lodge has been awarded Best Luxury Bush Villa in the world at the 13th Annual World Luxury Hotel Awards.

In South African architectural and interior design news ARRCC where proud to announce that their Cheetah Plains project was awarded Best Luxury Bush Villa in the world at the 13th Annual World Luxury Hotel Awards in Finland last weekend.

The World Luxury Hotel Awards is the pinnacle of achievement in the luxury hotel industry offering international recognition as voted by guests, travelers and industry players alike.

Combining state‐of‐the‐art sustainable architecture with a pioneering aesthetic, Cheetah Plains contrasts confident contemporary inorganic forms with the natural landscape, creating something quite beautiful.

Fibre Designs are very proud at being one of the main suppliers of the neutral toned rugs throughout the three Plains Houses. Our Mohair Collection rugs and Berber Flat rugs being the textiles placed within the open plan rooms and spaces.

Congratulations on your well deserved award ARRCC, and for turning this amazing vision into a reality.

https://luxuryhotelawards.com/hotel/cheetah-plains-private-game-reserve/

https://www.architonic.com/en/project/arrcc-cheetah-plains/20074475?fbclid=IwAR3L_beYM1dYTI5FdyX8QWrGUwmKk0GJsVgcOWK3YhG7jWIsf5qyroQ9AcY#.XZdNILRk9WY.facebook

Fibre Designs presents its Montage Mohair rug, the most recent addition to our bespoke floor-ware collections. Woven from 100% handwoven mohair yarn the jewel toned flat weave is reminiscent of the Art Deco era and takes inspiration from Ted Baker’s Pazima Mosaic rug.

Incorporating a splash of this year’s colour ‘Living Coral’, the rug shows how to incorporate hues that are fashionable without limiting the longevity of the piece.

The construction of the rug is fully artisinal with the spinning, dyeing and weaving all done by hand. The entire process from raw material to the final product takes 4-6 weeks and the rugs are woven up by our weaving campus in the heart of the Karoo.

View the Collection.

Prices are available upon request.

In the urban garden of the Paul Street East contemporary student living apartments, our Verandah Collection outdoor poufs have been placed in a pretty cushy spot indeed.

The perfect urban home away from home, centrally located within the capital’s trendy Shoreditch district this student living is by far the best in London.

Oh yes, how we’d love to be a student living in London.

http://www.paulsteast.com/

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a little house, in a small village in the realm of Cambridge. The house had a tiny garden, where a dog liked to lay in the sun. From the outside the house looked quite normal, but inside it was very different, inside it was curious indeed.

The house belonged to two artists who loved to make and fix things, and it is there the Fantasy Collection begins. The Persian cowhide is unlike any cowhide you have ever seen. It’s from a very exotic breed of beast that lives in the fantasy world of designers Young & Battaglia.

Fibre Designs are proud stockist of the Mineheart Fantasy Collection in Cape Town. Please pop into our showroom in De Waterkant, we are officially open for the New Year!

We have had an exciting year and have indeed had a rather busy one behind the scenes.

In April of this year we partnered up with Design Time School of Interior Design, Pierre’s long standing friends at Madi a Thavha Craft Art and the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC). The challenge for the creative students : to design a functional piece of art within the strict parameters of available traditional skills and local raw materials of rural Limpopo.

Our very own Pierre (blood, sweat and tears involved) mentored the students and translated the challenges we posed to the 38 first and second year students. The piece to be specifically designed for the national and international markets within the parameters of the available traditional skills and local raw materials of rural Limpopo. All this was to be done to specifically to promote the work of the rural artisans in Limpopo.

We were adamant that students’ designs include a signature of Limpopo’s cultural heritage, an aspect the National Arts Council passionately endorses.

To read the rapidly changing trends in art and interior markets can however be tricky. For rural Limpopo artists, it is bit like guiding the Titanic to dock at a trendy global port every month. With the internet now virtually reaching the remotest villages in Africa we are increasingly in need of translators to explain the practicalities of ‘local-rural’ and ‘global-urban’ to each other.

 Madi a Thavha also restricted students to the size of their designs and by the specific traditional use of material and techniques like beadwork on textile and baskets, traditional open firing of local clay, available twines for weaving and on top of it, were told that eco-friendly and recycling elements will count in their favor.

These were all adding to quite a tough reality check for the creative youngsters.

The students could focus on the following media and techniques:

• Textile: beadwork, embroidering, fabric dyeing and painting
• Wood: and woodcarving
• Clay: traditional firing, using kilns, glazing
• Grass: weaving
• Recycling: with various mediums and techniques as mentioned below

The following product groups could be developed:

• Soft furnishings: cushions, bedroom textiles, table ware, stools
• Interior (extending to patio under roof) functional art, craft and decorative products: clay and wooden bowls, vases, stools.
• Woven products: baskets, mats and grass objects
• Wall art: embroidery, bead work, textile painting, clay, wood.

Our discerning judging panel, Tracey Lee Lynch (leelynch.co.za), Julian Hartley (The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester) Greg Truen (SAOTA), Althea Shlessinger (Madi a Thavha) and Pierre Antione had the tough task of marking each and every students design.

The winners were announced at Design Time School of Interior Design’s annual prize giving ceremony in Cape Town at the end of November.

The results where as follows :

• 1st place – Carla van Rensburg’s Likela light fitting
• 2^nd place – Paula Maytham’s Baobab light fitting
• 3rd place – Shani Bijleveld’s Raw Ornamental pot

Shortlisted (in no specific order) were:

• Brenda Kabeya’s Le Tabouret
• Joe Throssell’s Totem Jo
• Justine Adair’s Clay Vase
• Ariana Brogneri’s Synergy Pendant
• Cherise Minnaar’s The Motherbead

It was a wonderful project to be involved in and we are ever so very proud of each and every Design Time student.

We’re delighted to say that Marcelle Bosch of the NAC and Althea Shlessinger of Madi a Thavha are already hard at work on the prototypes and we can’t wait to see the products evolving. We’ll be sure to keep you posted with images as soon as we have them.

1st place – Carla van Rensburg’s Likela light fitting

2^nd place – Paula Maytham’s Baobab light fitting

3rd place – Shani Bijleveld’s Raw Ornamental pot

Client feedback, we’re mad for it!

We’ve had a feeling over the past few months that our Verandah Collection is in need of a fresh new color so…

We recently ran a completion for our clients to decide for themselves on which should be our new 2017 color. We did a bit of research into color forecasts for 2017/18 and decided to put 5 beautiful tones to the test.

Amarula Yellow, Rust Orange, Midnight Blue, Melon Green and Deep Marsala were the contenders in the running.

Our lucky winner stood the chance of winning a gorgeous round Verandah Collection rug in the color of their choice.

We received wonderful feedback and our top 3 classic colors were as follows :

Taking center stage by leaps and bounds was our personal favorite Deep Marsala, a deep and sensual tone. Followed by Mr Melon Green an earthy little guy and finally magical Midnight Blue, always classic and contemporary.

Our winning client was…drum roll please…Ruben Rossouw from BlockPlan. CONGRATULATIONS again Ruben!

Behind the scenes we already have our bobbins ready to start bobbing up the yarn. But first and foremost, we’re working on perfecting our new colors.

2017 is going to have a colorful start folks! We can not wait to have our new colors in store!

Our pouf woven up in our deep Marsala yarn. Just delicious.

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