162 > world, it is through this competition that we can discover and nurture new local talent. Although I travel the world in search of beautiful and rare pieces of furniture that change, inspire and offer solutions to people’s homes, nothing gives me greater pleasure than to find some of these solutions on home soil in South Africa.” The competition judges are all well-known in the design industry. Adam Hoets is an architect and garnered the Elle Decoration International Design Awards 2008 Lighting Design and 2009 Designer of the Year Award, along with business partner Sian Eliot, for their work on Willowlamp’s chandeliers. Paul Pamboukian lectures on lighting design and runs the Paul Pamboukian & Associates Lighting Design studio. Ravi Naidoo, the founder of Interactive Africa, gives the world the Design Indaba Conference and Expo every year – one of the premier design events in the world today. Chris Weylandt of Weylandts was the fourth invited judge and the winning design will be manufactured and sold by Weylandts. The other judges were décor stylist Doreen de Waal, Elle Decoration’s editor, Karen Roos and deputy editor, Lauren Shantall. < (Top left) Mono-pol-i by Micha Koren, Stack by Stiaan Bester, (bottom left), Dop by Stiaan Bester, Twilight by Carly Warren (bottom centre), and the Solve finalists with Chris Weylandt (featured centre).
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