Mabe sessions: Models and African Thuthu Kika

The mark Mabe proposes two interesting models of sessions those Thuthu and Kika. The first is inspired by the traditional stools African. The word “Thuthu ‘is a abbreviation of the word mushroom in the local language of Botswana, home to the brand. The striped version, Thuthu stool is hand painted by thick black lines and random variable, and this detail is left entirely to the craftsman who finishes the pieces. Made wood hardwood from sustainable forests, the stool Thuthu is made to be ecologically, aesthetically and culturally sustainable.

Designed by Patty Johnson wood is available with exotic names like Panga Panga, Masasi, Mukwa or white oak, finished with oil paint. The strips can be red, black or white.

Patty Johnson is a Canadian designer who is interested in the interchange between research and design, business and culture. Operates worldwide with partners, companies, producers, communities, governments, and designers to create new types of software design and collection of eco-design products. Seeks to combine the strengths of the groups free to build new ties, new cultures and new ideas.

Kika is designed by Patricia Urquiola, is combined with the collection of the same name tables, Is a kind of sculpture handmade by artisans using a rolling process Mabe involving techniques for turning and wood carving. It ‘available in natural finishes and colors red, black, white. It ‘made of hardwood species in the same model Thuthu.