Pattern Diary Renee Rossouw
Renee rossouw is a south african cape town based architect and artist designer.
Pattern diary renee rossouw. Sindiso khumalo from south africa works with several ngo s to develop sustainable textiles and has developed a complex graphic language that draws on her zulu and ndebele heritage. As i had just started my studio and could not afford to rent a space emerging creatives seemed like a great platform as they elect your portfolio and give an opportunity for free. We met up with this young designer for a quick cup of coffee and asked her about design life world design capital 2014 and working in cape town s creative industry. Renée rossouw is a cape town based architect working at saota while running rr studio a south african pattern lab as a side business the studio which was founded in 2013 is dedicated to creating work for and in south africa focusing on the conception of a new south african aesthetic.
Pattern diary by cape town based designer renée rossouw is a ceramic collection documenting abstract diary entries from the designer s past year in blue and red hand painted patterns. Pattern liquorice vases 2014 art self portrait 2017 art the elephant faces linocut 2016 rugs blue factory 2017 pattern pacboy screens 2015. The collection which began in april 2010 is the result of a year long investigation into identity patterns still lives and compositions. Renée rossouw drew our attention with her liquorice patterns and creative ideas at 2014 s design indaba.
Renee rossouw from south africa is an artist and architect who explores a variety of different projects from patterns and products to murals and art. Pattern diary renée rossouw collaboration with bosa ceramiche italy directed by jaime hayon matteo zorzenoni with the application of only red and blue pens rossouw sketched audacious patterns to create a graphic and visual language on the pieces. Designing a pattern is a highly intuitive process ngxokolo agrees. Her work focusses on colour geometries and patterns which she thinks are all inspired by the lego sets of the 1980s and a gigantic atlas her parents gave her for her 7th birthday called it s a big big world.
Patterns are graphics in harmony and they take time says rossouw.