Meet the Maker
Handre De La Rey's concrete creations rock
We catch up with Handre de la Rey, architect and designer at design studio 20 EIGHT, whose concrete sunglasses recently won the PPC Imaginarium Industrial Design Award
25 June 2017 - 12:00
You are an architect by trade. When did you delve into product design?
Product design flows naturally from architecture. Everything around us is assembled in one way or another, and it is just a matter of scale and complexity. I have always been interested in how things are made. Product design is architectural experimentation implemented on a human scale.Do you think it's important for all creatives to have side hustles?
I think it is important to explore all aspects of your creativity. 20 EIGHT is a multifaceted platform where product design and architecture blend onto a blank canvas, leading to unique outcomes. This cross-pollination between design fields keeps us focused on both detail and overall aesthetic at micro and macro scale...
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