Modern Gesture

Modern Gesture designs and produces lighting, homeware and small stationery items in Cape Town, exploring different production techniques and craft skills, which includes experimentation with the physical and tactile properties of mixed mediums such as off cuts of wood, wax cord and various metals.

Modern Gesture believes that in each piece created a story is embedded into its materials, capturing the time and care engaged in the creation of each item. This practice ensures that each piece holds its own unique characteristics. Throughout the process there is  a constant conversation happening between the hand of the designer and the material being formed.

Highly colored lamps recall the cultured jewelry of the Massaï and have seduced a very diverse clientele conquered by her inspired creations, entirely made by hand.
A real luxury in this era of ultra-mechanization.

Expert in mixing wood, ceramics or wool, the young designer Candice Lawrence spends hours in her Cape-Town workshop. She creates artworks by using sustainable, recycled and local materials. Her work is inspired by her imagination and her taste for African heritage.

A  new approach to quality, innovative design and simplicity.