Each year, when debating whether or not to be part of the 100% Design expo Raw Studios looks inward, and contemplates their situation: what does one present to the public, what does one say, who are we? This year, there is no new product range per se on show, but rather an attitude, an important image-making and […]
UPDATE: See the project video footage. When the South African success story, Nandos, decided to revamp its spiritual home in Lorentzville Johannesburg, where it started trading over two decades ago, it was bound to be anything but a run-of-the-mill project. The brief was a collaboration with industry veteran, Tracy Lynch, who curated the relationship between […]
The difficult second chair. Chairs are notoriously difficult to design. Especially after the success of our first chair, the second one seems to will one to fail, but after two years in concept form and three months of prototyping and development, Raw Studios is proud to announce that the first production run on our newest […]
In mid-July, Raw Studios hosted a week long collaborative workshop with twelve students from the University of Pretoria. The brief focused on the design solutions for the typology, “Micro-housing”, using Raw Studio’s signature technology: CNC cutting and jointing of birch plywood into designed ergonomic systems. The goal of the workshop is to expose young designers […]
The new collaborative, connected workplace is not only about redefining our mind-set about what furniture we need and how our space needs to be reconfigured to be effective. It also requires a new appraisal of how people and technology interact for the benefit of employer and employee. The technology revolution offers new potential that will […]
A look at the work of Raw Studios as our ideas go from jointing development to products to projects. Enjoy. (Please switch to HD quality for the best viewing experience by using the gear icon in the corner of the video player once the video plays.)
The RAW-licious Cafe: Decorex Joburg 7 – 11 August 2013 The RAW-licious Cafe is the trendy place to go for organic offerings such as soups, salads, and wraps. All furniture supplied by RAW Studios. Raw Studios has a delicious side that we are proud to be able to show in collaboration with Decorex Joburg 2013. […]
We recently welcomed a group of students from the Interior Architecture course at the University of Pretoria into our workshop. They were given an object to design and after a week ended up with a full scale working prototype. The course was aimed to help the students gain an understanding of the processes and methodologies […]
Raw has recently been host to two film crews wanting to find out more about the what’s and the how’s of our business. First up was a crew from Kyknet’s breakfast show called Dagbreek. Raw has also supplied all the furniture for their studio set, so our products can now be seen frequenting the early […]
In an effort to serve our existing clients better and to grow our client base even further, Raw has started outsourcing production of our products to local firms that we trust to uphold the quality we are known for. In the last year we have sought to reposition ourselves more decisively in the service market, […]
