7 Hudson Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Founded Johannesburg 2010 by Megan Hesse and Andrea Kleinloog; Lab Light named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at Design Indaba 2010 (official about, corroborated by Cape Town Furniture Week: locally manufactured furniture since 2010).
Best for Locally manufactured furniture from a Johannesburg studio founded in 2010.
1 Calcutta Street, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
VISI visited the Paarden Eiland factory and showroom and dates the studio to nearly two decades of handmade solid-wood furniture. Inside Guide: since 2006; traditional cabinet-making in sustainable hardwoods; showroom attached to the factory.
Best for Handmade solid-wood furniture from a Paarden Eiland factory and showroom.
24 Napier Street, De Waterkant, Cape Town, South Africa / Cape Town / South Africa
Founded 2008 in Cape Town by industrial designers Luke Pedersen and James Lennard; all pieces designed and manufactured under one roof in Cape Town (Dwell; Startup Mag 2024).
Best for Cape Town furniture designed and manufactured under one roof.
Vintage Club is an online vintage furniture business in Cape Town's South Peninsula run by a husband-and-wife team of collectors, selling high-end vintage and collectible furniture from the 1940s to 1970s including mid-century modern and Scandinavian pieces. They clean, lightly restore and refinish each piece, and visits to the workshop are by appointment only.