LOCAL HERO

Designed by Peter Mabeo and produced by artisans across Botswana, Fendi’s latest creative collaboration is a ten-piece collection exploring local craft and pushing traditional techniques and materials into new directions. Launching at Design Miami, it is the latest in a series of creative interpretations of the brand’s aesthetic codes and craftsmanship through collaborations with the likes of Sabine Marcelis (W*237), Cristina Celestino (W*213) and Formafantasma.

Mabeo himself is no stranger to ambitious collaborations: having launched his namesake brand in 2006 after a decade of producing furniture locally, he counts Patricia Urquiola, Claesson Koivisto Rune and Inès Bressand among regular collaborators, and a recent project includes offices for Roo Rogers’ Johannesburg-based start-up accelerator, Founders Factory (W*253). All his