WALKING INTO LAURIE WIID VAN HEERDEN's Cape Town showroom, with its views of Table Mountain, is like stepping into a cabinet of curiosities, where the temptation to touch and feel is as critical as sight. As a self-taught furniture and product designer, Laurie has been reimagining wood, clay, glass, steel, terrazzo and, of course, cork for more than a decade under the auspices of Wiid Design.
✖ Prior to starting Wiid Design, Laurie was an apprentice to various artists and craftsmen, learning skills such as cutting and kiln-drying timber, and manufacturing furniture pieces. Assisting artist Wim Botha, he also worked on large-scale projects that involved
