Interview with Designer Porky Hefer

As part of the exhibition Making Africa – A Continent of Contemporary Design, the Vitra Design Museum features the work Humanest by Porky Hefer. The piece is hammock that looks like a nest fallen from a tree, flattened by the landing and morphed into a comfortable seat. Porky Hefer is regarded as one of South Africa’s most awarded creative people. He spent 16 years working in advertising. In 2007 Porky Hefer established the creative collective Animal Farm. Currently, Hefer works as Porky Hefer Design creating public sculptures and product and furniture designs. Porky Hefer has built oversized bird’s nests since 2009. In this video, the designer talks about Humanest and his design philosophy. Humanest / Interview with Designer Porky Hefer at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein (Germany), March 13, 2015. More videos on contemporary art, design, architecture: http://vernissage.tv Connect:   / vernissagetv     / vernissagetv   Browse our Archive: http://vernissage.tv/archive/posts/ Find Artists, Designers, Architects: http://vernissage.tv/archive/artists/ Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series "No Comment" and "Interviews", art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.