THATCH Andrew Johnston

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THATCH Andrew Johnston

Homeware Designer - Hawkes Bay

"An architect who's island hopping past influences beautifully simple objects constructed for everyday use."

Island hopping his way through childhood, Andrew and his wife have ended up settling on their wee patch of Kiwi paradise, the beautiful foothills of Havelock North in Hawkes Bay. Andrew's workplace has a view over the vegie and herb garden he and his wife nurtured from a dried and cracked piece of land. Singapore, Rarotonga, New Caledonia have helped inspire Andrew's work: "Lightness, I don’t do solid or monolithic very well. It may be from the time I spent in the Pacific, structures there have a much more temporary connection to the earth." Training and working as an archictect taught him about the innovative and efficient use of low cost, standard materials, and their uses and sustainability. Add to that Andrew's desire to create everyday objects that are affordble and useful to many, and allow the user to complete the last stage of the product's journey, allows a sense of "ownership". Is this a reference to the Constructivist days of the Proletariat? Long live Kiwi design!
  Hawkes Bay


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  • THATCH Blossom Polypropylene Lamp shade
  • Baby Blossoming Lamp Shade
  • Middle Blossoming Polypropylene Lamp Shade