Johannesburg Designers Transform Discarded Materials into Art at The Price of Gold Exhibition
By
Jennifer Hahn
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Summary
The article covers 'The Price of Gold' exhibition at Design Week South Africa, featuring 11 emerging Johannesburg designers who transform locally found and discarded materials into valuable creations. The exhibition, held at Victoria Yards (a converted steam laundry in the city's Central Business District), showcases how these young talents are using upcycling and sustainable design practices to rewrite the narrative about their city, turning waste into artistic and functional pieces.
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· 2 pulledSome of Johannesburg's most promising young designers joined forces for an exhibition at Design Week South Africa, using locally found and discarded materials to rewrite the narrative about their city.
The Price of Gold brought together work by 11 emerging talents inside Victoria Yards – a community space set in a converted steam laundry in the city's Central Business District.
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