Haldane Martin is a contemporary furniture and product designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He qualified as an Industrial Designer in 1992. His designs have won numerous awards, the most recent being the Elle Decor, Designer Of The Year 2010, Real Simple SA – Green Innovation Award (Design) 2008, and the prestigious SABS DISA award for Zulu Mama 2007. The furniture designs have been exhibited in Madrid, London, Paris, New York, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. They have also been featured extensively in both local press and international design publications. Haldane is also a regular guest speaker at design conferences and educational institutions. He also offers sought-after internship positions to promising young designers.
"As a contemporary industrial designer I strive to meet the needs of the whole human being by designing furniture and products that are simultaneously meaningful for the spirit, beautiful for the soul, and nurturing for the body and our earth. "