INSIDEOUT • JOE PAINE
9 SEPTEMBER – 30 OCTOBER
Opens 6:30 PM Thursday 9 September 2010
insideout is a furniture and product exhibition that crosses the threshold between
what goes in and what goes out.
ABOUT JOE PAINE
1982 Born in Johannesburg
1999 Completed a history of art assignment on the Bauhaus
2004 Finished his design studies at WITS technicon, excelling in the subject of “computer literacy”.
2007 Left his manufacturing job to contribute to the opening of the first DOKTER AND MISSES store at 44 Stanley JHB.
2008 Tripped over an overgrown creeper’s tendril, fracturing his hip, inspiring him to design products for plants
2008 Kreep planter won the EDIDA outdoor award
2008 Established JOE PAINE as a product and furniture design label aiming to design products that are inventive but simple, sophisticated without pretension, with a focus on outdoor applications, plants and bird life.
2009 Survived 2009
2010 Witnessed the culmination of culture, raw achievement and physical strength: The 2010 FIFA soccer world cup.
2010 First solo exhibition of furniture and products.
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