Haldane martin biography sampler

Haldane on furniture design – from nothing to something

Recently rebranding as simply ‘Haldane’, we get to know a Cape Town design icon and his latest outdoor collections.

An icon on the South African design landscape, Haldane Martin has a penchant for reinventing himself every decade or so.

He first developed a reputation as a furniture designer-maker with iconic South African designs such as the Songololo Sofa and the Zulu Mama chairs in the 2000s, which now have a place in the South African universities’ and high school design curriculum.

Circa 2010 he made a new name for himself as an interior designer, working on award-winning restaurant interiors with custom furniture for the likes of Truth Coffee, Mad Giant Beer and Swan Café.

In the last year he’s returned to his roots with a firm focus on furniture  –  in particular, outdoor.

It’s been a prolific period of releasing more than half a dozen new collections, all of which retain his THE TOOTHSOME HALDANE MARTIN - FIK