LOUIS BOS

Biography:

For me, designing is a means to illustrate my feelings, fascination, ideas and desires. Since childhood I carry pencil and paper everywhere, becoming a passion for designing innovative products. My aim is to use design as a poetic means to create contemporary products with African art and culture aspects. In my products, primary and ergonomic features are less prominent because I am using specific aesthetic design language and incorporating the philosophy of ancient Africa. By means of this, I want to make the ancient African art and culture widely known in a symbolic way.

Product:

GNONON & BORA

The Kasséna Soul collection consists of coffee tables and a side table. The functionality of the tables is less prominent because of the unique aesthetic design language. The GOUNGOGA (drum) are the movable elements of the coffee table that serve as a holder or serving tray and simplify the movement of items on the table. By moving the GOUNGOGA yourself, you give a new look and feel to the table and gives shape to a new day in your spiritual world. The best known totem of many Kasséna families is the GNONON (crocodile). The GNONON is shown by the pyramid shapes in the tabletop. With this collection I want to create awareness to use a table as originally intended. Moving the GOUNGOGA gives the user the freedom to shape the table himself and brings live at the table.

Meteor Light

When I was young, at the sight of a falling star, my grandfather told me stories about African heroes to motivate me and make me dream about the future. The memory of my grandfather inspired me to design Meteor Light. Astrology played an important role in his life; for example, he could predict the weather by looking at the sky alone or determine the time by looking at the position of the sun and moon. When I see a shooting star, I think of him right away. Meteor Light is a unique lamp because it can be used in two different ways. As a floor lamp, Meteor Light has a closed spherical shape with sharp lines referring to a meteorite during its fall. As a pendant lamp, Meteor Light has an open, organic shape that refers to the imprint of a meteorite in the ground after its fall. Additionally, the pendant lamp can be changed to any position of the floor lamp. This enables the user to adjust the shape of the lamp themselves to create the ideal atmosphere.