Sanet Fau Stegmann is a designer practicing a multidisciplinary approach that spans various domains, promoting innovative and comprehensive design solutions. Her expertise ranges from spatial design to intricate craftsmanship, with a profound interest in how culture, community, and context manifests in spaces and objects.
With an eye for detail, she draws inspiration in the subtle beauty of everyday life, a gatherer of artful ideas. She is dedicated to uncovering and sharing these moments through her work, using diverse mediums and scales to tell stories that resonate. Central to her philosophy is the notion that design transcends visual aesthetics and has the potential for positive change.
Convinced that sharing knowledge is fundamental, she continues to research themes of social impact and investigates design’s transformative role. Her research extends into materials and the development of sustainable alternatives, insights she shares as a part-time lecturer in Paris.
Sanet offers professional services in interior, graphic and product design, styling, illustrations and creative direction. She captures and emphasises the uniqueness of each client, project and initiative.
Her work ethic is guided by a commitment to distilling ideas to their simple essence, being considerate in her approach, adopting an inquisitive mindset that leads to imaginative outcomes and designing with empathy and for diverse abilities.
Her collaborative work has been displayed at Salone del Mobile in Milan, Saatchi & Saatchi in London, and the Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa) in Cape Town. She is also the co-founder of design studio, Kassa Studio.
American Express ZA Graphic Arts challenge 2023. Finalist (shortlist). Exhibition: Gallery 1: Keyes Art Mile.
'Halau bench and rug', included at DIN-Design group show at Salone del Mobile, Lambrate design district, Milan, Italy, April 2018.
'A Heritage Apartment' (as part of Studium), included in Design Joburg, March 2017.
‘Silent Statement’, project in collaboration with Max Franklin included in Low Tech Lab exhibition at Saatchi & Saatchi gallery, organised by Raúl Marroquín and coordinated by Daniela Medina Poch, London, January 2016.
Product design, the 'Rotunda Drinks Cabinet' included in 'A New Wave' exhibition, curated and hosted by Southern Guild Gallery. 2016. Cape Town, South Africa / Miami, Florida, September 2016.
Group show at Mi* Gallery, Le Marais, curated by Igor Baloste, Paris, France, 2016.
'Silent Statement’ in collaboration with Max Franklin, is included in the Low tech Lab London exhibition at Saatchi & Saatchi Gallery, London, United-Kingdom, 2016.
'A Song A Week', solo exhibition at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2015.
'REshape' exhibition, Maker studio, curated by Lunetta Bartz, Johannesburg August 2012.
‘Bicycle legends’, range of original watercolor works exhibited at RAD The Store, Johannesburg, 2012.
Press
'Light weaves' featured in House & Leisure, Volume 3: Summer 2021.
'How ethnic tradition can express a contemporary mood' (L’artigianato otre il design Ritorno al futuro con valori’), Salone del Mobile magazine (La Provincia di Como), p. 37-41, April 2019.
Article ‘Maison is where the art is', Salon Maison & Objet Paris, House & Leisure, May 2016.
‘A Celebration of Heritage’, Sunday Times, Lifestyle, September 2019.
‘Blanket approach’, House & Leisure, October 2018.
‘Next level creatives 2018’, House & Leisure, July 2018.
‘Good things come in pairs’, ELLE Decoration, May 2018.
Rotunda drinks cabinet (Studium) featured on cover of Business Day, Wanted magazine (editor: Jacquie Myburgh), included in the feature “The Shape of the future”, October 2016.
Studium design office featured in the Sunday Times, October 2016.
‘Twiggy clock’ featured in VISI magazine, October 2014
Included in the Fresh talent series, VISI online, February 2013
Lanterna lamp design featured in Walls & Roofs, volume 11, September 2010
Lanterna lamp featured on 25 Degrees in Africa, volume 5, journal 5, September/October 2010
