"Kompa means ‘together,’ ” explains designer Peter Mabeo, who is based in Gaborone, Botswana. To demonstrate that holistic idea, Mabeo interlocks his fingers, creating a circle with his hands. The ...

But news of a new Mabeo Studio collection for Design Within Reach launching this week is a significant milestone. As the brand’s name suggests, the US-manufacturer and retailer exists at a scale that ...

Peter Mabeo is feeling his way toward furniture’s global future—and location, he’s decided, is everything. After 25 years in Botswana’s capital city of Gaborone, he recently moved Mabeo, his 20-person ...

Many companies produce furniture in many parts of the world, but I think that the way Mabeo works is very different, with great attention to the need to bring together people, cultural identities and ...

Furniture plays a central role in how our homes function and feel, shaping everything from daily routines to how we gather with others. Increasingly, Black furniture designers are expanding that ...

Peter Mabeo is the founder of Botswana-based design brand Mabeo Furniture. The furniture brand combines the values of traditional craft practices with modernism and aims to creates relationships ...

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