Casa Ya Mwezi: A Furniture Exhibition
CASA Ya Mwezi:
A Furniture Exhibtion
Atlanta-based furniture artists invite design professionals, art collectors, and enthusiasts to engage with our work during Atlanta Design Festival 2025. We’re eager to showcase a curated collection of handcrafted functional art pieces. We intend to nurture lines of communication between artists and designers.
Set inside Italian Luxury Interiors, the exhibition consists of ceramic, woodwork, lighting, concrete, and color. The work is meant to capture a wide range of intangible sensations and contain them in physical forms.
This exhibition highlights Earth based materials in all of their elegance and ruggedness. Expect to see 20+ pieces that use soft lines, clean corners and ancient symbolism.
Occasion
Atlanta Design Festival, formerly known as Design Is Human, is a platform and annual gathering that connects creative industries. The festival consists of the Creative Futures Conference, Design is Human Awards and other art and design centered events throughout the city. The architecture tours are the flagship event and easily a crowd favorite. During Atlanta Design Fest 2024, I toured 2 homes including Cloudhouse, which I wrote about here.
This year, Atlanta Design Festival coincides with Atlanta Art Fair, followed a week later by Atlanta Art Week.
The Casa Ya Mwezi team is excited to be a part of the 2025 Atlanta Design Festival lineup.
Location
Italian Luxury Interiors is a high end furniture store in Buckhead Village. They have recently relocated to a brand new showroom which we get to help break in by way of the Casa Ya Mwezi exhibition. ILI carries luxury brands like Eichholtz and 101 Copenhagen. Artists featuredd in the Casa Ya Mwezi exhibtion will have their work showcased with these and other brands.
The Work
This exhibition showcases sculptural furniture pieces and decor objects designed by independent Atlanta-based artists. Featured works highlight earth based materials, organic form and natural textures. Expect to see woodwork, ceramic, lighting, concrete and color.
Ira Chair
Sculpted poplar wood with a Bombay Mahogany surface treatment paired with the distinctive Caribbean style cane seating.
Designed and built by Zenya Sawela, Casa Ya Mwezi co-founder and featured artist.