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Lorenzo Nassimbeni is a South African architect, conceptual artist, and educator whose work bridges architecture and visual art. 

Centered on the discipline of drawing, he explores urban and natural landscapes to create socially impactful interventions. 

His public artworks include projects at Alice Lane, Freedom Square, and Rahima Moosa Hospital. His work has been featured in prestigious exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale and the Triennale di Milano. 

Nassimbeni was recently awarded the Social Impact Art Prize and is currently engaged in community-based public art projects in Cape Town. He has also lectured widely in South Africa and internationally.

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‘Forest Lines' celebrates the elegant landscape of the African savannah. The raw beauty of the natural environment of the area is captured with essential lines which flow into one another. The illustrations are landscapes in themselves and communicate the sense of tranquility and stillness. The spirit of the African Savannah is woven into the patterns of trees and foliage.

The collection is a portrait of a place characterised by sculptural Acacia trees and rugged textures along endless plains. The notions of groves of trees, movement in the landscape, and expansive views are alluded to in the names of the designs, those being, ‘A Lovely Grove’, 'Arbor Dance’, and 'Endless View’.