Etched into a Cliff with Jaw-Dropping Views and Design Cues from River Curves, a Textural Landscape and Luxury Yachts

by Emilie Froment | Jul 25, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Home Decor, Kitchens, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows

  Overlooking the Swan River, Infinity Views is nestled into the cliffside above Perth’s sought-after Blackwall Reach. The structure and composition of this residence is extremely efficient by necessity. Conceived as a mechanism to communicate the expertise of...

Designs That Capture the Social and Cultural Spirit of Our Country

by Emilie Froment | Jun 24, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts

  A multi-award-winning product designer who’s remained a constant on the South African scene, Haldane Martin is one of those exceptional creatives that’s been able to move seamlessly and successfully between interiors and furniture. Since establishing Haldane in...

A Pioneering Initiative Takes South African Design to the World, Giving the Whole Local Creativity Plot the Calibre it Deserves

by Emilie Froment | Jun 10, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Design & Architecture, Events, Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel

  In 2020, she made history when she became the first South African designer ever to have her work collected by the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, for their permanent collection. Not a trivial detail, not in anyone’s books. . . anywhere in the world,...

A Community of Belonging by African Creatives – Home is an Oasis Where We Can Begin Again: Vulnerable, Steady and Healing

by Emilie Froment | May 28, 2021 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Design & Architecture, Furniture, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts

  As a contemporary and genuinely South African furniture and design company based in Johannesburg, The Urbanative’s products are manufactured locally. Expect a synergy between the juxtaposition of abstracted African heritage inspirations with the...

This U.S. Island Home’s Discreetly Striking Rural Narrative Harnesses Lightness from a Focus on Material Aspects

by Emilie Froment | May 28, 2021 | Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Furniture, Garden Design & Decor, Home Decor, Kitchens, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows

  Intentionally appearing low-key from the valley, as a courtesy to the pastoral farmlands below, this gracious architectural dream was designed as both retreat and part-time residence for a growing local family with strong local roots going back several...

All Hypes Aside: When it Comes to Lisbon as the City of Choice to Invest in Offshore, Finding Our Place in the Sun is Easier (and Savvier) Than We Care to Admit

by Emilie Froment | May 17, 2021 | Design & Architecture, Habitat Video Library, Home Decor, Industry Leaders, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Wealth, Work Spaces

  With unflinching sincerity and confidence, this prime offshore investment property has been launched in one of Lisbon’s demonstrably – even obviously – cool suburbs. Many of us might admit to having been, at some point or another, convinced by the wise move of...