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,...

Richard Forbes Beckons Us to Courageously Lean into Our Own Dreamy Abyss in a Northern Cape’s Desert Town

by Emilie Froment | Jun 3, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows

  From the outside, a dilapidated, stark white building with its silver roof stands bleached by the Karoo desert sun. We sense a subtle yet tempting invitation to step into the mystery through a rustic door that leads into a pitch-black space. Black Room is an...

Forever Chasing Rainbows? An Intricate Richness Eases Us into a Composition of Nuanced Emotions That Buzzes Brightly and Beckons

by Emilie Froment | Apr 27, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Design & Architecture, Events, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Posts, Walls, Floors & Windows

  In the wake of a recent return from a three-and-a-half-year sabbatical stopover in Mexico where Christiaan Conradie travelled with the wild and determined intention of learning Spanish there and surfing its Pacific paradise, we’re swaddled back into that...

Multidisciplinary Art Collaboration in London Produces Provocative Limited Editions With Pinpointed Finishes

by Emilie Froment | Apr 12, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Events, Home Decor, Lifestyle, Travel, Walls, Floors & Windows

  In a tandem creative step taken by two illustrious London brands, Bergman Interiors and Hofa Gallery are launching Aeditions, their new joint design project in May this year. Inspired by their appreciation for contemporary art and bespoke luxury interiors,...

Good Things Take Time: Imagine the Result 13 Years After Designing One of the Most Significant Gardens in Connecticut

by Emilie Froment | Mar 25, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Design & Architecture, Featured (Slider), Garden Design & Decor, Lifestyle, Posts, Travel

  It appears wiser than ever these days to heighten our human experience of the natural world and one way to do so is to design emotive, varied, immersive public spaces that beautifully integrate built form, sophisticated horticulture, fine art detailing, and...

Hypnotic Disclosure: It Reflects Transformation, Not Costume Change Frill. This is Jewellery With a Purpose

by Emilie Froment | Mar 19, 2021 | Art & Galleries, Fashion & Accessories, Health, Beauty and Wellness, Lifestyle, Posts

    Her calmness of mind seems to be only one among many of her beautiful jewels of wisdom; and her works have life in them. If the artist herself were something we could slide onto a finger or around a wrist, into an earlobe or fasten at the back of our...