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Nuvem Wins the 2020 Golden A’ Design AwardNuvem, the luminous modular system designed by Portuguese architect Miguel Arruda in collaboration with Slamp, has been presented with the 2020 Golden A’ Design Award in the Lighting Products and Lighting Projects Design...
A Savvy Little Splash
When you incorporate a few clever designer space-saving tricks, a bit of imagination with a splash of accessories and finishes, your small bathroom space will transform into an enviable relaxation abode. Style and sophistication will reign over clutter and...
Under the Stars
In the chill of winter here in Gauteng, it’s not easy to visualise the balmy days of summer and the alfresco lifestyle South Africans so relish. Yet all things must pass, including lockdown and the current crisis that has changed the world.A warmer and less restricted...
Sensor-Controlled Taps and Faucets Offer Comfort and Save Resources
We live in interesting times indeed. Barring the global conflicts – WW1 and WW2 - some would deem 2020 the most critical 12 months in the recent history of recorded human existence, since the Spanish Flu of 1918/19. That pandemic was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes...
The Elegant Allure of Giant Liquorice Allsorts-Looking Comfort in Style
Roche Bobois is the story of two families, the Roches and the Chouchans, predestined to meet. In 1950, Jacques Roche purchased the old Alexandre Dumas Theater on Rue de Lyon and built two stores. His sons, Philippe and François, joined the company and together...
Rimadesio opens new showroom in Oxford
After the recent opening of its London flagship store, Rimadesio inaugurates a new monobrand shop in Oxford. The 111,5 square metre exhibition area is managed by local partner Kitchen Architecture, a family-run business established in 2002 specialising in high-end...
The Rise of Touch-Free Technology
In virtually no time at all, public perception on hygiene has changed around the world. Now more than ever before, consumers are aware of the surfaces they touch and whether these surfaces are putting their health at risk. This is particularly the case in high-contact...
Sticks Mosaico by Massimo Nadalini
Mosaic is transformed into pattern, where pieces we perceive as small are processed, subdivided and modified and finally multiplied until it is completely integrated with what were once the joints between pieces, in a seamless surface.The crucial new features include...
Splashing Out –The Beauty of Water
With its new multitaskers, hansgrohe ensures even smoother workflows in the kitchen. The latest addition to the successful hansgrohe M71 and M51 kitchen tap ranges features a combination of two functions. Now users can turn water flow on or off and choose the desired...
Home Hub – Kitchen Trends 2020
Cover image: blu_line. Not without reason, in 2020 South Africa, many homeowners are opting for renovation rather than relocation; noting that kitchens and bathrooms are likely the most deserving interiors in terms of ongoing viability, viz. spend. Creativity here is...
Duravit and Cecilie Manz expand the successful Luv series
Nordic style has become a firm fixture in the bathroom since the introduction of the Luv series. Danish designer Cecilie Manz’s minimalist design language invokes the Scandinavian concept of living for a brand-new sense of wellbeing. Carefully conceived materials that...
Block & Chisel opens latest ‘spot’ in Johannesburg
Block & Chisel has opened its latest store at 155 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood. You can expect an engaging shopping experience that appeals to all the senses in a space designed to inspire, set amidst the latest up-and-coming hub in Joburg. “The popular Parkwood...
Get a Taste of the Kitchen Features & Trends at Decorex Durban 2020
Kitchens and all that they represent – cooking, socialising, spending time with family – make them a hugely important part of the home. As a result, Decorex Durban has created numerous features exploring all the integral elements of this crucial space. From the Big...
New Fabri Venue – Lisbon, Portugal
Created in 1983, the Fabri Group specializes in residential design and is a leading brand in this competitive market, both in Portugal and South Africa. Resulting from the founder's vision; to make kitchens of excellence available to the Portuguese public, the FABRI...
Meet Front – The Swedish Design Studio
Anna Lindgren and Sofia Lagerkvist are two of the founders of Front, a Swedish design studio of “avant-gardistes” who are keen to experiment, discarding the conventional along the way. “Our aim is to consistently add something special to a project. Or something that...