Design
Avoova – Luxurious Africa
Tom Goddard, the UK born CEO of luxury brand Avoova, tells Habitat about his passion for furniture design, appetite for creating quality pieces with an African twist - and working with ostrich eggshells. Having no formal training in design, Goddard’s career was...
Sealy Sleeps With Better Rhythm & Less Blues
The slogan for World Sleep Day 2018 is “Join the Sleep World, Preserve Your Rhythms to Enjoy Life”. This emphasises how achieving healthy sleep requires us to respect the circadian rhythms that prompt humans’ age-old cycle of sleep and waking. This is so important,...
OKHA – Speak To Me
In the world of OKHA Design Studio, the acronym STM is often used, it literally means 'SPEAK TO ME', and is a request for further dialogue, a desire to communicate and explore the subject further with the aim of finding the optimum solution, the best possible result....
Introducing Arpino
After four years of development, the new urban furniture brand, ARPINO is here. A collaboration between Portuguese industrial designer Carlos Pereira and Angolan architectural studio, Cipro-Group, ARPINO’s OX and Urban Office collections combine art, technology and...
Flexform: Tosca Armchair
The Tosca armchair by Antonio Citterio has a Neo-Colonial spirit. The totally visible wooden structure of the back, like an exoskeleton, is a statement in itself. With discreet proportions, for combination with the many sofas in the catalogue, this armchair has a...
Fabri – Afterglow of Satisfaction
The intrinsic values of the Fabri brand result from an intense research activity. The Fabri group currently has one production unit, three showrooms in Portugal and one in South Africa. The multidisciplinary team creates and develops residential design solutions that...
Casarredo – Purism In Design
These Gallotti & Radice products demonstrate timeless designs that are made in Italy and exclusively available in South Africa at Casarredo. The Audrey sofa, by Massimo Castagna, is in non-deformable foam polyurethane and in different density and polyester fibre...
ELDC – Unlimited Portability
Our world is fast evolving and things are made to be better, faster, basically more efficient. Various designers and architects have really put this forward with the creation of lighting that is both easy to manage and sustain. This is achieved aesthetically through...
Walls & Windows: Space Capsule
Vertical surfaces need to be handled with care. They can be coated or clad with a variety of materials and in many finishes: paint, wallpaper / fabric, tiling of different textures and dimensions; and panelling in wood, stone, various metals, glass and mirror; the...
Bathrooms – Trends ’18
Accepting that kitchens and bathrooms are the most costly interior spaces to update, they can quite possibly make or break a home’s value. Bathroom design for 2018 is eclectic and broad, but it’s unlikely to leave end users indifferent; even the most familiar palettes...
Kitchens – Trends ‘18
It’s accepted that the 2018 kitchen represents the core of the home and to some extent will influence interior style, layout – depending on space – and overall ambiance. Especially in contemporary examples, where an open plan format merges kitchen / dining / living...
Flexform: Este Sofa
The Este sofa, designed by architect Antonio Citterio, is a linear component sofa raised off the floor on a metal base covered with cowhide. The original structure adds character to the product; a light shell of metal sheets covered in cowhide that flares from the...
Heino Schmitt Design: The (he)X Table
Heino Schmitt has become renowned in the world of bespoke furniture design and manufacturing. His brand includes a celebration of collectible furniture and lighting pieces - all unique, handcrafted, functional and aesthetically profound. Habitat was invited to view...
Corian® Design introduces best-in-class premium technology
The Corian® Design business has developed a new manufacturing process and know-how called Resilience Technology™, enabling the production of Corian® Solid Surface featuring superior damage forgiveness, easier and quicker stain removal, and less need for maintenance....
Record year for GROHE Design
GROHE Blue Home received in 2017 the most design awards at GROHE With eleven awards in 2017, the new GROHE Blue Home tap water system was the most successful. Most importantly, all new GROHE product innovations continue to receive a record number of accolades: GROHE...