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Casarredo – Tropical Glamour
At the Salone del Mobile Milano, Roberto Cavalli unveiled its new Roberto Cavalli Home collection with an extensive installation. Inside the Pavilion, the Roberto Cavalli Home booth featured different areas where visitors immersed themselves into a charming tropical...
Heirloom From a Legend
In 1958 Giovanni (aka Gio) Ponti was enlisted to design the auditorium for the Time & Life Building in Avenue of the Americas, New York. The building housed the headquarters of Time Inc., publisher of influential, historical magazines such as Time, Life, Fortune,...
Petersen’s – Inside Out
Founded in 1996, Petersen’s is a design manufacturer of contemporary lifestyle furniture based in Cape Town that services the private residential and hospitality sectors. Petersen’s furniture ranges are contemporary rather than modern, epitomising simplicity and...
Rado – True Phospho
Swiss watch brand Rado has once again proven its status as a forward-thinking player in the design world by winning the 2018 Red Dot Award for its True Phospho – a collaboration with Swiss design studio Big-Game. Competing in the Product Design category, the True...
Aldon McLeod – TrueDesign
Born in the Vaal triangle and educated in Johannesburg, Aldon McLeod made a permanent move to the Gauteng metropolis during his last year of studies. He began his career in design as a furniture and interior designer for a reputable design company based in Parkhurst,...
Scene at Milan 2018
The Salone del Mobile Milano, that unmissable appointment for the design sector at international level is a showcase for creativity, innovation and quality par excellence. It took place in mid-April and a number of Habitat clients attended as SA agents for some of the...
Ground Rules 2018
In most new structures – be they residential or corporate – there are three visible planes: ceilings, walls / windows and floors that create the shell of the interior spaces. Of these, the horizontal floor areas demand attention at every level. The appraiser’s vision...
Italtile’s New Addition to V&A Range: The Angelica
Victoria and Albert sanitaryware is of the highest quality that one will find. The Angelica is an average sized freestanding bathtub created from state of the art solid surface material, QUARRYCAST®. Rich in Volcanic Limestone™, its naturally white form combines...
Light Fantastic
We are now six months into 2018 and within the world of contemporary interior design and decoration, there’s an escalating appreciation of the value of lighting, i.e. which luminaires to select and how best to plan their usage. And further, how to evaluate the ongoing...
Neolith® by TheSize – Like a Rolling Stone
In summer 2017 Pioneering Italian Chef and culinary rock ‘n’ roller, Alessandro Borghese, made Neolith® the material of choice for his hotly anticipated restaurant “Alessandro Borghese – Il lusso della semplicità”
Form for Art
In a country with a history and culture such as India’s, it is interesting to observe how designers and architects bring that context into their contemporary renderings post millennium.
Eco-Crafted
This project called for the creation of a contemporary home with certain prerequisites. The result is an interesting interplay between the size of the structure and the compact layout of the estate in which the project is situated.
ELBA – Heart Of The Home
Win a trip for two to Italy! Buy any participating product from Hirsch’s between June 2018 and September 2018, register your product online and you could win a trip for two to Italy.
Peter Hall
Through the dynamic exploration of the contemporary landscape, Peter Hall offers a fresh perspective on scenes that we know and appreciate so well. The artist explains his rationale: ‘I count myself lucky that I have been able to pursue this creative path of being an...
Euroline Aluminium – Alfresco Style
Euroline Aluminium offers an impressive variety of products characterised by superior quality, aesthetics, durability, security and energy efficiency. Everything is manufactured according to the highest European standards: from Top Hung to Tilt & Turn windows and...