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FABER Welcomes Chef Dale Stevens
As Autumn begins to settle in at the Cape, FABER Restaurant on Avondale Wine Estate welcomes in the season with extra enthusiasm with the news that Chef Dale Stevens is to take up the reins in the kitchen. Born and raised in Mossel Bay under the strong guidance of his...
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....
Glenfiddich Independent Bar
The world’s most awarded single malt scotch whisky, Glenfiddich, has launched an exclusive luxury Independent Bar in Johannesburg. True to the brand’s pioneering spirit, Glenfiddich is creating a premium whisky experience using biometric technology in a way that has...
Architecture – Villas Winterberg
location: Neuastenberg, Winterberg, Germany | architecture: Third Skin Architecture by Joel Rosa | engineering and cooperation on architecture: Ing/Arch Veldhuis | photography: Steffi Rost
Southern Guild Celebrates Collectible Design
Southern Guild launches its 10th anniversary with Extra Ordinary, an exhibition of specially commissioned pieces by a group of multidisciplinary artists, opening 14 February 2018 at its gallery in Cape Town’s Silo District. In the spirit of bold originality that has...
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...
Arpino at #cocreateDESIGN festival
Cultural-neutral design that compliments urban placemaking Urban placemaking was the point of discussion at The Silo District’s The Yard, 22 February 2018. Architects, designers and property developers gathered for talks by Macio Miszewski from VDMMA Architects,...
Essence of Provence
This extensive villa is patently Provençal. The original owner farmed lavender on the property to extract its oil. A new front entrance was installed in line with reformatting of the ground floor spaces.
The Finest Kind
Driven by an endless quest to create visible, yet sensitive perfection, this house of 800 square metres is testament to international interior design and decoration of the highest ilk.
Waverley Hills
A few years into this millennium, Waverley Hills was singled out for both exemplary farming practices and exceptional wine. It was the first organic wine producer to achieve the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative’s Champion status with a string of other awards included...
Berlin: Andreas Murkudis
During his 15 years directing Berlin’s Museum of Things, Andreas Murkudis has established himself in the city’s art scene. He opened his first store in a backyard in Mitte in 2003 (always seeking creative and unassigned surroundings), moved to Schöneberg in 2011 and...
Candice Berman – Berman Contemporary
She explains: ‘I attended Michael Mount Waldorf Primary School in Bryanston. The Waldorf education addresses the child as no other education does and learning is imbued with life, and so with joy, which is the only true basis for later study. By the time they reach...
Berlin: of/Berlin
After two successful pop-up stores, of/Berlin has opened a concept store in Bergmannkiez (Kreuzberg); it’s a curated selection of renowned Berlin designers and manufacturers. Designed by Fundamental Berlin, The Rainbow Vase is handmade from heavy crystal and then...
Berlin: Gorki Apartments
Perhaps no neighbourhood has borne witness to Berlin’s turbulent past more than Mitte. In the heart of this historic city – straddling the border of East and West – where post-war Berlin has been rebuilt from the ground up. Housed in an inconspicuous turn-of-the-19th...
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...