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Live Your Own Lifestyle – By Design!
This year there’s no need for your home to be governed by one specific trend or look. You don’t have to stick rigidly to crafting an entire space in Scandinavian-inspired designs or keep to the barest of minimalism. Now, homeowners have the creative freedom to combine...
Bacalar Spearheads Bentley Mulliner’s Return to the Pinnacle of Coachbuilding
Bentley Mulliner has revealed the all-new Bacalar at the home of Bentley in Crewe, England this morning. The rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era and the ultimate expression of two-seat, open-air luxury, this definitive Grand Tourer spearheads a return to...
Workshop17 Calls for Local Co-Working Office Industry to Support Local Designers
By some estimates South Africa’s cultural and creative industries contribute around R63 billion per year to the economy (approximately 1.7% of total GDP). South African born co-working office space provider Workshop17 believes that the rapidly growing flexible office...
Preview #276: Hillside Cascade
location: Camps Bay, Cape Town | architecture: GSQUARED Architecture + Interior Design | interior design: GSQUARED Architecture + Interior Design | photography: Niel Vosloo Photography A young Norwegian couple relocated to South Africa in 2010 and sourced this...
Preview #267: Waterwork
Cover image: Classic Trading. Like any other interior space, bathrooms are sensitive to fashion and design trends. Yet, as with kitchens, investment in their redecoration can be substantial, so their reconstruction and revamping require research. In 2020 South Africa,...
Preview #276: Classic Angularity
location: Hawaan Estate, Umhlanga, Durban, KZN | architects: Kevin Lloyd Architects – Kevin Lloyd / Rowan Parry | interior designers: M&M Designs – Michele and Mark Metior | landscaping: Phil Page | photographer: Peter Oravecz Originally coastal forest before...
Big-Time Cooling with Miele’s MasterCool
With refrigerators, freezers, fridge-freezers and wine units, Miele’s new MasterCool generation offers a wide range of large-cabinet refrigeration products. All models lend themselves to flexible combinations, which allows personal preferences to be met and maximum...
Belgotex Presents Westminster, The Haptic Range
Design is not only what we do, it’s also how we make people feel. Targeting emotions with a floorscape devoted to a heightened sense of being, Belgotex has revived a much-loved commercial broadloom carpet range for 2020 – inspired by empathy, emotional intelligence...
Preview #276: Coastal Creative
location: Zimbali, KZN | architects – Metropole Architects; Design Architect Nigel Tarboton; Project Architect David Louis | interior design – Olàlà Interiors | photographer – Grant Pitcher Located on the east coast of South Africa, this three-level structure is...
Neolith® at Home with David Meca
A World Champion swimmer with more than 100 titles under his belt, David Meca is no doubt a born competitor who loves challenges. That’s why the construction of his new home was just one more exciting test for him. It was a very special comprehensive renovation...
Simply Beautiful
Many acknowledge Italy to be the global leader in design from supercars to furniture and fashion. Designed by Paolo Cattelan, Dragon is a table with a unique design, ideal for inclusion in an elegant and refined dining room. While it projects an extremely simple...
The Delicate Bracelet Judged Most Beautiful Object in South Africa
Design Indaba's annual endeavour to find the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa manifests as a competition open to public votes and an exhibition. The competition has been running consecutively for the last 13 years, with this year’s iteration supported by...
Preview #276: 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...
Preview #276: Sustainable Modernism
location: Floreat, Perth, Western Australia | architecture: Neil Cownie | interior design: Neil Cownie | photography: Michael Nicholson – MICNIC Australia and South Africa have much in common, not least of which is their architecture and the appreciation of modernism....
One Thousand Museum Photographed by Hufton+Crow
One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami’s primary public spaces and includes the city’s new art and science museums....