This week, the Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village will celebrate a week of design-inspired exhibits, pop-up galleries, events and themed installations. VISI will be there, of course.
In a coup for the lifestyle destination, leading interior stylist and VISI decor editor Tracy Lynch has curated the event, blending creativity and retail in a series of themed installations, which weave in elements and objects from selected retailers in the centre.
VISI is inviting the covet community to visit Design Now! and win. Share photos of covetable items, from furniture and homeware to jewellery, by uploading images to the Covet network via VISI.co.za or the free Covet iPhone app. We will award daily prizes to coveters who upload photos from the event.
Themes such as Designer Nature, Culture Clash and Old School, New School explore contemporary decor and design objects with a fresh and interesting eye. A live design installation will also be taking place. The latest Airstream to be acquired by the Daddy group, destined for Old Mac Daddy Luxury Trailer Park in Elgin, will be decorated on site by furniture designer, Aaron Kearney. Witness the transformation daily from 9.30am till 6 pm.
Other highlights of the programme include:
Arboretums From My Youth
Jacques Erasmus of Hemelhuis exhibits a hanging garden inspired by his love of green, rain forests and sustainable beauty. Jacques draws inspiration from his youth, when creating little universes in glass vessels was an obsession at one time.
Craft Interactions with Pierre Cronje
Pop into Pierre Cronje’s showroom and interact with artisans working with raw kudu hide, and watch the traditional strapping up of a riempie chair.
Designer Baths
Victorian Bathrooms will display six extravagant bath exteriors, handmade especially for Design Now! Each bath displays elements of aged metal, leather or special paint finishes.
Frank van Reenen at Africa Nova
Africa Nova hosts an exhibition titled Dog Day Dreams by celebrated local ‘pop’ sculptor and artist Francois van Reenen.
Retro Kitchens
A fun and quirky still-life exhibition of kitchen culture that traces the journey of where our kitchens have come from to where they are now.
Abstract Contemporary at Lisa King Gallery
Resident artists exhibit a fascinating collection of abstract contemporary work in celebration of Design Now!
Emerging Young Design
What do you get when you brief Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) students to highlight South Africa’s unique design styles from Boere-Baroque and Shack-Chic to South African Eco-designs mimicking indigenous flora? See the future in an exhibition of the top 20 design-themed chairs created by second-year students at CPUT designed in collaboration with Klooftique.
Workshops and launches
Design Now! will also celebrate with Neil Stemmet as he launches his book, Sout en Peper. Guests will taste Khoisan salt, Nigiro tea and bread and butter at the event.
Multi-media artist and designer, Karen Suskin, will give two interactive workshops, during which she will explore different modes of creative thinking that contemplate fundamental shifts in viewing the world to find more integrated ways of expressing design in the future.
The workshops cost R350 per person to book email cross-poll@icon.co.za
Throughout the Design Now! event, there will be Lindor chocolate promotions from Lindt & Sprungli, as well as with Lavazza A MODO MIO coffee tastings.
Live music by CODA and Electric Violinist Carly Nauta will entertain the crowds till 9pm on Wednesday 2 November and Peroni Fridays will attract a buzz on both Friday evenings, visitors are advised to book a table at their favourite Cape Quarter restaurant.
More information: www.capequarter.co.za
