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Highlight 10: Local artisanal food and drink : The Fresh Market, a selection of KZN-sourced artisanal food and drinks, won an Award for Excellence for setting the foodie scene for trend-forward South Africans. Shown here is Patience Chiyungi at the Harvest Table. -
Local artisanal food and drink: Madeleines Patisserie : Janet Sawkins and Shelley Candiotes of Madeleines Patisserie, also part of the Fresh Market. -
Highlight 9: New products : Neolith (front right), a sintered porcelain, won both the Best Stand and Most Innovative New Product awards. www.neolith.co.za -
Local pattern: Pattern at play : Vulisango Ndwandwa of the North West Craft and Design Institute holds up a giant rabbit toy www.nwcdi.org.za -
Highlight 3: Recycling : Recycled pallets provided structures for vertical gardens, sponsored by Hingham Nursery. www.hinghamnursery.co.za -
Highlight 2: Wood with personality : The Homewood stand featured hanging chopping boards, chairs, tables and a series of geometric boxes. www.homewood.co.za -
Highlight 8: Rhino awareness : A mini rhino and a smartcar were given coats of green. The rhino apparently proved a popular stop for parents with small children. www.easigrass.co.za -
Highlight 5: Local pattern : Shweshwe was a big hit on many products, such as this coffee pot warmer by Zimele. zimelecommunity.org -
Highlight 6: Kids furniture gets clever : A bookshelf on wheels that folds up like a book, seen at the M-Net Cares Room to Grow stand, which showcased interiors for children of various ages. -
Highlight 7: Words made real : The #Madeforyou sign referred to the interior designers' challenge set by Volvo. -
Highlight 4: Lattice leather : This woven lounger chair from The Space was surprisingly comfortable. Also check out their imaginative oversized ceramics containers in the background. www.thespace.co.za -
Crafting with string: Tracy Lee Lynch's stand : See a full photo shoot of Tracy's stand in the new autumn edition of VISI 65. www.leelynch.co.za -
Crafting with string: Shaw Sisters : White crochet bags for pot-bananas by the Shaw Sisters. www.shawsisters.co.za -
Words made real: Contrast : A moment of peace for this man enjoying one of the Plascon Colour Forecast stands. -
Local artisanal food and drink: Standeaven Brewery : Craft beer with humour from the Standeaven Brewery. www.thestandeavenbrewery.co.za -
Local artisanal food and drink: Brandy : Brandy concoctions from the Distell Fine Brandy by Design Cellar. This one's a Klipdrift Gold Julep. Not a bad way to end a busy day. -
Local artisanal food and drink: Unwined Bar : Boutique wine poured by Kerry Roberts at the Unwined Bar. -
Highlight 1: Crafting with string : Visitors were welcomes by an entrance feature by Tracy Lee Lynch showing bold yet feminine tapestry, crochet and woven work on two seperate stands on opposite sides of the entrance door.
WORDS Georgia Chennells
Our Durban correspondent, Georgia Chennells shares her highlights from Decorex Durban Reel, held this past weekend.
Decorex Durban, the annual decor, design and lifestyle show, was held at the Durban Exhibition Centre this past weekend. Throngs of designers, families and home-renovators flocked to the event for the display of local talent, products and inspiration.
Included in the expo was an interior designers showcase, various artists and craftspeoples’ wares, furniture, decor, kitchenware, and an array of green products and services. Foodies were well catered for with a vast selection of foods, a boutique wine bar, brandy cocktail “cellar”, coffee bars and the Afro’s food truck (read our feature here).
Also on show was a schedule of interactive displays from cookery demonstrations to creative entrepreneurial-themed workshops.
Check out the highlights reel above…
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