The new SPRING FLING edition of VISI magazine hit the shelves on Wednesday 26 September. Here is word from our incomparable content director, Sumien Brink.
Inspired by the season, this issue is about reinventing. All the homes we are showing have been reinvented to a greater or lesser degree. I’m a firm believer in the fact that more than anything else made by human hands, buildings – if they are allowed – improve with time.
In his iconic book How Buildings Learn, Stewart Brand shows us how to work with time rather than against it and how to develop “the art of the long view”. I’m so often pleasantly surprised when I revisit buildings that we have featured in VISI years before. Ten to one they look better, feel better and live better, which is just the way we like it.
We have definitely taken the long view in both our decor stories. In ‘New Heritage’ Tracy Lynch reinvents the crisp blue and white of classic Delft porcelain to create a very modern scheme. In ‘Boards of Blue’ Gavin Rooke collaborates with master surfboard shaper Spider Murphy to create a series of Delft-inspired surfboards, hand-shaped by Spider and embellished by South African artists and designers.
We also give you a glimpse of how art historian and designer Michael Chandler and lots of volunteers gave township homes in Delft South a Delft makeover with a generous sponsorship from Plascon paints.
And the final thought on reinventing your space from our deputy editor Annemarie Meintjes: invest in art. “Consumerism may be dead globally, but art is alive and well and living in South Africa. Everyone you meet is either an artist, an art buyer or owns an art gallery. It’s all about art, art, art!”
Sumien Brink
Content director
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More from the SPRING FLING edition of VISI
- New and second-cycle
Renovation and interior design is seldom a stagnant, once-off affair. The best spaces grow into themselves. See the before pictures of the houses featured in the magazine.
- Deft blue strokes
Fabric, surfboards, shacks… Something is afoot, and not just in South Africa! From Babylonstoren to Russia.
- Popcorn architecture
We have inspiration from the Architecture ZA 2012 Biennial Festival to share. Watch our online film festival and read our report back.
- Mechanical futurism
Some say steampunk is what happened when Goths discovered brown. Others say it grew out of a literary genre. Explore our steampunk trend report.
- Joburg Art Attack
For at least one week in September, Joburg was hit by an art attack. Read the post-mortem and our guide to starting an art collection, written by the experts.
- Winning wishes
In October, Warren Lewis will be giving away four paintings. Up for grabs over the next two months is a Bodum Bistro Coffee Maker from Banks Kitchen Boutique.
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