So that you haven’t seen-it-all-before, old exhibitors promise new wares and the fair boasts a bevy of new exhibitors. Among these is a curated selection of traditional crafts and high-quality produce from the spectacular Route 62 region in the Western Cape. Once you’ve tasted your way through the port, jam, brandy and olives, make sure to run a hand across the woven blankets from Barrydale Hand Weavers and take a moment to marvel at the recycled chandeliers by the Magpie Collective (some of which hang in the White House!). 

As always, one of the highlights of the design section is the access it offers Joburg shoppers to Cape Town designers such as the organic furniture of Meyer von Wielligh, the hip designs of Dark Horse, the funky accessories of Pichulik, the oh-so-desirable leather ware of Missibaba, the paper magic of Simple Intrigue and the evergreen fabric prints of Skinny Laminx. The Shaw Sisters will represent from Durban, David Krynauw from Mpumalanga and Raw Studios from Pretoria. 

Joburg favourites Mia Widlake, Snapp Design, L’Mad Collection, Goet and Ceramic Factory will also be there. Excitingly Anatomy Design will be launching their new smalls range.

On the food front old favourites such as Richard Bosman and Yswara tea will be back, alongside new exhibitors that include Italy’s pesto champion, Roberto Panizza, as well as Tutto Food Co’s gourmet Jozambique concept. Wine aficionados can enjoy the best from the Cape Winelands with Spier, Meerlust, Newstead and Hermanuspietersfontein as well as new-comer Marvellous Wines.

As sponsors of the fair, Sanlam Investments welcomes these inspirational experts who have honed their skills to create such a rich array of bespoke art and produce. They recognise that building wealth requires as much patience and craftsmanship as required by those who participate in the food, wine and design industries.

Tickets cost R80 (kids under 12 enter free) and are available at the door at Hyde Park Corner and online at www.webtickets.co.za. With so much to see and do. visitors can come back time and again and discover something new each time. What’s more, in a nod to the hipsters, visitors who cycle to the fair will receive 50% discount on the entry price!

For more information www.foodwinedesign.co.za

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With new, larger premises at 44 Stanley and a Danish manufacturing deal under her belt, Anatomy’s Andrea Kleinloog is winning over local and international design fans.

Andrea Kleinloog has just returned from “the wildest trip of my life – it was like The Hangover, but in Paris,” she says, starting with Andrea and her design/business partner Megan Hesse spending their very first morning in Paris in jail. 

“We got into what turned out to be an illegal taxi [at the airport]. The police arrested him and whisked us off to the station as soon as we arrived at our hotel. We didn’t think it was serious, but they separated us and made us give independent statements,” she says. 

When the French police finally let the pair go it was with a warning: “This is a dangerous city.”

“We’re from Jo’burg,” they both said. 

The trip was, in part, for Andrea and Megan to see “what is going on in Europe, find niche brands that suit us – and use that to work out what we can make here”. 

Andrea was also meeting with a Danish lighting company, which will be taking over manufacturing her signature sleek metal Lab Light. 

“When I got the email from Denmark I thought it was more spam,” Andrea says. Instead, it turned out to be a major global manufacturing deal with a number of benefits for Andrea and her interiors/design business Anatomy Design. 

“We don’t have the capacity [in South Africa] to do many of the [safety] ratings tests,” she says. Now, Andrea will be able to import her own light – ready-boxed – that conforms to American and European lighting standards. 

“It was never my starting point, to manufacture – I started off with interiors,” says Andrea. 

After studying at UCT, Andrea did a postgraduate course at the Greenside Design Centre and worked at Tonic for four years before launching Anatomy. 

In 2011, Anatomy opened its first store at 44 Stanley in Johannesburg and expanded to a bigger store in the centre in 2012. 

The Anatomy store stocks a mix of “smalls” designed by Mia Widlake, and “all the bigger stuff” (designed by Andrea and Megan), which includes furniture and lighting. 

Andrea says her primary design principle is to “solve some sort of problem” rather than reinvent already good designs or products.

“In cities,” she says, by way of illustration, “we’ve found that it’s a nightmare trying to fit everything through doors – so all our products are modular, they can be broken down.” 

Although interiors work still makes up more than 70% of Andrea’s business, the store at 44 Stanley functions as a mini-showroom as well as a place where big and small ideas get to rub shoulders. 

“Even if you can’t afford a R5 000 light, you could get a R300 vase,” she says, before adding: “I hate it when people say something is ‘so expensive’ – you have no idea how expensive it is to make!” 

Anatomy Design, 44 Stanley Avenue, Braamfontein Werf, 011 024 3727, www.anatomydesign.co.za

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