Design Picks of the Week Design October 16, 2018 Picks of the Week From a cabin made entirely of chocolate and a beehive-inspired house to Peter Tempelhoff’s new restaurant in Cape Town and a mixed-media exhibition by Koos Groenewald, these are the VISI team’s top picks of the week. Full Article
Design Hamzeh Al Farahneh X GUILD Collaboration Design November 29, 2017 Hamzeh Al Farahneh X GUILD Collaboration Cape Town-based multi-disciplinary designer Hamzeh Alfarahneh has collaborated with GUILD on a collection of one-of-a-kind fabricated ductile combs. Full Article
Design Designers We Love: Martin Doller Design August 31, 2015 Designers We Love: Martin Doller In 2014, Cape Town-based industrial designer Martin Doller was selected to be part of SaloneSatellite, an exhibition hosted as part of the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan. Full Article
Design New Monkeybiz Range Design August 26, 2014 New Monkeybiz Range As supporters of local women in Khayelitsha in Cape Town, Monkeybiz is a non-profit organisation we love to shout about. Full Article
Design We’ve got our beady eye on that weave Design July 17, 2014 We’ve got our beady eye on that weave Three of the biggest worldwide trends — geometrics, Africa and handmade — converge on a very sweet spot that has our eyeballs dancing. To make it even sweeter, beads and weaves are best made right here in our backyard. Local is baie lekker! Full Article
Decor Handmade Merc Decor March 26, 2014 Handmade Merc Usually associated with ultra high-strength, high-tech steel, we couldn’t help but crack a smile at this life-size beaded replica of the brand new Mercedes Benz C-Class. Full Article
Decor Bead paintings go global Decor March 13, 2014 Bead paintings go global An enterprising group of KwaZulu-Natal crafters have pioneered the process of creating exquisite painting-like artworks from beads. Now their exhibition is showing at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, before embarking on a five-year global tour. Full Article
Design Petal power Design September 3, 2013 Petal power It’s official! Spring is here and to get us into the mood are Umcebo Design’s pretty weatherproof flower chandeliers made of recycled ice cream containers and cable ties for the Diakonia Centre in Durban. Full Article
