Design Cool Collab: The Hut Chair Collection by Neimil X Stella Artois Design August 5, 2022 Cool Collab: The Hut Chair Collection by Neimil X Stella Artois Designer and Neimil Co-Founder Keneilwe Mothoa wins the Decorex ‘Best New Talent’ award for The Hut chair collection, a collaboration between South African design and lifestyle brand Neimil and beer giant Stella Artois inspired by the architectural, spiritual and heritage elements of the hut. Full Article
Design Durat Showroom by Linda Bergroth Design July 29, 2022 Durat Showroom by Linda Bergroth Finnish interior designer Linda Bergroth uses primary hues in unexpected ways, shapes that invite play and architect-centred design to showcase the anatomy and possibilities of Durat – a terrazzo-like surface material made from plastic waste. Full Article
Architecture SAOTA’s WAF 2022 Shortlist Projects Architecture July 15, 2022 SAOTA’s WAF 2022 Shortlist Projects Three projects by local architecture and design studio SAOTA – Buffelsdrift, in Ladismith, South Africa; Starlight in Arizona, USA and project One in Dakar, Senegal – have been shortlisted as finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2022. Full Article
Architecture Decor Cool Spaces: Rio de Janeiro Apartment by Da Hora Arquitetura Architecture Decor July 8, 2022 Cool Spaces: Rio de Janeiro Apartment by Da Hora Arquitetura Da Hora Arquitetura turned an unassuming apartment in Rio de Janeiro into a gallery home for art collectors with an impressive penchant for Brazilian designer furniture. Full Article
Architecture Design Cool Spaces: Perched House by Studio BO Architecture Design July 1, 2022 Cool Spaces: Perched House by Studio BO Perched House by Studio BO is a penthouse rehabilitation project in Morocco that honours its architectural history and cultural context while delivering contemporary, clean aesthetics and functionality fit for extroverts. Full Article
Art Who We Should Not Be by Navel Seakamela Art June 24, 2022 Who We Should Not Be by Navel Seakamela Southern Guild presents Who We Should Not Be, a solo exhibition of mixed-media portraits by Navel Seakamela – a contemplation of the duality of light and dark that characterises reality; a convergence of the intimate and political. Full Article
Art Buhlebezwe Siwani at the National Arts Festival 2022 Art June 17, 2022 Buhlebezwe Siwani at the National Arts Festival 2022 This year’s National Arts Festival will be taking place in Makhanda from 23 June to 3 July 2022. We caught up with Buhlebezwe Siwani – an artist and iSangoma whose work expresses truth like beauty; in the eye of the beholder, bendable, multidimensional. Full Article
Art Design Feeling the Energy by Carlo Ratti Associati X Italo Rota Art Design June 10, 2022 Feeling the Energy by Carlo Ratti Associati X Italo Rota ‘Feeling the Energy’ is a collaborative project by international design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) and architect Italo Rota that sees Milan’s Botanical Garden transformed into an energy park – a sensorial exploration of the link between energy and play. Full Article