Design Device-enabled furniture Design July 31, 2014 Device-enabled furniture Gone are the days when cabinets simply housed fancy crockery, or when a lampstand provided only lighting and aesthetic value. Today, interior pieces do everything from interchangeably amplifying various portable devices’ audio to charging them! Full Article
Decor Terres d’Afrique Decor July 31, 2014 Terres d’Afrique “We are everything a skincare brand isn’t, we don’t do things the normal way,” says founder of Terres d’Afrique, Stephan Helary. The products are unisex, and the design and packaging of the brand is clean and minimal. Full Article
Decor Real Meals, Chic Shacks Decor July 25, 2014 Real Meals, Chic Shacks Inspired by contemporary South African life with a strong focus on indigenous talent, Quivertree is a proudly independent niche publishing house started by graphic designer Libby Doyle and photographer Craig Fraser in 2001. Full Article
Design The right frame of mind Design July 21, 2014 The right frame of mind It was a forced change that threw Fiona Pole and Didier Presse, the unsuspecting owners of The Atelier, into retail. Having relocated from Paris with their two young sons, the couple initially moved into a hidden upstairs studio at 44 Stanley in Joburg. Full Article
Architecture Full o’ Fancy Architecture July 21, 2014 Full o’ Fancy Amassing such treasures as Staffordshire china and a chair from Westminster Abbey when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, the director of the Irma Stern Museum has created an ode to romance in his cosy Atlantic Seaboard flat. Full Article
Architecture Green solutions rise from the ruins Architecture July 21, 2014 Green solutions rise from the ruins That the Hopewell Conservation Estate, a nature reserve on the edge of Port Elizabeth, is home to an elegant eco-friendly, award-winning building, should be a clue to its ground-breaking vision. 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 Zen on a plate Decor July 9, 2014 Zen on a plate No need to long in vain for a Ruan Hoffmann artwork of your own anymore, now that this celebrated local ceramic artist has teamed up with Woolworths to produce a bespoke range of homeware. Full Article
