Renowned Dutch design house, Moooi, revealed three new pieces at Salone del Mobile 2019 in April: The BFF Sofa, The Party and the Meshmatics Chandelier Small.

Moooi has exhibited at the prestigious furniture show annually since its own 2001 inception.

The BFF Sofa is a modular sofa system designed by renowned Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. The sofa features a quilted appearance inspired by the Capitone technique, reminiscent of Chesterfield-style deep-buttoned upholstery – without the buttons. This modern reinterpretation has modules of various sizes that allow you to configure the sofa to suit your needs.

The Party is the world’s first singing chandelier with “enlightened harmonies” from the suspended family-of-five light, designed by Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille of Kranen/Gille. The Party is a family reunion of the design duo’s previous fixtures – Ted, Coco, Bert, Glenn and The Mayor.

The Meshmatics Chandelier Small by Rick Tegelaar complements the sophisticated Meshmatics Chandelier. Made with the same wire netting, the thin, flexible material is stretched and suspended in three layers. Ethereal, but also practical, the galvanised steel-and-brass ensemble reflects and diffuses the integrated LED light source, with the added benefit of keeping it cool.

See more designs at moooi.com.

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Acclaimed Dutch designer Marcel Wanders’ latest tableware range for Italian brand Alessi gains inspiration from the circus.

The line launched at The London Design Festival 2016 and is comprised of 29 kitchen and tableware products. The five main pieces are limited to an edition of 999 items.

Marcello The Strongman is a nutcracker, The Jester is a quirky corkscrew, Valentina The Ballerina is a music box, Massimo is The Ringleader and a dinner bell and The Candyman is a sweet dispenser.

Each piece is decorated by hand and made through a process of laser-cutting, lost wax casting and machine processing.

The collection will be available at Harrods in the UK and online.

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A “Big Brother” inspired bird nest, little mushroom chairs, a collaboration between a top fashion magazine and bottled water and a Scandi-inspired night light are just some of the top VISI picks of the week series – week 105.

1. Bitangra Halo Chair

The latest chair from Bitangra Furniture Design, made of glass fiber, acrylic glass and velvet, is inspired by the work of British industrial designer Ross Lovegrove. “It can work as a dining chair or a single statement piece,” says online editor Lindi Brownell Meiring.

Image credit: bitangra.com

2. Birdwatcher by Porky Hefer and Warren Lewis

Designer Porky Hefer is perhaps best known for his human-sized nests, which are on display in the Company’s Garden in Cape Town and recently at an art gallery in New York. Here’s another work of his that makes copy editor Kay-Ann van Rooyen smile: a birdhouse disguised as a video surveillance camera. It’s titled Birdwatcher – and Warren Lewis is the co-designer.

Image credit: animal-farm.co.za

3. Shitake Chairs

“I love these cute and colourful little shitake mushroom chairs by Marcel Wanders for Moroso!” exclaims features editor Tracy Greenwood.

Image credit: marcelwanders.com

4. VOGUE and San Pellegrino Collaboration

Editor-in-chief Sumien Brink thinks this collaboration is super stylish.

Image credit: Supplied

5. Abre Lamp by Carlos Jiménez

“Abre means open in Spanish, and that is exactly how you turn on this nifty little Scandi-inspired lamp,’ says content producer Michaela Stehr.

Image credit: design-milk.com

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The Kameha Grand Zürich hotel in the Swiss business area Glattpark boasts extravagant and bespoke interiors by renowned Dutch designer Marcel Wanders of Moooi.

The hotel, which opened in March 2015, consists of 224 guest rooms, 6 business suites, 2 executive suites, event and conference spaces, two restaurants, a bar, a spa and 11 themed suites.

Apart from the interiors for the Kameha Grand Zürich, Marcel Wanders also designed the interiors for Kameha Grand Bonn in Germany and the Kameha Health & SPA Resort in Mallorca. On the latest project, he explains, “Others deliver an interior design, but we offer a reason for a visit, we create a destination.”

Browse the gallery above for 20 pics of this project’s beautiful interiors. Like what you see? Marcel Wanders’ Moooi products are available through moooi.com and edgeinteriors.co.za.

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Iconic brand Moooi has released a new range of carpets to suit a variety of spaces and tastes.

Moooi has divided their carpets into ranges such as The Signature Collection, which consists of well-known designers including Studio Job, Marcel Wanders and Marian Bantjes, as well as customisable solutions, where your own bespoke carpet can be produced in collaboration with Moooi’s knowledgeable team.

For more information, visit moooicarpets.com.

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Moooi has released a range of striking new products created by top international designers for their 2015 furniture and homeware collection, which is currently on show in Milan.

Among the new designs are a few pieces by the Dutch brand’s co-founder Marcel Wanders, including the Power Nap Sofa and “Arion,” a large, limited-edition unicorn rocking horse, made from wood and finished with silver embellishments.

Other designers include Bertjan Pot, Maarten Baas, Jurgen Bey, Jaime Hayon, Neri & Hu, Nika Zupanc and Studio Job.

The new collection exudes elements of both luxury and playfulness, distinctive of Moooi’s style.

For more information, visit moooi.com.

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You can now find Moooi’s sculptured timber Zio Collection at Edge Interiors.

The range consists of a Lounge Chair with matching Ottoman, a Dining Table and Dining Chairs, a Buffet Table and a Coffee Table.

These contemporary pieces, designed by Moooi’s Marcel Wanders, are both fun and stylish, incorporating the rounded shapes and edging of modernist design.

Each piece is constructed from solid oak and available in a pale palette called “White Washed” or a darker version, “Cinnamon”.  

For more information, visit edgeinteriors.co.za.

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Whether you use it as a feature around a dining room table or to perk up an unhappy corner in the lounge, or even to give the kitchen cute-as-a-button seating on all fours, a chair can instantly make a statement in any room of the house.

1. Aria by Antonio Rodriguez for La Cividina R91 954, robert-thomson.com

2. Lucy utility chair in Royal Blue R14 680, casemento.co.za

3. Todd in handwoven Moroccan rug R7 995, weylandts.co.za

4. Nest chair in Jacquard Old Blue by Marcel Wanders for Moooi R31 650, edgeinteriors.co.za

5. Nuno chair by Kensaku Oshiro (Price on request), Zanotta

6. Golden chair by Nika Zupanc for Moooi R12 435, edgeinteriors.co.za

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At the crest of the Helshoogte Pass, Cape Dutch has been given a contemporary reinvention at Clouds Estate, which packs a formidable design punch with distinctive interiors by Moooi. 

Cloud Estate. If you’ve never visited, you’d be forgiven for thinking such a lofty-sounding name was setting itself up for a fall. Instead of the kind of disappoint-ment that brings you back down to earth with a bump, however, Clouds – as it’s affectionately known – affords a spectacular view that elevates, uplifts and does all sorts of other dizzyingly pleasurable things to the jaded soul.

Perched atop the Helshoogte Pass, overlooking the beautiful Banhoek Valley and edged by the majestic Drakenstein, with Simonsberg towering in the foreground, its name really is appropriate… Think incredible, dramatic mountains and that kind of splendour. Now consider an interior that carries enough weight not to be out of place.

At barely 4.5 hectares, Clouds is an offshoot of what once must have been a larger expanse. It could be dubbed a mere “token” estate, yet it is indeed a working farm, with plans to produce a new red in addition to its four-star sauvignon blanc, and to build a cellar, tasting room and winery in 2015. The cabernet sauvignon vines are already in the ground, and there are rumours of something “bubbly” afoot.

For now, however, it is a small boutique guesthouse with seven rooms and five separate villas. If you’d known Clouds back in 2005 when it first opened, you’d remember a pretty, Mediterranean-styled B&B, replete with curlicue colonnades and floral accents – much loved by brides. That is a thing of the past.

Today it is an über-contemporary, five-star destination that was extensively overhauled by its new Dutch proprietors, Paul Burema and Jolanda van Haperen, and reopened in December 2012. The owners are “swallows”, who spend the warm South African summer at their own private villa at Clouds, heading back to Holland when the weather turns. 

Thanks to architect Christof Albertyn, Clouds’ tagline of “modern architecture, ancient views” has come alive, fitting snugly into the genre of new wine estates that have embraced modernity in the absence of heritage buildings. “Exciting,” says Clouds’ interior designer Suzy Vissers, of Dutch design company Moooi, “if it is done with care and respect for the surroundings”.

Without a pre-existing “Cape Dutchie” to set an undeniable tone for the interiors (and the subsequent heritage-preservation restrictions that come with such provenance), the owners had absolute freedom to reinvent Clouds. They “were open to lots of ideas but also had a very clear idea as to what they wanted for Clouds,” says Suzy.

Its character has been embedded in the open-to-the-view architecture of front-facing glass inhabited by daring and playful interiors. Once you’re there, surrounded by the unexpectedly welcoming, iconic pieces of high design, it’s all about the panorama. Floor-to-ceiling sliding doors allow it to come inside. 

“When I saw the architect’s drawings, I knew straight away that the dining area and tables should be situated by the glass terrace with full views,” says Suzy. “The lounge areas with open fireplace are set back, making this area cosy (and the views are still stunning due to the architecture and glass). The bar area also has a lounge verging on the terrace. And all the bedrooms are situated on the front of the building with view-facing beds.”

Moooi’s co-founder, Casper Vissers (Suzy’s husband), started the company in 2001 with Marcel Wanders, naming their venture after their native Dutch word for beautiful, with the third O “standing for extra value in terms of beauty and uniqueness”. 

The implied irony is that Paul and Jolanda are modern-day Dutch “settlers”, who’ve brought an innovative design language to the Cape winelands. The Dutch connection is prevalent everywhere, not just through Moooi, but also in the orange of the estate’s branding, its soon-to-be-relaunched wine label and in the outlandish orange “deck chairs” by Mal Furniture that look like Eames on acid. Shlumpy sofas and armchairs by Linteloo, another Dutch label (Jan te Lintelo is a friend of the owners), rub shoulders with signature pieces by Wanders and other Moooi regulars.

It’s not all Dutch, though – a noteworthy South African art collection, featuring works by Strijdom van der Merwe, Kurt Pio and Helen Vaughan, completes the picture. Suzy says, “Shopping in Cape Town with Jolanda for the art and accessories was a positive challenge (and amazing fun). Although I didn’t have a network there, everyone was extremely helpful and pointed us in the right direction.” 

Speaking of the right direction, for Clouds, the only way is up. 

021 885 1819, cloudsestate.com
Moooi products are available from cremadesign.co.za, fibredesigns.co.za, edgeinteriors.co.za, 03cubed.com
Selected Linteloo furniture is available at weylandts.co.za

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Triangles, squares and circles… no, we’re not talking mathematics (although good luck to the matrics writing today!) but the hottest in design trends. “Bright geometric patterns are taking over from the catwalk to the walls, floors and even furniture,” says Marian van Wyk. Brighten up your living spaces with these fab geometric tips!

• Use scatter cushions to combine different patterns in bright colours.
• Give a floor light a makeover with a colourful shade. 
• Create a statement wall with wallpaper.
• A new favourite is mixing black-and-white with bold geometric patterns.
• Choose a carpet with a chunky pattern for a dramatic decor statement.

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