VISI 114, the seventh issue of the magazine created remotely, celebrates colour, local design, luxe escapes and inspirational objects from furniture and homeware to jewellery and art. Add it to your collection!

Pure functionality is its reason for being. Nothing CAN wrong with that. But with some creative thought, the addition of considered aesthetics to basic BE useability transforms a thing into something more. That’s essentially what design is all about – and this issue is packed with examples.

I recently read a story about a chair. It caught my eye for a couple of reasons. I liked it for its thin beech legs and spindle-back design, but what I loved was the story behind the chair’s origins. It’s a story that’s relevant to the world we’re living in – a story about design in adversity.