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Near the end of last year, VISI won a coveted Ozzie Award in New York for best overall design of our print magazine. We were all thrilled, none more so than our super-talented art director, Anton Pietersen, who single-handedly designs and sends our beautiful magazine to the printers every two months. For this, our Design Issue, Anton has worked extremely hard to create a modern look by simplifying the typefaces we use and introducing white borders around images. By using very little text on the pictures he has allowed them to shine. We love the fact that our photographers always go the extra mile for us and we think they deserve to have their work take centre stage. And Anton has outdone himself in achieving that in this issue. I…

KLARA SHELF JOE PAINE “The cantilever design allows you to stack this shelf with whatever load will fit on it. It flat-packs like a dream and is really simple to assemble. It’s perfect for magazines, books and impressing dinner guests.” KLARA VAN WYNGAARDEN “The Klara Shelf was designed for me as a storage unit for my props and magazines, and it serves as a room divider in my work/living space.” SELF - HELP SIDE TABLE JOE“You can put all your bedside paraphernalia on this table, and it has a mezzanine level to hide the things you might be shy about, like those self-help books you buy from Amazon in January when you realise all the goals you set for yourself the previous year are now just broken promises. The candleholder…

THE SETTING IS MOLETSAMONG, a small village in Mahikeng where herds of goats, cows and donkeys roam the dry veld for morsels of green grass. In the distance, a man-made dam shimmers. It is scorching hot with a whipping dusty wind. The kind of heat that makes my nose dry and creates the constant urge for me to take deep breaths, as if the heat is suffocating me. It’s a place where water is scarce and is therefore treasured by man and animal alike. My mother’s house sits on the periphery of the village, where the houses are randomly scattered with tracts of open veld in-between. It is not important to go into the details of how we ended up setting down roots in this village. What matters is that…

“NEWTOWN IS WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS RIGHT NOW.” THE SPACE ONCE HOUSED ACTUAL POTATO SHEDS. IT IS A CELEBRATION OF THE MENERE AND MAVERICKS OF OUR TIME. CREATIONS FROM MORE THAN 100 EXCITING AFRICAN BRANDS located in a historically relevant architecturally designed space are what sets Work Shop New Town apart from more conventional shopping experiences in Johannesburg. So says precinct curator Julian McGowan, co-founder of the design agencies Source and Southern Guild along with his partner Trevyn. “Joburg has always had a fantastic assortment of malls filled with international brands and chain stores” says Julian. “There are also a lot of destination suburbs where the streets are lined with beautiful boutiques. We wanted to offer something different.” Situated on what was once the culturally and historically significant Market…

THEY SHARE A KEEN INTEREST IN ART. THE COLOUR SCHEME CONTRIBUTES TO A SENSE OF TRANQUILLITY.” IN THE FOYER OF THE ATKINSONS’HOUSE in Hurlingham Manor, one is greeted by a striking Beth Diane Armstrong sculpture of three trees of varying sizes. Commissioned by Michelle Atkinson as a gift for her husband Craig, the piece is just one of the family-centred details that characterise this home. “I was lucky enough to find myself seated next to Beth on a flight to Cape Town,” Michelle recalls. “I had her come up with a concept around the family tree, as we weren’t keen on a typical family portrait. We both think this piece is just beautiful.” Michelle and Craig, who met at university when they both studied law, have a daughter named Tatum…

THE GIN Fans of Hendrick’s Gin are passionate about their favourite spirit and the pretty Victorian apothecary-style bottle it comes in. Which is why so many of them have found other uses for the empties, from vases to hand soap dispensers. There’s more at instagram.com/explore/tags/hendrickssecondlife/. THE VISI CUBED Design, design, design is what this cocktail is all about, with a perfect layering of cucumber and rose, and fresh notes of lime and mint. Ingredients Makes one cocktail 50 ml Hendrick’s Gin25 ml lime juice10 ml cucumber syrup10 ml rose geranium cordiala cucumber ribbon,to garnishfresh mint, to garnish Method Combine the first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice and shake briskly. Line a dry glass of your choice with a thinly sliced cucumber ribbon and strain the cocktail…

The briolette – an oval or pear-shaped gemstone cut with geometric facets – has had quite a history. From its roots in ancient India, it was discovered by European royals, became popular during the Victorian period and re-emerged at the heart of the Art Deco era. The Kohler Briolette basin echoes the same reflective facets in delicately textured glass – a jewel reimagined as a functional, translucent work of art for your bathroom. Hand-spun by a small fraternity of glass artisans in a modest Wisconsin studio, the time-sensitive process leaves tiny variances – minute bubbles, gentle undulations – so each piece is unique. The US company has come to South Africa with the opening of four showrooms – in Johannesburg, Durban, Ballito and Cape Town – bringing with it four…

Surface design company Robin Sprong Wallpaper (#RSWallpaper) had an epic 2015. “We stitched 250 maps for an enormous wallpaper for a Cattle Baron restaurant, redid Investec’s offices on Greyston Drive in Johannesburg, decorated Vice magazine’s new offices in Toronto, Canada, and we were represented at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven by Exposize, our new partners there” says Robin. The company’s bold and quirky designs were also highlighted at 100 % Design. Robin shares some of his insights into trends for 2016. What inspires new wallpaper designs? Trend follows fashion, and we keep an eye on that. I believe South Africa is firmly on top of current international design trends and it’s easy for us to move around in that space, as we are an eclectic, cosmopolitan country. A lot of…

Family-managed brand Bakos Brothers, which was established more than 40 years ago in Rissik Street, Johannesburg, has just released the Soho range, a furniture line that includes a TV unit, coffee table, side table, console, pedestal, chest table and two-drawer server. Made by Bakos Brothers’ own top artisans, this furniture collection ranks with the best in the world. The pieces are made of white oak with a Satin Duco and Oak Monocoat finish, and powder-coated mild steel. With muted tones and clean lines, the Soho range complements both classically decorated spaces and minimalist decor schemes. The range is available in two colour variants, classic putty and charcoal, and is exclusively available at Bakos Brothers stores. • bakosbrothers.com…

Members of the Cape Guild of Weavers hand-wove natural undyed South African Merino wool yarn into pieces of square-weave fabric, which were then used to create signature pieces by some of our top local fashion designers. Each garment reflects the extraordinary talents of all the artisans involved in every step of its creation, from the production to the spinning, weaving, designing and tailoring. • capewools.co.za  • capeguildofweavers.com • klukcgdt.com  • habits.co.za  • hendrikvermeulen.com  • tamaracherie.com…

Open spaces, natural light and elements such as greenery, plants and timber are beginning to feature in bathrooms, and raw materials like concrete are becoming increasingly popular, says Murray Sharp, the winner of the 2015 Cobra Product Design Competition. According to finalist Andrew Mboyi, people are starting to expect more from bathroom experiences, leading to a need for personalised spaces. This shift in thinking has lead to bathrooms becoming central to interior trends forecasts. And industrial designers have come to realise the true impact of their designs, from the broader aesthetics right down to the choice of taps. Andrew says he has noticed a shift towards the use of non-traditional bathroom materials. “Richer metals, natural wood and stone are starting to shadow out the obvious white polished tile and utilitarian…

Pretoria architect Braam de Villiers of Earthworld Architects won the Haute Lumière Light Award 2015 for a concept inspired by the night sky, called Moonlight. It pays tribute to South African artist Berco Wilsenach and his fascination with celestial bodies. Braam’s Moonlight, which has a light source, a mirror and a mirror stand, emulates the way the moon reflects light from the sun. The annual Haute Lumière Light Award is driven by Paul Pamboukian of Pamboukian lightdesign as a way of raising awareness of lighting design. The brief was to design a light unit with either single or multiple power sources for a specific interior space, and the entries were judged on originality and creativity. As the winner, Braam gets to attend the Lights in Alingsås workshop in Sweden, which…

“In nature there is no waste; everything gets used.” This was the cue that prompted South African furniture and product designer Louw Roets to create a range of lampshades from paper pulp, a recyclable material that is just one of the many waste products of modern industry. He calls the range Pulp Fiction. Launched at the Cape Town Avant-Premiere pop-up in December, the lampshades are a stylish and environmentally friendly home lighting option. The light fitting holders are made of American oak, and the shades are available in various colours and sizes. • R2995 • louwroets.co.za PRIZE 1 A single cluster of three lampshades in moon white hanging at random heights from a metal bracket. Each lampshade is about 30 cm x 26 cm big and the electrical cord length varies from…

NASTASYA TAY 1. Freelance journalist and writer Nastasya was born in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, raised in Western Australia, studied in Oxford and London, and is now based in Johannesburg. 2. She travels frequently. Asked to describe herself in a tweet, she responds with the hashtag #anotherdayanotherairport. 3. Nastasya’s dream home is filled with glorious light, a garden full of watermelons and the scent of spider lilies. It has a balcony for morning coffees with a view straight to the sea, in a world with no mosquitoes. And a puppy. 4. If she had a super power it would be to speak all the languages that exist in the world as though they were her mother tongue. 5. Most languages belong to a family, and sister languages share “genetic” similarities.…

SELF-HELP SIDE TABLE Matte black mild steel chassis with American ash top and bronze anodised aluminium candleholder. • R3900 WRAP WRITING BUREAU Matte black mild steel chassis with solid kiaat worktop and three glossy white glazed ceramic pots. • R13 200 KLARA SHELF Matte black mild-steel frame with solid pine shelves. • R7100 RADIO GOOGOO Matte black mild steel frame with mirror and reveal-and-conceal storage compartments. • R12 500 • All products available online at joepaine.com • Klara van Wyngaarden, decor stylist and creative content creator, 083 695 5350, klaravw@gmail.com…

I LIVE IN JOHANNESBURG WITH MY WIFE, three dogs, a cat and two horses. I’m an author and television producer, whereas my sharper half works as a digital strategist. We’ve just bought our first house, a three-bedroomed cottage in a secure estate, and we’re pretty proud of it. I can also say without too much reservation that we’re happy with where we are, what we have and where we’re headed. There is, however, the issue of a certain treacherous flirtation that keeps coming up in conversation: the fantasy of the so-called Dream House. The residential Shangri-La. Does such a thing even exist? We each have a picture of a Dream House, one that defines us both as who we are or who we’d like to be – whether that entails…

“WE BUILT THE RESTAURANT AS AN OUTLET FOR THE FRESH PRODUCE FROM THE GARDEN.” THE FARMHOUSE DECOR BEARS THE UNMISTAKABLE STAMP OF KAREN’S OWN STYLE. “WE KEPT IT SIMPLE, BUT WE USED THE BEST QUALITY MATERIALS.” “WE HAD TO GIVE IT SOMETHING EXTRA, SOMETHING A BIT MORE REFINED AND LUXURIOUS.” “WE ARE ALL ABOUT THE GARDEN,” says Babylonstoren proprietor Karen Roos. “It all stems from there. We built the restaurant as an outlet for the fresh produce from the garden. And the Farm Hotel was built to accommodate the patrons. “So none of this was really planned. There was no commercial goal or motivation. It came from the garden.” We are sitting in the Butterfly Room, the lounge area of the Farmhouse, the latest addition to Babylonstoren. This nine-room lodge…

“I COULDN’T STAND GOING TO REMOTE PARTS OF THE PLANET TO BUILD HUGE LODGES OUT OF BRICKS AND MORTAR.” “NOTHING IS WASTED. NOTHING IS ARTIFICIAL.” “I WANTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH NATURAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.” “MY parents insisted on getting me this automated gate motor” says interior designer Darryl Freeman while we wait for the slatted wooden screen to slide open. They were worried about their daughter living in this remote corner of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Darryl bought this piece of land on the outskirts of Maun in 2004 at the age of 30, while the rest of her generation was still choosing housemates in manky communes. Her dream was to build an environmentally sustainable house for herself, which she set about doing in 2012. In the…

“IT IS A WORKING SPACE INTO WHICH WE HAVE INTEGRATED A DESIGN GALLERY.” GAVIN ROOKE IS A LOVER OF HOT COFFEE, GREAT DESIGN AND CLASSIC PORSCHE ROADSTERS – NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER – which is what prompted him to house his design company, Dutchmann, his passion project, Porsche Weekend Racer Series, and a purveyor of fine coffee, Coffee Lab, under one expansive roof. We chatted to him to find out more. Your new showroom is all about classic cars and hot coffee, with some great design thrown in… My company Dutchmann has been producing a range of design pieces since 2012. Since the majority of our products are exported, our focus has been on building a strong online presence and community. As the business grew I felt it was…

The idea was born in 2012 during a visit to Coco Chanel’s salon in Paris, and on 21 February 2015 fashion doyenne Jackie Burger launched Salon 58. It was to be a place where women could gather to celebrate creativity, fashion, style and food, and enjoy advice from experts in their fields. At the close of 2015, Jackie hosted the fifth of Salon 58’s soirées with “Magic” as the theme, underscored by a philosophy of repurposing and breathing new life into old objects. The wine partner for the event, the Protea Range from Anthonij Rupert Wyne, is all about reusing and recycling, so it was a perfect match. One of the gathering’s most magical features was a feast table, an installation created by Alwijn Burger of Blomboy and chef Chanelle…

Juditha Sakinofsky’s beautiful silk-and-cotton-blend scarves feature digital prints of Cape Town scenes and vintage images that evoke nostalgia. “Most of the images have a story attached” she says. “It all started with the Muizenberg Bathing Boxes and Vintage Sea Point Beachfront scarves, which were initially made for family, friends and fellow South Africans. “I look for iconic images of places that are meaningful to me.” Juditha, a 30-year veteran in media, retail and design, also works in home furnishings using hand-woven silk ikat and vintage suzani textiles. She started her career at local women’s magazines before emigrating to Toronto and then New York. While in the Big Apple, she and her brother Salvo launched the brand Found Object, which involved collecting, curating and distributing textiles and objets from Central Asia,…

Ardmore Ceramic Art has come a long way over the past 30 years. Known for its iconic range of ceramics and fabrics, this proudly South African company has made well-deserved design waves both locally and abroad. This year, founder Fée Halsted says Ardmore moved away from the traditional African motifs it’s known for and looked to the rugged, stark and magnificent beauty of the Kalahari Desert to inspire the 2016 collection Kalahari Cats. “Every year we try to theme our exhibitions so it isn’t always about zebras, elephants and leopards” Fée says. The Kalahari has a wealth of visual inspiration and stands as a testament to the way in which life is able to adapt and thrive in the harshness of such extreme conditions. “You’ll find badgers, cheetahs, leopards, snakes,…

Volpes has been manufacturing bed linen and curtains for more than 80 years, and now it has expanded its offering to include stylish, affordable furniture and accessories for the bedroom and bathroom. These include headboards, shelving units, bedside pedestals, hat stands and accessories such as trinket boxes, laundry baskets, candleholders, mirrors, lamps and scatter cushions. The collection, which comes in various sophisticated neutral shades, provides versatility to suit different styles. The new collection is available at Volpes stores countrywide. • volpes.co.za WIN For a chance to win a R1 000 Volpes voucher, visit VISI.co.za/win.…

DISARONNO WEARS CAVALLI Following on from design partnerships with Moschino and Versace in previous years, Italian liqueur brand Disaronno collaborated with Roberto Cavalli, drawing inspiration from the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 2015 Pre-Collection for its most recent couture look. Part graphic animal print, part undersea world, the new-look bottle is bound to draw attention on any pub shelf. • R229 • disaronno.com THE MACALLAN MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY CAPSULE EDITION The Macallan whisky distillery has a long history of associating with photographers. Its most recent collaboration is with Ernie Button, who has been taking photos of the bottom of empty whisky glasses after the alcohol has dried and the sediment has left unique patterns. Ernie’s photos have been paired with a range of whiskies from The Macallan portfolio. • R569 • themacallan.com TICKLED PINK WITH GRAHAM…

DESIGN DAILY This issue is all about celebrating the best that design has to offer, which is exactly what our online design section aims to do every week. From exciting projects (like the clever Isabelo Smart Bench) to new products and furniture, jewellery and local fashion, you’ll find all of the latest news right here VISI.co.za/design WIN WITH ROCHE BOBOIS One lucky reader will win a set of two ecodesigned stackable AVA Bridge chairs from Roche Bobois, worth R7 620. Go to VISI.co.za/win to enter. # READER LOVE We love spotting snaps of our readers enjoying the latest issue of VISI. Want to share with us? Take a pic and tag us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Thank you @visi_mag for the great feature in this month’s edition. These VISI cover…

A RED LOERIE FEATHER. A strip of lichen-covered bark. The husk of a protea flower base, seed indentations spiralling out in Fibonacci whorls. A starfish skeleton. A broken pansy shell. These are the coastal forest keepsakes gathered on my desk, reminders of a place where I long to be. Forests coloured my early imagination. Stories of houses in the woods, of winding paths and breadcrumb trails. Of things hidden in the shadows, lurking possibilities. Lurking dangers too – wolves and witches and grandmamas, or imps who would grant desperate wishes in return for some future payment you really should know better than to pledge. There was no real forest where I grew up, in New York City. But when I discovered one, years later, just a few hours’ drive from…

MY CLOTHES ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR, freshly disgorged from my gaping suitcase. Unpacking has never been my strong suit, and in this case, even less so – something far more compelling has captured my attention. I have just arrived back in the small apartment I share with my husband after six weeks in Europe to be greeted by the brand-new bookshelf that was installed in my absence. It covers our living room wall, reaching from the floor to the ceiling. I have spent countless hours arranging and rearranging it in my mind, but now I try to restrain myself. I am still stiff and sore from my long flight and I have to unpack. But the shelf’s pull is irresistible. I begin to build piles of books:…

THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ROOT THE HOUSE IN ITS ESSENCE. “BEING SOUTH AMERICAN, I NEED COLOUR IN MY LIFE. STRIKING COLOURS.” THE HOUSE IS VERSATILE AND ECLECTIC. IT WAS A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE, if you believe in that sort of thing. The house that creative consultant Jaco Janse van Rensburg of Envy & Co was asked to work on was his favourite in the neighbourhood. “I used to walk past it almost daily when I lived in the area,” he says. “In fact, I’ve always wanted to live there. Perhaps the universe had misread my signals.” Or it could be that the universe read him loud and clear, and brought him to the house in the capacity that was most required – as a creative consultant to liaise with Zuckerman Sachs…

“I DIDN’T WANT TO FEEL LIKE I WAS LIVING IN A SMALL SPACE WITH SMALL APPLIANCES.” HE WASN’T DISSUADED FROM DOING THINGS THAT HE KNEW COULD BE DONE. HE WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND ASKED FRIENDS FOR ADVICE. “SO MANY CONTRACTORS JUST WANT TO DO THINGS THE WAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DONE.” Getting rid of his appliances was out of the question for Sergio Ines when he relocated from an apartment in Johannesburg to a city centre eyrie in Cape Town. So, despite the doll-like proportions of his new one-bedroomed duplex, he managed to incorporate his six appliances in slots designed for them with no more than a couple of millimetres to spare. “I didn’t want to feel like I was living in a small space with really small appliances.…

The Cape Town Art Fair, now in its fourth year, will run from 16 to 21 February 2016 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Interest in contemporary art from our country and the continent has grown in leaps and bounds these past few years. To help you to speak and collect like the art cognoscenti at the art fair, we asked five knowledgeable art lovers to tell us what’s what when it comes to contemporary African art. • capetownartfair.co.za THE YOUNG COLLECTOR Lindi Brownell Meiring, VISI online editor and avid art collector Do you think art is guided by trends in a similar way to design? To me, art is timeless. Sometimes it’s difficult to differentiate between a work painted in 1964 and a piece finished a couple of months…

As French Romantic poet Gérard de Nerval put it so eloquently, every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. It may have been this very quote that inspired landscape artist Keith Kirsten to use the Natal plum, or Carissa macrocarpa, so extensively when he designed the sprawling gardens at Delaire Graff Estate near Stellenbosch. The delicate Carissa flower has since become synonymous with the picturesque estate, so much so that it inspired a Graff Diamonds jewellery range, the Carissa collection. And now there’s a coffee-table book inspired by the life of self-taught gemologist Laurence Graff, OBE and his love affair with precious gems. Featuring essays by the likes of novelist Joanne Harris and a foreword by international Vogue editor Suzy Menkes, the tome – titled simply Graff – showcases the…

Weylandts has established an interior design division that specialises in turnkey projects in collaboration with interior designer Adam Court at its new Cape Town head office. We chatted to Adam and CEO Chris Weylandt to find out more. What was the idea behind Weylandts Spaces? Adam: Given the depth of resources and skills at Weylandts, it seemed like a natural evolution to incorporate a specialised interior design division in the business, capitalising on the Weylandts catalogue and utilising the local and international artisans and manufacturers to create bespoke designs. What does Weylandts Spaces offer clients? Adam: Spaces provides a tailored design service that follows a client’s brief with the aim to express a unique identity. We believe in creating interiors that are not trend-driven but personality-driven, that are classic and…

After 53 years of making carpets in the Free State – it all started with a converted blanket loom in 1962 – Nouwens Carpets has developed a reputation for luxury. In August 2015, the family-run company revealed its latest line: Stereo, an entry-level carpet range that costs less than a third of the price of the higher-end products. “We developed Stereo because we wanted to offer up-and-coming homeowners and businesses the chance to own a Nouwens carpet,”says chairman Oscar Grobler. Stereo forms part of the Easicarpet range, which is aimed at middle-income customers, giving them options that don’t require a compromise on style or quality. A textured synthetic weave product, Stereo is made with yarns that are engineered to maintain quality. In each blend, three different colours are tufted in…

When Pierre Antoine, designer and owner of Fibre Designs, and interior designer Leanne Fairweather saw a gap in the market for hardy outdoor floorware, they decided to launch a range of all-weather crocheted rugs, pillows, pouffes, ottomans, sun loungers and banquettes. “What was available [here] was mostly of European origin and therefore all but unaffordable” says Pierre. “The Verandah Collection is proudly local.” After the clothing manufacturing industry experienced a decline in Limpopo, Fibre Designs launched an empowerment training project in the region, calling on the talents of local craftswomen to weave and crochet their creations. “We’re fortunate to have an ongoing project, which is progressing with much success” he says. “The Verandah Collection is now being exported to the UK, Europe, Hong Kong and the Indian Ocean islands, and…

Known for its technological advances and innovative designs, Belgotex now offers the option to create patterns such as herringbone and basket weave using a new addition to the Luxury vinyl tiles collection called Podium Clic. It allows you to click together the vinyl tiles to create the desired effect without the need for glue or protracted drying time. The tiles have a rigid composite board backing that allows fitting on uneven floors. Belgotex vinyl, which is available in a wide variety of colours and patterns, is manufactured from virgin PVC for ultimate durability and flexibility. “We try to imitate wood by adding texture, colour variations and some imperfections, which South Africans love, whereas Europeans are increasingly opting for the simplicity of species such as oak ” says Belgotex executive director…

If pet hairs, cigarette smoke and other airborne allergens such as mould and pollen are a problem, an air purifier may be the solution. The MC70L air purifier breaks down and removes most odours. The MC70L air purifier does its job quietly despite powerful suction in turbo mode, which makes for faster results. You spend at least 8 hours per day in your bedroom, so it’s a good place to have an air purifier. Removing dander and other allergens from the air indoors helps to relieve allergy symptoms and even asthma. The MC70L air purifier filters out most airborne bacteria. Daikin Streamer technology entails a multi-layer filter system to capture dust, pollen, pet hairs, mould, mites and microbes. • From R5 000 • Find your nearest Daikin stockist at www.daikin.co.za/dealers FAST FACT…

He started an interior design business at the age of 19, the fashion brand Bitter Chocolate years later, and recently returned to interiors… Now, drawing on 25 years’ design experience, Philip Pikus has launched his first fabric collection, Contemporary Classics. Philip has made use of cotton, linen and blends thereof, as well as bamboo, and opted for a neutral palette of taupe, grey, bone and linen. “The range has been edited so colours, tones and textures complement and coordinate with each other” Philip says. “As with fashion, interior trends come and go… There’s always the new black.” Simply put, if homes had collections designed for them, the Contemporary Classics collection would be the Chanel equivalent: refined and timeless, perfect dressed up or down. Philip is committed to sourcing ethically and…

ANDY WARHOL POLAROIDS 1958–1987 by Richard B Woodward, edited by Reuel Golden (Taschen) Andy Warhol was always armed with a Polaroid camera, zealously documenting the details of his life and the individuals who crossed his path. By the time of his death in 1987 he had amassed a huge collection of Polaroid images of friends, lovers, clients, patrons, celebrities, nobodies, the attractive and the fashionable, interspersed with raw and seemingly random images of objects such as Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and cans of soup. This book – which is a collaboration between publisher Taschen and the Andy Warhol Foundation – contains more than 700 of these insightful images. It is a telling pre-Instagram record of the life and times of one of the world’s most iconic Pop Art and Modernist…

• VISI competitions are open to all South African residents, excluding employees of New Media Publishing (NMP), employees of the companies supplying the prizes, associated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and their immediate family members. • The winner will be chosen at the sole discretion of the judges, whose decision will be final. No correspondence will be entered into. • Winners will not be eligible for other prizes for three months after winning a competition. • The prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. • Neither NMP nor any of its partners will be held responsible for disputes in connection with prizes or for any loss, damage or injury that may be suffered or incurred by prize winners. • Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and…

Each year, the Eat Out team seeks to improve on the standard they’ve set the previous year, a job made easier by partnering with Rainbow Experiential Marketing. At the venue, guests were welcomed into a drinks area fully decorated with furniture from Goeters, no stranger to a bespoke shindig, as its main business is providing the decor and lighting for weddings. Peppered throughout were canapés imaginatively turned into installations by Annalize Sainsbury, head chef and owner of Escoffier Catering. Once guests were seated at their tables for the main event, they were kept informed and entertained by video content about the 20 nominees produced by Ginkgo Agency. Graphics created by The Tuckshop Brand were displayed on huge AV screens provided by Gearhouse. As for the table settings, guests were treated…

To update a cheap-looking light fitting, place a circular metal disc between the ceiling and the base of the light fitting. It will look fabulous and the disc will reflect the light more effectively, improving the light quality in the room. Choose a 3 mm-thick metal disc that suits your decor style. Brass, copper and galvanised metal are all trending right now. We used a disc from 3D Metal Workx that is 30 cm in diameter with an 8 cm hole in the middle. Any metal workshop that does laser-cutting can cut it for you, and the price will depend on your choice of metal. • 3dmetalworkx.co.za…