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• LADUMA NGXOKOLO • LAURIE WIIDVAN HEERDEN • LUCIE DE MOYENCOURT • LUCILLA BOOYZEN • MARIANNE FASSLER
• MARIOARA DE LATARA • MERVYN GERS • MICHAEL CHANDLER • NANDIPHA MNTAMBO • NELSON MAKAMO
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OUR BIGGEST ISSUE EVER *
ICONIC
COVER ART BY
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PAGE 213
100th
EDITION
EXCLUDING TAX
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OTHER COUNTRIES
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FEATURING ADRIAAN HUGO & KATY TAPLIN • ANDILE DYALVANE & ZIZIPHO POSWA • ATANG TSHIKARE
• ATHI-PATRA RUGA • BOYD FERGUSON • CHRIS WEYLANDT • CHU SUWANNAPHA • CRYSTAL BIRCH • DAVID KRYNAUW
• FAATIMAH MOHAMED-LUKE • GERHARD SWART & ANTHONY HARRIS • GREGOR JENKIN • HALDANE MARTIN
• JODY PAULSEN • JOE PAINE • JOHAN WENTZEL & GRETE VAN AS • JOHANN SLEE • JOHN VOGEL • KATE OTTEN
• LADUMA NGXOKOLO • LAURIE WIID VAN HEERDEN • LUCIE DE MOYENCOURT • LUCILLA BOOYZEN • MARIANNE FASSLER
• MARIOARA DE LATARA • MERVYN GERS • MICHAEL CHANDLER • NANDIPHA MNTAMBO • NELSON MAKAMO
• PAUL PAMBOUKIAN • PIETER MATHEWS • PORKY HEFER • RICH MNISI • RONEL JORDAAN • SILVIO RECH
& LESLEY CARSTENS • SIWA MGOBOZA • THABISA MJO • TRACY LEE LYNCH • TREVYN & JULIAN MCGOWAN
I M A G I N E M O R E
1. The full collection of VISI covers spanning 100 issues and two decades .......................................... PAGE 214
2. We asked 3D artist Alexis Christodoulou how he approached VISI’s 100th cover design ...........
3. VISI’s most powerful, playful and poignant portraits from over the years .................................
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4. Animal Planet: Our all-time favourite four-legged models ................................................................... PAGE 222
5. Some of the remarkable places VISI has featured over the years ................................................. PAGE 224
6. A timeline of some significant South African design milestones ................................................... PAGE 228
7. Chris Weylandt looks back on two decades at the helm of Weylandts ........................................ PAGE 232
8. Tracy Lee Lynch is focused on promoting young creatives and curating good design ........... PAGE 234
9. South Africa’s original fashion influencer: Marianne Fassler ........................................................... PAGE 236
10. Adding homeware to his mix, Laduma Ngxokolo is taking Africa to the world ........................... PAGE 237
11. Des Armstrong explains how Hadeda became synonymous with hand-painted tiles ............... PAGE 237
12. Smeg and Dolce&Gabbana have once again collaborated on a stylish kitchen collection ....... PAGE 238
13. Wild Olive Artisans’ mission is to put Africa on the map of natural beauty ................................. PAGE 240
14. Cécile & Boyd turns 30 this year – Boyd Ferguson shares some secrets to their success ...... PAGE 242
15. Lighting maestro Paul Pamboukian has championed illumination in all its forms ...................... PAGE 244
16. Brandkonnect is infusing the international hospitality industry with local design ..................... PAGE 244
17. Amatuli Artefacts is a treasure trove of collectibles .............................................................................. PAGE 245
18. With Skinny laMinx, Heather Moore turned a hobby into a household name .............................. PAGE 245
19. Designer Peet Pienaar conjures up a visual language that captures the imagination ............... PAGE 246 96
20. Hamzeh Alfarahneh has collaborated with PUMA SA on a capsule collection ........................ PAGE 247
21. Furniture designer David Krynauw is carving out a singular place on the design scene .......... PAGE 248
22. Julian and Trevyn McGowan have been at the forefront of promoting African design ........... PAGE 249
23. Artist Faatimah Mohamed-Luke is proving that making art can be grown-up child’s play ...... PAGE 250
24. Founded in 2006, Imiso Ceramics continues to soar locally and internationally ........................ PAGE 250
25. The Afrofuturistic designs by Atang Tshikare have a dynamic texture .......................................... PAGE 251
26. Founder of SA Fashion Week Lucilla Booyzen reflects on the keys to longevity in fashion ... PAGE 252
27. CHULAAP, the label of fashion designer Chu Suwannapha, reflects his inimitable style ......... PAGE 253
28. Textile and fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo is committed to sustainable practices ........ PAGE 253
29. The seventh Investec Cape Town Art Fair takes place from 15 to 17 February 2019 .................. PAGE 254
30. Architect-turned-artist Lucie de Moyencourt has added ceramics to her portfolio ............... PAGE 256
31. Artist Athi-Patra Ruga remains fiercely committed to narrative .......................................................... PAGE 258
32. Mervyn Gers’s hand-made functional ceramics are inspired by nature ........................................ PAGE 259
33. The duo behind Egg Designs are infinitely positive about the future of design in SA .............. PAGE 260
34. Adam Hoets’s willowlamp designs show an appreciation for nature’s sculptural forms .... PAGE 261
35. With an expanded showroom, Tonic Design is set to launch more new product ...................... PAGE 262
36. Vernacular design holds the answers to the world’s problems, says artist Porky Hefer ......... PAGE 264 126
37. Stephen Wilson and Phillip Hollander of Houtlander love to work with their hands ............. PAGE 266
38. Interior design consultancy Generation has been on our radar since our very first issue ...... PAGE 266
39. Durban-based creative Clinton Friedman on the future of design ................................................. PAGE 268
40. You’ll find Mud Studio’s ceramics in exclusive shops and celebrity homes .................................... PAGE 270
41. Astrid Van Der Heim has been in interiors for “what seems like forever” ...................................... PAGE 272
42. Artist Nelson Makamo is taking on the world, one portrait of hope at a time .............................. PAGE 274
43. Maria McCloy’s work puts the spotlight on the richness of African culture .................................. PAGE 274
44. “More collaboration” is what designer Thabisa Mjo hopes for the future of SA design ......... PAGE 275
45. Siwa Mgoboza’s textile collages are a blend of history, fashion, identity politics and more .. PAGE 275
46. Jody Paulsen talks escapism, growing up, and how he got out of a creative rut ......................... PAGE 276
47. Architect Mariam Kamara is one of the speakers at Design Indaba 2019 ...................................... PAGE 278
48. Mpho Vackier of TheUrbanative applies her engineering skills to her designs ........................ PAGE 280
49. Liam Mooney’s work has evolved from pure furniture design to interior design ....................... PAGE 280
50. Architect Pieter Mathews’ firm is helping to shape the Pretoria skyline ....................................... PAGE 281
176 51. Architects Thomas and Sureen Gouws have advanced our capital city’s design heritage .... PAGE 282
52. Fashion designer Rich Mnisi is equal parts groundbreaker and collaborator ............................... PAGE 282
53. Ceramic Matters has proven the potential for design in clay ............................................................. PAGE 283
54. Artist and gallerist Michael Chandler talks past, present and future design ............................... PAGE 284
55. Design provocateur Crystal Birch is pioneering an à la mode hat business ................................. PAGE 286
56. Architect Johann Slee remembers his first encounter with VISI ....................................................... PAGE 288
57. Felt artist Ronel Jordaan believes environment holds the key to creativity .................................. PAGE 289
58. Photographer Lien Botha’s series of plant portraits was the growth of a good idea ................. PAGE 290
59. Mungo has been designing, weaving and making in SA for more than 20 years ........................... PAGE 292
60. Colour and craftsmanship collide in furniture designer Bonga Jwambi’s pieces ....................... PAGE 294
61. This year, Mema Designs is launching its third range of pendant lights ........................................... PAGE 295
62. Architects Gardiol and Johan Bergenthuin are deeply rooted in the modernist era ............... PAGE 296
63. Nandipha Mntambo artfully combines concepts to mirror her shifting gaze .............................. PAGE 296
64. Raw Studios has a reputation for imaginative modern work spaces .......................................... PAGE 298
65. Designer-maker John Vogel is looking to break into e-commerce ............................................ PAGE 300
66. We’ve been fans of Gregor Jenkin’s work since we first featured him in 2004 ........................... PAGE 302
160 67. Designer Joe Paine’s tongue-in-cheek approach to design continues to set him apart ......... PAGE 304
68. Dokter and Misses, first featured in VISI in 2007, has a new solo exhibition ................................... PAGE 306
69. Lisa Firer’s hand-rolled porcelain vessels are acclaimed for their delicacy ............................... PAGE 308
70. Here’s a sneak peek of new furniture pieces from Haldane Martin ................................................. PAGE 310
71. Thebe Magugu knew from a young age that he wanted to work in fashion ............................. PAGE 311
72. Architect and furniture designer Richard Stretton puts sustainability first ................................. PAGE 311
73. Cecil Nurse is defining and refining the workplace of the future .................................................... PAGE 312
74. Textile design studio The Ninevites weaves a story that pays homage to heritage ................... PAGE 313
75. Laurie Wiid van Heerden masterfully straddles the line between design and art .................... PAGE 313
76. Robin Sprong Wallpapers is primed to expand its world-class surface design offering ......... PAGE 314
77. Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens have rewritten the script on bush camp architecture ........ PAGE 316
78. The founders of Platform and 100% Design SA offer insights into the future of design ........ PAGE 318
79. Art has been fabric connoisseur Tanya Sturgeon’s biggest influence ............................................ PAGE 320
80. The founder of the eponymous Tessa Sonik Fabrics turned a passion into a profession ...... PAGE 320
81. Fox Browne Creative’s successful design formula centres on guest experience ...................... PAGE 321
82. Earthworld Architects is forging relationships between architecture and craftsmen ........... PAGE 322
83. Daikin is innovating to make air conditioners not just clean and quiet but smart, too ............. PAGE 324
82 84. A Schmidt kitchen is an investment that continues to reward .......................................................... PAGE 325
85. Interior designer Krysia Back’s work always resonates with the architecture ............................ PAGE 326
86. Anne York is inspired by nature in her work as an interior designer ................................................... PAGE 326
87. Kate Otten has forged a way of working where women architects can thrive ............................ PAGE 328
88. In the flooring business for more than 40 years, Rebtex is constantly innovating ...................... PAGE 329
89. Interior designer Andrea Graff is known for her fearless use of colour .......................................... PAGE 330
90. Sumari Krige of La Grange Interiors finds inspiration from travel ................................................. PAGE 331
91. Dom Pérignon and Ellerman House offer a night to remember to celebrate VISI 100 ............ PAGE 332
92. One of Francois du Plessis’s latest projects is the interior of Tjing Tjing Momiji ........................ PAGE 334
93. The latest collection by Evolution Product honours conservation heroes .................................... PAGE 336
94. W Design Architecture Studio’s unique point of view continues to surprise and delight .... PAGE 338
95. Responding to trends, AMERICAN shutters has expanded its colour range.................................. PAGE 340
96. Family-owned Hertex has grown into the largest fabric company in the country ...................... PAGE 342
97. Join us in raising a glass to our 100th issue with Méthode Cap Classique wines ......................... PAGE 343
98. With subjects ranging from architecture to graphic design, these books are keepers .......... PAGE 344
99. Motoring man Dieter Losskarn shares his 10 favourite automobiles of all time ....................... PAGE 346
114 100. 100 prizes to be won in VISI’s biggest competition ever: 10 brands x 10 products ............... PAGE 348
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of VISI. all the super-talented
Since 2001, I have been architects, artists, crafters
fortunate to work on this and designers who have
very special magazine shared their work with us.
alongside some of the For me, André Eksteen
most inspiring and of Earthworld Architects
talented people in South sums it up best: “VISI
Africa. Every one of us defined a whole new
here at VISI has always approach. For the first
pulled out all the stops time someone was
to delight and surprise making it ‘cool’ to be
The all-women dream team: Kay-Ann, Michaela, Lindi, Lené, Amelia, you, our loyal followers in South African.”
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TRAVEL IN STYLE
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“I LOVE COMPARTMENTS
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plane. But I panic about my wardrobe. What would I wear with
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PICTURE THIS
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IT LOOKS LIKE
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ON IT ALL DAY
– SITTING
OPTIONAL.”
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MIRROR MIRROR
Creative Almarie Kleingeld
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VISI INTERVIEW
HEAD of her seminar in Joburg on 25 February and What can we expect to see from the world of textiles? Will
HE friend who showed me the Chelsea Truman on the mantle with a plaque that read: “Sculpture by
Hotel killed himself three months later. René Shapshak”. Coincidentally, I was only in New York for an
way its heart spread out to the rest of the world, making us I blithely pop in to buy a guitar strap. The one I choose is embla-
believe in a certain type of freedom that is only incidentally zoned with skeleton figures from the Mexican Day of the Dead,
American. Playwright Arthur Miller, who lived in the Chelsea when people remember friends and family who have died.
after his divorce from Marilyn Monroe, said, “This hotel does Now, when I look at that strap and remember my dead friend
not belong to America,” and he was right. It’s an embodiment of and the Chelsea Hotel he showed me, I hear The Velvet Under-
much that makes American culture great, and of the essential ground & Nico singing about one of the
engine of that culture: openness and the willingness to share. Chelsea Girls: “Her perfect loves don’t
For a building to be great, it not only has to translate its sur- last / Her future died in someone’s past.”
rounds, cultural and physical, to the people who have to live
with it, but it also has to open up a conversation with travellers Chris Roper is deputy CEO of Code for
from afar and give them something to take back that changes Africa and co-director of the African Net-
work of Centres for Investigative Reporting.
the way they see their home. When I was looking around the @ChrisRoper
eccentric lobby of the Chelsea, I noticed a bust of President superwhatever.co.za
BITCH HOUSE
Vanessa Raphaely has a passionate love-hate-love relationship with
her ramshackle seaside home.
HEN we were the bright-eyed parents of nicer houses for three weeks a year and call a landlord when
just two very young children, my husband the geyser bursts.”
grown trench at the bottom of our property. Although one memory they evoke.
could never escape the humidity, this is where most of the The imprint of shapes, colours and scents left over from
neighbourhood children spent a lot of time sheltering from the the dreamy years of wandering about in the humid heat of
blistering sun. It had a tiny stream running through it and was the Durban sun are always filtering into the fabric of my daily
dense with banana trees. On top of eating the fruit, we found life – a kind of personal history punctuated with objects and
myriad uses for the thick fleshy leaves: We played with them, impressions without which I would not
created umbrellas out of them and, a whole 15 years before be me.
Solange’s “Cranes in the Sky” music video, fashioned outfits
out of them. When I’m asked about my love for plants and
nature, I often recall this place in all its tropical overgrowth.
Today, my home in Cape Town has one perfect Natal wild Seth Shezi is a lifestyle strategist and
writer. He was named the GQ Best
banana plant as its centrepiece and, needless to say, I adore it. Dressed Man of the Year 2018.
Other design motifs I gravitate towards find their origins @seth_shezi
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VISI VOICES
AVANISHED PLACE
OF HEAT AND STARS
Veteran journalist Ruda Landman travels back in memory to a place that shaped her.
EIMOES, a small town on the Orange River, outside bed stood in the red sand under a big silver oak. I would
was the reference point of my childhood, wake at dawn on a Saturday morning as my brothers gathered
THE PLACE
CALLEDHOME
Ashraf Jamal’s 1970s childhood home on the Cape Flats resembled a spaceship in
more ways than one.
N 1974, my father bought a plot of land on he would drink his clove tea and read the paper, ferns all about,
the Cape Flats, a sour-green puke of a scrub- the area alive with the hiss of water, the skylight tinted blue.
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WILD AT H EART
Neville and Sharon Trickett’s farmhouse in the
KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is part family home and
part autobiographical showcase for their extensive
and artfully arranged collections.
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Cabinets of curiosity
are painted Prussian
blue inside and feature
interior lighting. The
frames, from an old
school nearby, are
filled with implements
such as kitchen tools.
OPPOSITE The
courtyard leading
off the kitchen was
extended during the
recent renovation
to accommodate
a 12-seater table.
Neville bought
hundreds of the yellow
chairs at an auction
and has started giving
them away as gifts.
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VISI DARGLE VALLEY FARMHOUSE
The chair in Neville’s studio where he paints and creates photographic still life studies
was a gift from a friend. “This is my private hideaway where I work uninterrupted.”
OPPOSITE In the metal conservatory, the tiles, newly laid, are from Union Tiles.
Sharon has been collecting succulents for 38 years and has a collection of more
than 2 000 varieties. The table is an old refectory table from Marianhill Monastery
and the wire stools are from Mr Price Home.
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NO
PLACE
LIKE
HOME
When a UK-based family built a holiday home in Pezula Estate,
it became a symbol of their strong South African roots.
together. Each bedroom is orientated to have a unique framed slaughter a sheep,” says Paul, “so the butchery is reminiscent of
view of the landscape.” that tradition, but interpreted in a contemporary way.”
The imbizo concept came from Viki’s desire to create a space The humidor near the bar also takes on an interesting cultur-
where the two families can come together for celebrations and al nuance. “Smoking is part of African culture as an after-dinner
to relax. “I just wanted a very sociable house,” she says. “I have activity,” says Paul, “but the concept of a cigar lounge itself is
many good memories of my family from the UK and Paul’s South European. So again there is a mix of cultural traditions.”
African family meeting over the Christmas and New Year period.” The house is decorated in a style that Paul calls “contemporary
For Paul, who grew up in Umtata and whose father had a farm tribal”, which blends the family’s modern lifestyle and traditional
in Maclear in the Eastern Cape, the house also needed to reflect roots. But this special house is where two worlds will come
his Hlubi tribal heritage. One of the rooms is a walk-in cold room together to make shared memories for generations to come.
designed to accommodate a whole slaughtered sheep hung abnb.me/47WEZJyuoT [The One - Pezula Private Estate on Airbnb]
from the ceiling. “Every time we had a gathering, my dad used to facebook.com/leopardsdrive
ABOVE LEFT Viki, Paul, Olivia and Holly Spambo live in the UK but visit South Africa regularly. ABOVE RIGHT The fabric cable
chandelier is a custom-made Molecular design by Ashlee Lloyd, who designed the lighting at The Skotnes Restaurant at the
Norval Foundation. In the background is Paul‘s humidor next to the granite bar counter made by sculptor Angus Taylor.
OPPOSITE Paul describes the aesthetic of the house as “contemporary tribal”, where modern Western design blends seamlessly
with African tribal flourishes. Above the fireplace is a print of a David Ballam photograph, Rendille Moran VI, Lake Turkana, Kenya.
PREVIOUS SPREAD The distinctive screen is made of vertical garapa hardwood blades. “It gives the building a lightness and harmony
with its surroundings,” says architect Guy Ailion. Paul and Viki bought the loungers at Nikki Beach on the island of Ibiza.
“I WANTED and the chairs from Nikki Beach, Ibiza. OPPOSITE The
kitchen features American walnut and copper, and
A SPACE THAT a chandelier by Ashlee Lloyd. The dining table by Herman
Brink Wooden Furniture picks up on the copper theme.
COULD GIVE
OUR DAUGHTERS
A SENSE
OF THEIR
SOUTH AFRICAN
ROOTS.”
PAUL SPAMBO
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The bathroom is
one of the edgier
rooms in the
house. Contrasting
with the sexy
photograph of
Kate Moss by
Mario Testino is
a collection of
artfully displayed
succulents. The
DADO Toronto bath
and Bleu basins
are from PIPS in
Plettenberg Bay.
“A CHALLENGE
FOR DESIGNERS
IS TO
UNDERSTAND
THE CLIENTS’
CULTURAL
ASPIRATIONS
FOR A PROJECT.”
ARCHITECT GUY AILION
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The arched roof of the wet room,
which opens out to the garden.
The door was custom-made
– the printed forest scene on
the glass ensures privacy.
A WOR K OF ART
In 1968, renowned sculptor Edoardo Villa asked his friend
architect Ian McLennan to design a house for him. The resulting play
of volumes is a sculpture in itself – and a delight to live in.
PHOTOS DOOK
PRODUCTION ANNEMARIE MEINTJES
WORDS LAURIAN BROWN
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E
one: from Italy to South Africa as a prisoner of
war, and from classic realism to abstract mod-
ernism as an artist. After his release, he chose
to stay on in Johannesburg and for a time lived
and worked at the home of artist Douglas
Portway in Kew, a suburb on the eastern fringe of the city.
Villa soon became a prominent figure in the local art world and
in the great surge of creative innovation that lit up the middle of
the century. He was able to buy the Portway house in 1959, and in
1968 commissioned Ian McLennan to design a house for him on
the same property, giving him no brief and a very small budget.
It was a time when the symmetries and conventions of old sub-
urbia were being turned inside out. Streets were walled off, living
spaces opened up, on to courtyards, bricked patios and a new
seclusion. Flow and transparency became all-important, framed
in a new vernacular of simple materials and earthy textures.
Among the many wonderful houses designed in this period,
the Villa home stands as a timeless gem. The house remained un-
altered during all the years Villa and his Greek wife Claire lived
there, a testimony to the perfection of the design.
After the sculptor’s death in 2011, the ideal custodians came
along: Warren Siebrits, curator and art collector of note, and his
wife, designer Lunetta Bartz. “When we were approached to buy
the property, we jumped at the chance.”
They were also able to buy the neighbouring house, which had
belonged to artist Giuseppe Cattaneo, and this now preserves the
artistic heritage of all three houses. In 2016, Lunetta relocated
the offices of her design studio and bookbinders, MAKER, to the
Cattaneo house.
“In the beginning we used to come for weekends from Illovo,
which amused our friends. Our home there was a Sutton-Walker
duplex, beautiful and more luxurious than this house. But then
our dogs fell in love with the place, with the all the outside space
and the garden – and we’re very close to our dogs!
“This house is very simple and quite spartan, but we find it
quite magnificent living here. It’s really small, only 100 m2, but the
way it’s designed gives you a sense of much greater distance and
space. It has a wonderful transparency, with doors aligned and a
perfect placement of windows and apertures that introduce light
and unexpected glimpses of the garden and sky.
“Because of the cavity walls and the exposure to the sun, it’s
never cold in winter. The courtyards bake and heat the house and
the cross-ventilation and quarry tiles make it cool in summer. And
then there’s the garden, with all these old trees and mature plants
that give it wonderful atmosphere.”
For Warren and Lunetta, the house is the jewel of their collec-
tion. “It’s a sculpture in itself, which is what the architect intended.
And that’s why we keep the furnishings absolutely minimal. No
two-dimensional items on the walls, so that visitors can really see
the subtlety and complexity of what the architect has achieved
and how he has played with light, form and texture.”
Edoardo Villa’s
5 m-tall tubular
steel sculpture
Mother and Child
(1974) has returned
to the house;
Warren and Lunetta
unveiled it in 2015.
OPPOSITE Michael
MacGarry’s For
Most of the Many,
Much of the Time
(2015) stands on
the walkway at the
entrance. “We try to
imagine how avant-
garde Edoardo and
his contemporaries
were and to buy
metal sculptures
that are as
progressive now as
he was then,” says
Warren.
FEAST of LOVE
When you visit the spirited Le Rouxs of Langverwagt,
the dining table will be set with Willow, Waterford
and Elkington, and conversations will span
continents and rise and fall between layers of time.
OPPOSITE In the secret garden, an arch leads to an eclectic mix of indigenous and exotic plants, and a profusion of blooms.
PREVIOUS SPREAD Tommy Thomson perches on his favourite seat in the farmhouse dining room. Above the sofa are paintings by
Juria le Roux depicting family members and workers of the farm.
THE FAMILY
EMBARKED ON
A LONG-TERM
PROJECT OF
RESTORING THE
HISTORICAL
HEART OF
LANGVERWAGT.
In Pierre’s converted
stable, his love of history
is evident from the
stuffed bookshelves, the
Bismarck bust and the
Rubens portrait print.
OPPOSITE Roses spill
over the whitewashed
werfmuur.
VISI KUILS RIVER HISTORICAL FARM
L
Private Game Reserve in aesthetics.
the Greater Kruger Na- We christened the house Kubili – “two” in
tional Park, Kubili House Tsonga – in reference to our twins, Leo and
sits atop the largest water Tess. But the house is in many ways about
reservoir in the reserve. dualities. Conceived of two parts, it draws
You really don’t need to leave – game viewing its characteristics from ancient and mod-
from under the Mies van der Rohe-inspired ern influences: Earthy, organic material is
pergola is unmatched. It is here that I made expressed in abstracted modernist-inspired
my dream of a second home in Africa come forms. One part is a pergola with a floating
true for my family. roof, the other is its weighty, rocky, mono-
Living in the materialism of New York lithic counterpart resembling Moorish/
City, one can often feel disconnected from Moroccan/Zimbabwean-type ruins. They
humanity, and I didn’t want that for my mirror each other across a rim-flow pool
children. I wanted to offer them a counter- and koi ponds. For me, that’s the perfect
balance to the gilded cage, to give them marriage of a modernist architectural idea
something I had growing up: a point of with something ancient.
view that reminded them of what it is to be We sought out interior designer Jacques
human, a connection with something real, Erasmus to carry out our vision inside.
wild and natural. “It was really more about contextualising
As a family, we have been fortunate the interior vision of the owner than about
to visit some of the most beautiful places decorating,” says Jacques. “We kept the
in the world, including some of Africa’s interiors simple and understated. There’s
finest reserves and lodges. Although the so much going on texturally and so many
experiences were each amazing in their own layers that very little had to be done to
way, there was always something missing. enhance what was already there.”
We wanted to slow down the experience, Because of the scale of the rooms much
to have time to absorb and reflect without of the furniture was custom-made, but there
being hurried to the next meal or game drive. was no uniform approach. What Jacques
Kubili House is designed with an unhurried describes as the “almost disparate materials
pace in mind. Should you be inclined, you and pieces” have helped to create a sense of
can stay a while, too: It’s designed to enable the passage of time. The house feels lived-in
you to live and work comfortably for an rather than decorated.
extended period. In late June, when our In the bathrooms, gently mysterious art-
summer holidays begin, my family packs for works by Andrew Putter from his African
a three-month-long stay in the bush, and my Hospitality series adorn the walls. They’re
wife and I manage to work remotely. meticulously styled photographic portraits,
Building a house from scratch in pristine fictional representations of actual European
wilderness demanded a complex response, castaways of 17th- and 18th-century ship-
something more than the usual reinter- wrecks along the South African coast saved
pretation of colonial lodge architecture. by Xhosa communities. In a way, these
I wanted to capture the timelessness of the images are a key to Kubili House: a salvaged
landscape, the aura of legend and ancient piece of the past recreated in the present that
African civilisations, to ensure that the allows us to imagine the future differently.
property belonged. Architecture has long Ancient African ruins here find expression
been a passion of mine, and I relished the in modern form, an intervention in the land-
opportunity to exercise my architectural scape that is at once boldly ambitious and
ambitions. I’m South African and my wife almost invisible.
Aida is part Arabic and part Brazilian, and Jacques Erasmus: jacques@hemelhuijs.co.za
our own heritage inspired me to merge kubilihouse.com
The view over the main rim-flow pool towards the wellness room, which features antique
elm screens at the entrance. Beyond hangs a bushveld-inspired hand-painted tapestry by
African Sketchbook. PREVIOUS SPREAD An African daybed sits on a Moroccan leather-and-
reed mat and a Moroccan silk throw in the guest casita; and resident chef Thulani Silinda.
OPPOSITE The six new Fynbos Cottages on Babylonstoren command an elevated view of the farm over
a sea of vines, in summer an undulating green “lawn”and in autumn a rustle of dry leaves that will be the
white-noise soundtrack for your sleep.
OPENING SPREAD The cottages are cleverly designed to reveal and conceal: Thick white walls and deeply
set windows create a natural cool, and subtly make reference to 18th-century architecture at the Cape
designed to fend off a fierce sun. Glass walls offer guests a lens on the fynbos and mountains while
creating light, spirit-uplifting zones. Your senses are immediately engaged.
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H
move out of their home when he was
clearly reluctant to leave the life and
luxury of that leafy suburb?
She did it slowly, lovingly and with
incredible style. The Wife had fallen in
love with a three-storey 1 500 m2 inner-city warehouse, orig-
inally a wool shed built in 1886. She liked the enormity of
it, the original wooden floorboards – beautifully scored by
years of use – and cast-iron pillars. She loved that it felt like
a sanctuary; that the space was comforting, as if it had taken
on all the warming characteristics of the many bales of wool
that had once been stored inside it.
For The Wife this was a happy space, and she was de-
termined that The Husband would experience it so as well.
She knew he would move. Because their love was strong
and years ago they had promised that they would move to
the ends of the earth for each other. And this was, after all,
only a short distance from where they were living.
The Husband knew The Wife would create a home for
them, as she had always done. The children had left the
nest, and now it was just the two of them. He was risk-
averse, but he trusted her. He did, however, have four
conditions The Wife had to meet: 1) He would take charge
of security. 2) Their bath and bed had to move with them.
3) The Wife would design him an incredible “happy space“
kitchen. 4) And The Wife would not wedge the television
into a cupboard.
All conditions were met and resistance crumbled. The
Wife knew The Husband was being pushed out of his com-
fort zone, so she created a new comfort out of their old
treasures. This home would certainly be different, but also
reassuringly familiar. She explains, “We have an amazing
collection of things that hold great meaning for us both. In
this vast space they come into their own. Initially I thought
of doing something completely different, something mod-
ern and industrial. I battled with myself. Do I stay with the
monochromes, the rusted metals? But I realised that I need
colour. Colour is life. And our carefully curated belongings
are a reflection of us, of what we love. They hold our memo-
ries. I couldn’t discard them.”
Luxurious jewel-coloured velvets are juxtaposed with
hard industrial metals. Chinese antiques nestle against cast-
iron pillars. Steel-and-glass factory partitions reflect coral
walls and yellow kitchen cupboards. Ornate gilt antiques
and Grandma’s riempie chairs coexist in harmony.
This home is opulent but not pretentious. Everything
feels well lived-in. The space is vast, yet there are pockets
of intimacy throughout. There is a sophistication, an un-
affected velvet glamour that, while unexpected, is not
entirely surprising when you know the two people who
have made it their home.
And in the end it really didn’t matter where they lived
as long as they were together, pushing each other to be the
best versions of themselves. And finally agreeing that the
TV need not always be hidden away in a cupboard.
The bookshelves, built by Carlos La, are filled with well-thumbed books.
The wooden sculptures above the shelves on the right are by a street
artist, Michael, who carves his works under a tree by the side of the road.
CHEF IN
RESIDENCE
Chef Liam Tomlin and
wife Jan know what they
want and, for that matter,
what they don’t. And
as all couples that have
embarked on a home
renovation project know,
that’s half the battle won.
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PHOTOS MICKY HOYLE
PRODUCTION SUMIEN BRINK
WORDS ANNETTE KLINGER
VISI HIGGOVALE HOME
tic, the bookcase in chef servatory, the stainless-steel kitchen, the FISH MARINADE
Liam Tomlin and wife black-and-white chequered bathroom 4⁄5 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
Jan’s new home has an floors… We showed references of all of it 2 tsp turmeric
undeniable magnetism. Ensconced in a to interior designer Douw de Kock, and 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
wall in the lounge, the solid-timber frame he drew up a plan for us.” 2 tsp sea salt
stretches from floor to ceiling, with each With the day-to-day running of their 2 tsp castor sugar
square shelf crammed with colour-coded four restaurants, Jan and Liam rarely get 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
cookery tomes. As per Liam’s preference, to entertain at home, but the downstairs FISH TACOS
the dust jackets have been removed area is tailor-made for rip-roaring brunch 360 g firm white fish, skinned, boned
to reveal the fabric-covered spines, so and dinner parties. “Before the Eat Out and cut into 12 strips of equal size
Larousse Gastronomique and Lessons in Awards, we had a few of the guys here for a 4 poppadums
Excellence from Charlie Trotter nestle to- Champagne and bacon buttie breakfast,” 1,5 litre vegetable oil, for deep-frying
gether with their maroon counterparts, says Liam. “It’s great, because I could cook
SEASONED FLOUR FOR DUSTING
whereas hardbacks by Gordon Ramsay and interact with them at the same time.”
100 g flour mixture (4 tsp each rice flour,
and Neil Perry cosy up in their own dedi- Made to Liam’s specifications, the sleek tapioca flour, potato flour, chickpea
cated grey section. stainless-steel-finished kitchen is mel- flour and cornflour), seasoned with sea
Offering easy access to the top shelves lowed by a flood of natural light thanks to salt and
is a ladder enamelled a fire-engine red. a curved conservatory roof crafted by local freshly ground black pepper
“There was this battered metal ladder company Metal Windows. The undisput-
TO ASSEMBLE THE TACOS*
standing outside Chef’s Warehouse one ed heart of the kitchen is a free-standing
3⁄4 cup curry emulsion
morning and next thing I saw two guys jet-black Officine Gullo cooker, imported
salad of sliced red onion, red chilli and
running down the street with it,” says from Florence. “This is the Rolls Royce of
semi-dried cherry tomatoes
Liam. “I shouted after them to ask how ovens,” says Liam. “I wanted everything in 1⁄2 cup coconut & tamarind dressing
much they wanted for it, and they said this kitchen to be beautiful.” small bunch coriander sprigs
R20. So I gave them the 20 and sent off the The true extent of the renovation deep-fried curry leaves
ladder to have the rusted metal fixed up, reveals itself upstairs. A space that pre-
1. In a bowl, mix the marinade
spray-painted and those lovely wooden viously housed two bedrooms and a
ingredients, add the fish strips and
pieces added to the ends.” bathroom is now one sprawling interior,
coat them evenly. Cover with cling
The same lateral thinking behind the punctuated only by steel-framed glass
wrap and allow to marinate in the
books and ladder is evident in the ap- partitions. Far from being tucked away, fridge for at least 3 hours.
proach the couple took to renovating the the open bathroom is a focal point, with
104-year-old house they’d bought in the herringbone-patterned tiles and fixtures 2. In a heavy-based saucepan, heat
Cape Town City Bowl: They honoured by Victorian Bathrooms helping to set oil and deep-fry the poppadums for
what was already there, but weren’t afraid the aesthetic, instead of merely echoing 10 seconds or until golden. Carefully
remove them from the oil (reserve the
to take risks to unlock the hidden poten- it. Cabinetry was custom-made by Cape
oil for the fish) and shape them over
tial. To be sure, it wasn’t a minor makeover Customs, including a wood-and-glass
a roll of cling wrap into half-moons.
(renovations took more than a year), but armoire fashioned from floorboards sal-
ultimately the changes that were made vaged during the renovation. 3. Place the seasoned flour mixture
both simplified and maximised the space. The sleeping quarter’s true highlight, in a bowl. Remove the fish from the
“It was a three-bedroom, but we want- however, is its exterior. Where once there marinade and coat it with flour. Reheat
ed to design a place just for us,” says Liam. was only a window with a sloping corru- the oil to 180°C and fry the fish strips
until crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen
“We made it a one-bedroom so there gated roof below it, there is now a spacious
paper and season to taste.
wouldn’t be any areas that won’t get used. balcony offering views of Signal Hill and
You get spare rooms that are used for only the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway on 4. Spoon 3 tbsp curry emulsion into
two weeks a year. We didn’t want that.” one side and the CBD on the other. each poppadum and top with 3 fish
Downstairs, the walls of a previous- Asked whether the renovation caused strips and some salad. Drizzle with
ly poky kitchen were knocked out and any tiffs, Liam and Jan both say when you dressing and garnish with coriander
the staircase was moved from the centre have the same taste, half the battle is won. and deep-fried curry leaves.
of the lounge to the entrance to create a “I love to walk into a house that tells * Find the complete recipes – including the
flowing open-plan lounge, dining and a story,” says Liam. “This house tells our curry emulsion, salad and dressing – online
kitchen area that extends onto a deck and story. It shows our passion for food, wine, at VISI.co.za.
courtyard. travel, art, music... Everything we like.”
A LAND
UNTOUCHED
PHOTOS DOOK
PRODUCTION ANNEMARIE MEINTJES
WORDS AMELIA BROWN
HE drive will take us from the small plane that collected us in colder welcome drink, and a desert vista
“T
into the river bed, Windhoek and deposited us in the heat of that renders you mute with reverence.
where we’ll hopeful- Sesfontein (with a middle-of-nowhere stop Arranged in a gentle arc so each balco-
ly see desert-adapted for fuel to remind us of just how remote we ny has an uninterrupted panorama, the
elephant, giraffe, oryx were). We marvelled at its desolate plains six tented rooms and main tented lounge-
and perhaps some from the ground, too, as we bumped and cum-dining room seem to dissolve into
small antelope,” says our guide Mwezi rattled our way through the Kaokoveld the surroundings. As well as ensuring the
Bupilo as he briefs us for an early-morning Desert in an open-sided truck into the setting has the starring role, the solar-run
drive. He pauses before he continues, more verdant river bed that would lead us tents, which sit on a decking composite of
gesturing to the shale and granite moun- finally to Hoanib Valley Camp. bamboo and recycled plastic produced in
tains that surround us, glowing pink in the The day’s expedition aside, arriving here Swakopmund, deliver on Natural Selec-
morning light. “But here in Namibia the is quite something: Natural Selection’s tion’s environmental mindfulness.
landscape is also part of what we will see.” tented camp in Sesfontein Community Design consultant Cate Simpson
He’s right. Whichever part of Namibia Conservancy is flanked by a remarkable approached the interiors with the same
you visit, its arid terrain and endless hori- metamorphic amphitheatre with sweep- subtlety. “We wanted to develop a camp
zons are a constant. Another is travelling ing views towards the ephemeral Hoanib that was an extension of the magnificent
great distances, and on our journey to River. You’re greeted by the warm smiles surrounds,” Cate says. “The landscape, the
Namibia’s North West we had a bird’s-eye and joyous singing of the staff, a cool towel Himba culture and the association with the
view of its vast and varied topography to wipe the dust from your eyes, an even Giraffe Conservation Foundation were all
PREVIOUS SPREAD Oryx stand transfixed. ABOVE The Hoanib River bed is home to desert-adapted elephant. BELOW ”Silhouetted
against the sky, the cabins appear almost like ships floating on the horizon,“ says Nina Maritz of the Shipwreck Lodge structures.
“The structures look quite simple and modest from the outside and are dwarfed by the landscape, so it’s almost like a giant has
scattered wooden blocks on a vast carpet of sand,” says architect Nina Maritz. The cabins consist of a bathroom in a pointed bow that
faces south, linked to the bedroom – which resembles a piece of a hull lying on its side – by a small lobby. The beds face a large horizontal
window that looks out to sea. To minimise disturbing the dune habitat, the site was chosen because it contained little plant life and
only very mobile fauna. As these are moving dunes, the relentless prevailing winds remove the sand around the footings, which means
constant maintenance to ensure the structures aren’t undermined.
AMA ARCHITECTS
& D12 INTERIORS
Based in Sandton,AMA Architects & D12 Interiors is a leading architectural and interior design
firm that has excelled in the design and delivery of luxury apartments and bespoke homes.
WHO WE ARE
AMA Architects is a dynamic
architectural firm that is com-
mitted to environmentally
sustainable design. Our full-
service offering is enhanced
by D12 Interiors, which
specialises in distinctive
design in the commercial,
residential and leisure fields.
www.amagroup.co.za
DARRYL CROOME
ARCHITECTS
Darryl Croome Architects, which is based in Cape Town,is an integrated practice with
a holistic approach that incorporates master planning, architecture and interior design.
WHO WE ARE
Darryl Croome Architects’
35 years’ experience
is complemented by
a specialised residential
and commercial design
team of skilled technicians
and interior designers,
led by talented project
architects.
dcarch.co.za
ELPHICK PROOME
ARCHITECTS
EPA is an internationally acclaimed Durban-based practice that has, over three decades,
undertaken a range of projects covering the full spectrum of building types and budgets.
WHO WE ARE
Led by George Elphick
and Nick Proome, the
75-strong EPA team has
undertaken a wide range
of projects in South Africa
and beyond our borders,
with highly successful
outcomes. An integral
part of our architectural
offering is a collaboration
with interior architecture
company novospace.
eparch.co.za
JVR ARCHITECTS
& INTERIORS
JVR Architects & Interiors,based in Parktown,Johannesburg,specialises in high-end residential
projects and focuses on timeless design with strong roots in South African architecture.
WHO WE ARE
Principal architect Joe van
Rooyen strongly believes
that each design must be
relevant to a specific client,
location and typology by
ensuring that attention is
paid to fluidity, comfort,
quality, craftsmanship and
innovative technologies.
jvrarchitects.co.za
WHO WE ARE
Nico van der Meulen
Architects remains at
the forefront of design
by exploring new forms,
pushing the boundaries and
evolving with technology,
without compromising
on the authenticity of the
design, aesthetics, materials
and originality.
nicovdmeulen.com
LYT
ARCHITECTURE
We are a highly experienced and diversified professional practice dedicated to excellence in
architecture and design.
WHO WE ARE
LYT is an 85-strong multi-
disciplinary practice of
architects and support
staff that pride ourselves
on exceptional design
and project delivery.
Each of our buildings
is a testament to our
commitment to the craft
of architecture.
lyt.co.za
SAOTA
World-renowned for our experience and dedication, SAOTA’s design philosophy marries
perpetual curiosity with international learning.
WHO WE ARE
Under the leadership
of Stefan Antoni, Philip
Olmesdahl, Greg Truen,
Phillippe Fouché and
Mark Bullivant, SAOTA has
established the studio
as one of South Africa’s
leading architectural firms
and a dynamic player on
the global stage.
saota.com
HOOD NAPIER
ARCHITECTS
Hood Napier Architects,based in Fourways, Johannesburg,specialises in private homes,
upmarket housing developments, boutique lodges, offices and light commercial work.
WHO WE ARE
Hood Napier Architects
is owned and run by
husband-and-wife team
Nick Napier and Lara
Hood. This award-winning
practice has designed
homes for prominent
South African celebrities
and properties as far afield
as Mauritius and California.
hoodnapierarchitects.com
NO
01
FULL FRONTAL
In the year 1998, Google was founded, the first Apple iMac was released and
everyone had a Nokia 5110. It was also the year VISI was launched as South Africa’s
first annual decor and design magazine in Afrikaans. Two decades, multiple
awards and 99 issues later, VISI continues to inspire, influence and enthrall,
and boldly shine a spotlight on the best decor, design and architecture in Africa.
Ronelle Meyer was the first editor of VISI, before Sumien Brink took over as editor-in-chief in 2001
(issue 5) and began including summaries of selected articles in English. Starting in 2004, VISI was
published in both Afrikaans and English. Johan van Zyl became editor in 2008 (issue 39), followed
by Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly in 2011 (issue 51). Sumien was back at the helm in 2012 from issue 61,
which is also the edition that revealed the new – and now iconic – masthead, designed by
Garth Walker. From then VISI has been published only in English.
NO
02 “I really tried
to make a
space that
COVER STORY
Self-taught 3D artist Alexis Christodoulou shares how he
began creating his signature imagined architectural spaces
and how he approached VISI’s 100th cover.
He worked with online
shopping giant YOOX NET-
A-PORTER GROUP, Sunglass
felt both Hut, Belgotex, Stefania
imagined in Mode, JW Anderson and
my rendering MotherCityHardware, and
style and also he created some pieces
habitable at the same time,” for Architectural Digest
says Alexis Christodoulou of and a rendering for the
his approach to the image new Glossier flagship store
on VISI’s 100th cover. “It in New York with Gachot
needed to be a meeting Studios. This year is proving
point of VISI’s vision and to be just as promising.
my interpretation of that.” It must be quite unreal
His surreal digital when a hobby born from
renderings were first a lifelong fascination with
featured in VISI 96 in 2018, digital worlds and a love for
a year that proved to gaming as a kid becomes
be a busy one for Alexis: a body of work that is
NO
03 STRIKE A POSE
Over the years, VISI’s portraits have managed to capture both
the spirit of the subject and the brand’s identity – proving the
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adage that a picture is worth a thousand words.
3 6 Johan
4 Wentzel
and Grete
1 Swaady Martin-Leke van As
2
(VISI 67). 2 Klara van (VISI 85).
Wyngaarden (VISI 35). 3 Julia 7 Ilze and
Anastasopoulos (VISI 84). Samuel
4 Lucie de Moyencourt Wolff
(VISI 93). 5 Marianne Fassler (VISI 74).
(VISI 58).
1 8
7 5
6
10 11
9
12 13
14
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15 12 Christiaan Barnard
and Boyd Ferguson
8 Gavin Rooke (VISI 8). 13 Andile
(VISI 62). 9 Samantha Dyalvane (VISI 79).
Foaden (VISI 83). 14 Johann Slee (VISI 78).
10 Beks Ndlovu 15 Jacquie Myburgh
and Thula (VISI 85). Chemaly (VISI 55).
11 Lindi Brownell 16 Thabisa Mjo (VISI 83).
Meiring, Niel Meiring 17 Thandi Sibisi (VISI 60).
and Matisse (VISI 82).
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PORTRAITS 1 ALFRED LOR 2 DAVID BALLAM 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 DOOK 4 ELSA YOUNG 8 MERWELENE VAN DER MERWE 10 JOE | DAN PHOTOGRAPHY 13 JAN RAS 14 CLINTON LUBBE 15 SHAVAN RAHIM
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6 Francesco 4
Abbate (VISI 37).
7 Clockwise from
left, Porky Hefer,
Greg Gamble,
Philippe van der
Merwe, Jeremy 3
Rose, Dieter 6
Brandt, Andrea
Kleinloog,
Mbongeni
5
Buthelezi, Lesley
Carstens and
Silvio Rech
(VISI 53). 8 Miriam
Ilorah (VISI 17).
9 10
9 Philippe
van der
Merwe
(VISI 40).
10 Jan
Hendrik
van der
Westhuizen
and Grant
Bacon
8 (VISI 90).
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14
12
15
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5 Paul Kotze
(VISI 84).
6 Emma Chen
(VISI 76).
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PORTRAITS 1 DOOK AND SAM 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 DOOK 8 JAC DE VILLIERS 10 SHAVAN RAHIM 11 CLINTON FRIEDMAN
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11 10 Sibusiso
Mhlanga
(VISI 90).
11 Greg and
Roche Dry
(VISI 54).
12 Jean Gouws
(VISI 5).
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6 7
8 9
10
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9 Braam de
Villiers (VISI 82).
10 Laduma
Ngxokolo
(VISI 67). 11 Greg
Gamble and
Philippe van der
Merwe (VISI 21).
12 Ndi Bester
(VISI 46).
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ANIMAL PLANET
You’d have a hard time convincing the animal-loving VISI team
that a space isn’t infinitely improved by having a four-legged
furry in it. Over the years we have featured some magnificent
pet portraits. Here are a few of our favourites.
TOP ROW, FROM LEFT Mac, shot by Micky Hoyle (VISI 80); Seun with Cobus van Niekerk, shot by Stephen Inggs (VISI 72); and Khinya, shot
by Jan Ras (VISI 84). ABOVE Kaptein and Rankie with David Krynauw and Jasmyn Pretorius, shot by Merwelene van der Merwe (VISI 95).
ABOVE RIGHT Nana, shot by Dirk Pieters (VISI 44).
OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Nillo and Nache with Heather Arnold, shot by Inge Prins (VISI 68); Salty, shot by Adriaan Louw/
Frank Features (VISI 74); Smokey, shot by Micky Hoyle (VISI 68); Maxi Clunies-Ross, shot by Dook (VISI 54); Eames, shot by Micky Hoyle
(VISI 65); Tonic, shot by Jan Ras (VISI 78); Sofia with Doreen de Waal, shot by Elsa Young (VISI 72); a township dog at the Red Location
Cultural Precinct in Port Elizabeth, shot by Jan Ras (VISI 65); and Bertus Basson’s pet pig Spek, shot by Jan Ras (VISI 83).
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A SENSE
OF PLACE
From farmhouses to far-flung lodges,
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7 Maison Noir, Hout Bay, shot by Jan Ras (VISI 80). 8 Monastery, by Micky Hoyle (VISI 75). 15 Yvette Murtz, Kassiesbaai, styled by
Greece, shot by Tina-Marié Malherbe (VISI 69). 9 Kleinood, Tina-Marié Malherbe, shot by Dirk Pieters (VISI 47). 16 Windmills
Stellenbosch, shot by Elsa Young (VISI 77). 10 Sunnyside Up Hotel chapel, Nottingham Road, shot by Dook (VISI 55). 17 Lake
Karoo cottages, Merweville, shot by Eric Nathan (VISI 73). 11 & 12 house, Uruguay, shot by Dennis Gilbert (VISI 56). 18 Catherine
Winelands villa, Johannesdal, shot by Greg Cox/Bureaux (VISI 71). Raphaely, Makgadikgadi Pan, Botswana, shot by Dook (VISI 34).
13 Chalkley Tree House, Lion Sands Game Reserve, shot by Dook 19 One-bedroom house, Constantia, shot by Micky Hoyle (VISI 95).
(VISI 64). 14 Yemi Awoyemi, KLüK CGDT boutique, Cape Town, shot 20 Pool, Cape Town City Bowl, shot by Greg Cox (VISI 40).
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FAST FACT
IN 100 ISSUES OF VISI, WE HAVE FEATURED MORE THAN 1 000 PLACES. ANNEMARIE
MEINTJES AND DOOK HAVE CRISS-CROSSED THE CONTINENT ON SHOOTS, WOKEN
AT DAWN, WORKED ALL NIGHT, AND BEEN IN TRAFFIC JAMS WITH ELEPHANTS, BUT
THE WEIRDEST THING ON THEIR SHOOTS, ACCORDING TO DOOK, IS ANNEMARIE!
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1999
MADE IN SA
A snapshot of some significant design
Tree House by Van
der Merwe Miszewski
Architects
1952
Chinese Girl
by Vladimir
Tretchikoff
1978
Kreepy Krauly by
Ferdinand Chauvier 1994
The South African flag by Fred Brownell
1994
1966
The dolos by Eric Merrifield 1998
1991
BMW art
car by
Esther
Mahlangu 1995
1999
ILLUSTRATIONS PAUL-LOUIS LOUW
2004 2006
Zulu Mama
Red Location Museum
chair by
by Jo Noero
Haldane Martin
2003
2004 2004
Felted Rock cushions Constitutional
by Ronel Jordaan Court by
Andrew
Makin, Janina
Masojada and
Paul Wygers
2005
Hawkers bench
by Tonic
2005
Cape table by
Gregor Jenkin
2008
Bucket stool
by Pedersen + Lennard
2011
Love Me, Love Me
Not side table by
2008 John Vogel and
Justin Plunkett
2011
2009 Mapungubwe
Kreep planter
Interpretation Centre
by Joe Paine
by Peter Rich
2009
FIFA World Cup stadiums
2010
Lab light by
Anatomy
Design
2010
Babylonstoren by Karen Roos
2009
Weaver’s Nest by
Porky Hefer
2014 2017
Boomslang
Zeitz MOCAA
tree canopy
by London-
walkway in
based Thomas
Kirstenbosch
Heatherwick
National
and local project
Botanical
architects Van
Garden
der Merwe
by Mark
Miszewski, Jacobs
Thomas and
Parkers and
Christopher
Rick Brown +
Bisset
Associates
2014 2017
Curved 2015 Isigezenga
Haywire Grace Amphibious hanging by Andile
chandelier seat by Porky Hefer, made Dyalvane from
by David for Southern Guild his Idlala
Krynauw solo show at
Southern Guild
2018
Tutu 2.0
pendant
light by
Thabisa Mjo
2016
Le Bone Lebone by
Atang Tshikare
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07 A HOUSEHOLDNAME
As Weylandts turns 20, Chris Weylandt looks back on two decades
at the helm of a beloved local brand.
HRIS Weylandt vividly He recalls the first VISI shoot in the a-morning destination, a place that
PHOTOS ADRIAAN OOSTHUIZEN AND MICKY HOYLE WORDS TRACY LYNN CHEMALY
Chris Weylandt, photographed for two VISI features: In 2001 with his two daughters, Alex and Anna, and in 2015.
PLEASANTLY
SURPRISING
TO
UNBELIEVABLY
AMAZING
A striking combination of the Palladio
600x1200mm polished wall tile combined
with the Venezia Nero 600x600mm
polished floor tile.
A range you won’t find elsewhere.
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When VISI was launched in 1998, Tracy Lee Lynch was completing
her MA in Fine Arts at Stellenbosch University. Since then she has
made it her life’s work to promote local design.
What do you think
the future holds
for South African
You have worked in interior design,
visual communications, magazines…
How has your career evolved?
What’s next for you? So much is
happening right now, but, most
importantly, I want to stay focused
decor, design and By leaping at opportunities and on promoting young creatives,
architecture? As saying, “Yes, I can do that,” even if curating good design within the
young creatives I wasn’t completely sure I could; by context of my interior projects,
continue to collaborating with incredible designers, and opening a small gallery in
immerse them- makers, artists and writers; and by Woodstock.
selves in these not allowing myself to be defined by
industries, the potential for our unique a specific skill set but by applying an We say VISI, you say… A visionary
ZA design aesthetic is limitless. The approach of hard work, passionate publication, magnificent images,
fusion of cultures and rich layers of engagement and research. generous stories that share all
character woven into spaces and pieces the angles, the most magical and
are the positives South Africa needs. Who inspires you right now? I have been memorable styled creative moments,
I see this optimistic voice becoming inspired by so many brilliant creatives. and a loyal promoter of South African
louder on the global scene as more and These days, I am inspired by new talent architecture, art and design.
more creatives take up the challenges that surrounds me: Thabisa Mjo, Sifiso
of the business of design. Shange, Nkuli Mlangeni, to name a few. leelynch.co.za
PORTRAIT THEANA BREUGEM PHOTO ANDREA VAN DER SPUY INTERVIEW TRACY GREENWOOD
The interior of Nando’s Sea Point, designed by Tracy’s Studio Leelynch – featuring lighting by Nando’s Hot Young Designer finalists
Candice Lawrence, Tulsha Booysen and Thabisa Mjo.
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IN an industry
that is notoriously
ENDURING
fast and fickle,
Marianne Fassler’s
longevity is
STYLE
With a career spanning almost four decades,
testament to
her unwavering
commitment to craftsmanship and
her bold haute-couture sensibilities.
Marianne Fassler is one of South Africa’s preeminent New collections and an exciting
project with Zeitz MOCAA prove
fashion influencers. there is no limit to her success.
Marianne Fassler’s Spring/
Summer 2019 collection explores
About your love of leopard print…
the ancient links between Africa
and Asia, and the symbols and
Leopard print featured a lot more
myths they have in common. She in my earlier work, but with time
PORTRAIT ULRICH KNOBLAUCH PHOTOS REZE BONNA ALL CLOTHING MARIANNE FASSLER SPING|SUMMER 2019 @MARIANNEFASSLEROFFICIAL INTERVIEW PALESA KGASANE
collaborated with photographer I realised it is also a universal
Reze Bonna to shoot the perennial fashion theme: It’s never
collection in Lagos, Nigeria.
actually out of fashion. The print
itself is very regal, timeless and
exotic, just like our continent.
leopardfrock.co.za
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10 FINE
THREADS
Fashion designer Laduma Ngxokolo bears
witness to culture.
ADUMA Ngxokolo With the addition of
L launched his
brand MaXhosa
by Laduma in 2011.
accessories and homeware,
including a range of rugs,
he has broadened the scope
In homage to his culture, he of his brand. He also hones
PHOTO ANDILE BUKA WORDS PALESA KGASANE
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11 TRUE
COLOURS
Hadeda’s Des Armstrong fled the corporate world
32 years ago and brought colour to South Africa.
N 1990, Des Armstrong synonymous with hand-painted
I headed to Mexico on
holiday, a trip that
would awaken in her
tiles, but Des only started
importing these tiles from Central
and South America four years
PHOTO MARIJKE WILLEMS WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
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VIVA L’ITALIA!
Dolce&Gabbana’s spectacular debut collaboration
with high-end appliance brand Smeg is finally
available in South Africa – and boy, is it spectacular!
EATURING brightly “Fridge of Art”), comprising 100
F coloured hand-
painted Sicilian
motifs, the Sicily is
Smeg retro fridges individually
hand-painted by Sicilian artists
as an ode to Sicily, which
my Love boutique collection of Domenico Dolce and Stefano
small appliances was announced Gabbana both call home.
last year, but until now foodie This time, the concept has
fashionistas have been unable been relayed to Smeg’s award-
to get their hands on the jaw- winning small-appliance range
droppingly beautiful gadgets. in celebration of the rich Italian
The collection follows the heritage and inventive flair of
huge success of the design duo’s both brands, creating a match
buzzy one-of-a-kind Frigoriferi made in paradiso.
d‘Arte collaboration (meaning smeg.co.za
ABOVE The
Fridge of
Art, adorned
by artist
WORDS MICHAELA STEHR
Provenzano
Tommaso,
was recently
unveiled in
South Africa.
Louis Kahn
American Architect
www.stiles.co.za
VISI REASONS
CLOCKWISE FROM
TOP LEFT ON THIS
PAGE Checker
A-11 (1958–1982),
Porsche 550 Spyder
(1953–1956), BMW
Z8 (1999–2003) and
Aston-Martin DB5
(1963–1965).
Artist Penelope
Cooras created the
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MAKING
SCENTS
Wild Olive African Artisans Apothecary and Artistic Perfumery House in Cape Town
is a destination for shopping natural perfumery, bath, body and homeware products.
OR the past two decades health and beauty for as long as a difference in our local market,
House on Pepper Street in Cape Town. accustomed to using aromatherapy life story and used elements of it for the
Stepping inside the converted 19th- oils, and found mainstream perfumes packaging and bottle design.
century building that houses the overwhelming, often leaving me with Terra Flora really is unlike any other
shop and the cosmetic and perfume a headache and sour-smelling skin. perfume you will have experienced.
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OH, BOYD!
How has the
business
evolved?
Boyd Ferguson has come a long way since Cécile & Boyd
turns 30 this
he and Cécile Tilley opened the doors to
year! We began
their first Cécile & Boyd shop on Durban’s designing in a
Argyle Road in the late ’80s. traditional classic
style informed by culture, and it
has evolved into a contemporary,
abstract style inspired by nature.
VISI published
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this photo
of Sean in
2012, with
LEADING an interview
about his
online shop
LIGHT
5rooms.com,
“L just about
making
a space
To foster a lighting-
design culture in South
Africa, he and VISI ran the
look good,” says Paul Haute Lumière compe-
Pamboukian. ”It’s about tition for 10 years, inviting
being good. A healthy creatives from all disci-
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environment means plines to design decorative
having the right light at fittings with an emphasis
the right time of day.” on the light produced.
Over the years, Paul,
who founded Pamboukian
Paul continues to light
up the world through INTERIOR
MOTIVES
Lightdesign in 1990, projects such as the
has had to adapt with Johannesburg Holocaust
a changing industry, which & Genocide Centre, Norval
has seen the switch from Foundation in Cape Town, Natural-born connector Sean Weldon of
incandescent to HID to Suncoast Casino in Durban
LED. ”It was a different and Shangri-La Hotel in
Brandkonnect infuses the international
era back then,” he says of Abu Dhabi. hospitality industry with local design.
LED’s predecessors, whose ppald.com
HE entrance of Town Stadium. “People
T the Jumeirah
Al Naseem
Hotel in Dubai
are looking for curated
interiors with a local
influence,” says Sean
is flanked by large-scale of his drive to furnish
Indigenus planters, and projects with pieces by
Sealand beach bags can design companies such as
be spotted beside sun Wiid Design, willowlamp,
loungers at the One&Only Ashanti, Mungo and
Le Saint Géran in Mauritius. Douglas & Company.
This is the work of Sean Brandkonnect is
Weldon, who connects planning to launch its
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STOCK
With its covetable collection of exotic
artefacts, Amatuli Artefacts awakened
VISI’s inner magpie from the start.
WENTY years “Being around Annemarie is
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sell artefacts foot carved Swazi crocodile
I’d collected in the Zambezi into her Smart car!”
OF THE
Valley at the markets of Amatuli’s inventory is
Johannesburg and sitting ever-evolving (they now
on the side of William Nicol also stock products made
Drive,” reminisces Mark
Valentine. “It’s been a long
journey, from casually
exploring the coolness and
in-house), but the golden
thread that runs through it
all is that every hand-crafted
object tells a story. At the
SCREEN
Heather Moore has turned a screen-
originality of Africa to our moment, Mark is obsessed printing hobby into a household name
REASON 18: PORTRAIT KRISTEN FORTIER WORDS CELESTE JACOBS
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NO
DESIGNSORCERY
Contrary to sanitised “un-design” and black-and-white hipster logos, graphic designer
Peet Pienaar conjures up a visual language that captures the imagination.
ou know that of Southern African art in
Y blossom-filled
die-cut issue
of VISI that
Oaxaca, you’ll recognise
some of his work closer
to home. He’s the creative
you keep in your collector’s director behind African
pile? You can thank Peet surf brand Mami Wata, and
Pienaar for that one. It he designed the über-cool
was 2006, and as guest art Striped Horse beer label
director of issue 27, Peet and BOS ice tea packaging.
developed something we “I move against the
had never seen before in European trend of
magazines. “Sumien was undesigned design,” says
open to me challenging all Peet. “I still believe design
aspects, including cutting has a place and function,
sections of the magazine into which is to give a product
different shapes,” he recalls an identity and make it
with fondness. attractive.”
Since designing that His work has stretched
award-winning issue, Peet to social design, where
has gone on to publish his he’s part of a think-tank in
own magazines (Afro and Colombia that participates
Paris), design products in projects to address
(like sneakers and rugs), poverty through design.
run creative agencies, own If you happen to
a concept store (Church in find yourself in Mexico
Cape Town) and co-create some time this year, look
the pop-culture Toffie out for a collaboration
festivals. he’s working on with
Although he now spends 25 traditional textile
most of his time in Mexico, makers. And check out the
where he recently produced country’s new transport
the visual language for logo – it’s got Peet Pienaar
Hacer Noche, an exhibition written all over it!
FAST FACT
WORDS TRACY LYNN CHEMALY
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NOTJUST
APUMA
Cape Town-based
designer and creative
d
director Hamzeh Alfarahneh
has collaborated with PUMA
South Africa on an exclusive
capsule collection.
“TO me, design is Each of the four designs on six des Arts bridge in Paris and Tokyo
a tool that should shoe styles, all hand-embellished during cherry blossom season. Love
simplify, enhance by South African women artisans, = Mama Africa celebrates a mother’s
p
and improve the embody a different concept unconditional lov
love nd Borders,
e;; an Borders
quality of our associated with love. which makes u of app ué panels
li ” says Hamzeh “With each design, I wanted to and beads, h hlights the ne d for
fa neh, represent a theme that talks about society to sen both its figura ve
the design behin UST the various types of love and how we and lite l borders.
ROWNELL MEIRING
A COM a series of one-of -kind can use the concept of love to build Pa s in t T JUST A PUM
pla c combs that he launch d in bridges and find our commonalities,” co ection, which will be launched
17. “It has to be function an says Hamzeh. i February 2019, retail from R3 600.
aesthetically pleasing Love Rainbow features colourful A portion of the proceeds will go
He has now expanded this idea patterns that represent love in its wards the Anna Foundation’s
a collaboration he calls T JU varying forms; and Pont des Arts e women empowerment programme.
PUMA, using PUMA sneakers to Tokyo is an ode to two of the w d’s @farah
create a series of one-off designs. ost romantic locations, the ont notjustacomb.com
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et Tokyo (left),
Love Rainbow (right)
and Borders (below).
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INGRAINED
CREATIVITY
Masterfully conceived, skilfully made and infinitely collectable… Furniture designer
David Krynauw has carved out a singular place for himself on the design scene.
David’s cabinetry, or kaste, as he calls them, includes the Vryhand Kas and a bookcase named Ou Kas.
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What were you doing in 1998,
when VISI was launched? I was
TRAILBLAZERS
Julian and Trevyn McGowan have been at the forefront of promoting
African design. We asked Trevyn to look back – and ahead.
Tell us about some of your stand- As Southern Guild moves into its
out VISI moments. I used to visit 11th year, what are your predictions
South Africa most December for the future? We see our designers
holidays and remember the getting bolder and more original.
summer issue of 2001 vividly. It The rest of the world is becoming
featured photographer Jean Marc aware of a proper movement.
Lederman’s Cape Town villa – lots of We have never had more media,
concrete and an endless swimming museum, fair and collector
pool next to a dry sculptural tree attention. Our first 10 years were
overlooking the Atlantic. I recall spent exploring, discovering,
being blown away by the magazine playing and cajoling. The next
and how different it felt to anything decade will be about making
else I had seen. a significant mark in the global
Soon after we returned to South marketplace and leaving a legacy.
Africa, VISI honoured us with an
award for “Services to the Industry”. theguildgroup.co.za
PORTRAIT ADRIAAN LOUW PHOTOS RYNO INTERVIEW TRACY LYNN CHEMALY
The Llandudno house of French photographer Jean Marc Lederman, featured in the Summer 2001 issue of VISI.
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BLOCKS
Artist Faatimah Mohamed-Luke is proving
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24 WORK
ANDCLAY
Founded by Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa
in 2006, Imiso Ceramics continues to soar both
locally and internationally.
E see design as carefully crafted in their studio at
“W an ever-evolving,
resourceful,
influential and
The Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock,
Cape Town.
Receiving orders from inter-
inspirational industry,” says national boutiques and galleries
Andile Dyalvane. “Through it was a major turning point for
we have gained confidence in Imiso Ceramics, and now 90% of
being true to ourselves, in our what they make is sold overseas.
medium, and in telling our own The future looks bright for this
stories.” He and partner Zizipho dynamic team. They are looking
WORDS MICHAELA STEHR
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Atang Tshikare’s Afrofuturistic designs have a dynamic
texture that plays on the senses and sets the tone for
a new pulse in African design.
A
TANG Tshikare has an inherent
willingness to explore and
an unending commitment to
their own solutions for today’s world,” says
Atang. “Decor, design and architecture for
them are not limited to traditional forms,
refine his art, which has led but the abstract nature that weaves the
him to experiment and produce work with common and unknown, the great and the
leather, fabric, wood, concrete, ceramic ugly. It’s all about highlighting personal
and more. “My influences are a myriad of viewpoints, and I believe those who are
abstract cultures, from traditional ones persistent in their mindsets are going to
PHOTOS KATE MCLUCKIE WORDS CELESTE JACOBS
Some of the garments of selected South African fashion designers exhibited at Zeitz MOCAA to mark 21 years of SA Fashion Week.
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FASHION FORCE
PORTRAIT ROBERT HAMBLIN PHOTO WIANELLE BRIERS, COURTESY OF ZEITZ MOCAA INTERVIEW PALESA KGASANE
Lucilla Booyzen’s contribution to South African fashion has not only
helped to highlight local talent but has also been a catalyst in bringing
local design brands to the world.
UCILLA Booyzen Building a career in fashion What would you consider as
L founded South
African Fashion
Week (SAFW) in
needs in-depth knowledge and
understanding of the industry,
which can only be achieved
the key to longevity in fast
fashion? Innovation, sustain-
ability, responsibility, and
1996, and the brand has since through immersing yourself in knowledge of fashion and the
gone from strength to strength. every aspect. business thereof.
One of many milestones in her
career was her recent collabo- What experience did you have What do you see in the future
ration with the Zeitz Museum before establishing SAFW? for South African design?
of Contemporary Art Africa on I had no formal fashion training: We have a bright future – our
an exhibition titled 21 Years: I was a high-school teacher designers are innovative,
Making Histories with South for three years before being brave and ready to take on the
African Fashion Week, based on scouted. While modelling, world. I would like the buyers
her book Twenty One Years of I experienced the full value of boutiques and department
SA Fashion Week. chain of fashion from design to stores to see the power of
retail. I started producing my South African design and how
When did you realise fashion own shows in Paris, Las Vegas, their businesses can benefit
Twenty One Years
was in your future? I always New York, Venice… Locally, by selling our designers to
of SA Fashion
Week is available say if someone has a passion I produced all the big shows in their clients.
online at safashion for fashion, they need a credit Cape Town and Joburg for BMW,
week.co.za. card to go out and buy it! Versace, Chloé and the like. @lucilla.booyzen
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MAKER
For fashion designer Chu Suwannapha,
founder of the label CHULAAP, the word
“plain” exists only in the dictionary.
ITHIN the ever-changing South African
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A LEGACY
Textile and fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo is
committed to sustainability and empowerment.
WAS always curious often striking watercolours she
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What does it mean to live – and make art – in a digital world?
SOLO, a section of solo exhibitions at the Investec Cape Town
Art Fair, on from 15 to 17 February 2019, explores this question.
FAST FACT
AT THE 2017 CAPE
TOWN ART FAIR,
GHANAIAN SERGE
ATTUKWEI CLOTTEY’S
WORK SOLD OUT
TO AN AMERICAN
COLLECTOR BEFORE
THE FAIR EVEN
OFFICIALLY OPENED.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Non Orientable Nkansa II, 2017, an installation of shoemaker boxes, construction boards, old train parts
and mixed media by Ibrahim Mahama; two views of In Low Murmurs It Began, 2018, a sculpture of stainless and mild steel and Pratley
Tru-Bond by Jake Michael Singer; Dancing Along Alone, 2017 and A Motif for Thirty Two Irregular Orbits, 2018, both by Kyu Sang Lee.
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L is as multiskilled as she
is multitalented. She
worked as a waitress,
collector, she made shells in the
studio of ceramicist Wendy Coleman
and showed them at an exhibition in
called Happy New Year, which opens at
the Fugard Theatre on 19 February. It is
a romantic comedy adapted by David
art department runner and film set December. She has another exhibition Kramer from the hit play Midsummer
designer, among others, and left her job coming up, called SHELLEBRATE, of (A Play With Songs). “I’m truly excited
as an architect to become a full-time more than 100 new ceramic seashells. about it,” she says. “My mother was
painter and illustrator. She has since “Making ceramics is now part of my a ballet dancer, and as kids my brother
captured the Cape Peninsula in ink and everyday routine,” she says; “I’ll be and I spent all our time backstage.”
started a love affair with ceramics. making shells forever!” @lucie.in.wonderlands
Lucie embarked on a year of ceramic- Lucie is also working on drawings luciedemoyencourt.com
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WORK
Artist Athi-Patra Ruga’s commitment to narrative,
which has manifested into spaces of activism, is
what long careers are made of.
LOT has happened over the past
PORTRAIT JARRED FIGGINS PHOTOS MATTHEW BRADLEY AND HAYDEN PHIPPS, COURTESY OF ATHI-PATRA RUGA AND WHATIFTHEWORLD WORDS PALESA KGASANE
London”. And the world is a better place for it.
With shows at the Louis Vuitton Foundation
in Paris and Performa 17 in New York, and a major
exhibition at WHATIFTHEWORLD, titled Queens
in Exile, to name a few, Athi-Patra Ruga is one
of the most respected enigmas in the South
African art world. His work explores reinvention,
creating communion through retrospective
storytelling, and deconstructing the ways we
find and create meaning.
Through striking performances and visual
art, Athi shape-shifts between different
identities, adopting a myriad of make-believe
realities that stitch the past together with
an imagined future, simultaneously making
poignant statements about the present. “The
artist’s responsibility is to give dignity to the
communities from which our stories come from
or exist in. This can be done using design and art
elements to charm, to read truth to empower,
to console,” he explains. “The meaning of my
work comes full circle when a young person
stands in front it and gets the opportunity to
freely layer the narrative… It expands the story.”
If he could name this stage in his life, it would
be called “also known as self-mastery”, he says
of his evolution as an artist. In terms of the
future, expect more phenomenal solo shows
around the continent, a film, written works and
even a children’s book.
@athipatra
Athi is represented by the contemporary art gallery
WHATIFTHEWORLD: whatiftheworld.com
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A Japanese-
inspired glaze
hand-painted
with platinum.
Rosette sideboard with walnut veneer, copper-plated flowers and antique copper plates.
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The Big Crocco
Cocktail drinks
cabinet is a
Greg and Roché Dry having been successfully collaboration
between
running the design studio Egg Designs for Ardmore and
more than 20 years. Egg Designs.
GREG and Roché Over the years, Greg and Roché’s Infinitely positive about the future of
Dry’s Egg Designs work has matured, and they continue to design in South Africa and the African
studio produces explore, question and experiment. “We continent, Greg and Roché believe it is
work that is inspired are proud of the body of work we have “our collective restless spirit that makes
by pattern, the created, and of the fact that the pieces us African, and our African heritage that
natural world and, are as relevant today as they were informs our design dialect,” says Greg.
of course, love. “We a decade ago.” “I think there will be continuation of
started Egg Designs Their striking functional objects the search for that local African design
in 1996, so when always offer an element of surprise. One vernacular that will command a bigger
VISI was launched our studio was just of our all-time favourites is the Rosette stage internationally.”
two years old and we were desperately sideboard with its antique copper Fans of the brand can look forward
trying to make our mark on the local plates, copper-plated flowers and to the launch of an e-commerce site.
design scene,” says Greg. walnut veneer. eggdesigns.com
Blessing sid
de table, made of alien timber and bronzed steel; and Shaker sofa, made of solid walnut
and veneerr, leather and nylon rope.
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LIGHT
SHOW
An astute technical mind and an
artist’s instinct has proved to be
an award-winning combination for
lighting designer Adam Hoets.
VISI featured Adam Hoets, owner and
creative director of award-winning
lighting company willowlamp, in
2005. “Off the back of that story
willowlamp got its first serious order,
so the article effectively helped to
launch the brand,” says Adam.
His design background – his father is respected
potter Digby Hoets – and appreciation for travel,
nature, sacred geometry and architecture have
no doubt contributed to his creative point of view
and attentiveness to authenticity and beauty.
“When VISI was launched in 1998, I was doing my
architect’s practical experience in London, after
travelling around the world, and I ended that
year working for Silvio Rech in the Okavango with A Halo 2018 chandelier, inspired by Antoni Gaudí,
Wilderness Safaris,” he says. who used inverted chain models in the structural
design for La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
The numerous lighting design awards, both
locally and internationally, are testament to the
impact of what he describes as “a single simple
idea”: the willowlamp notch system allows delicate
PORTRAIT JUSTIN PATRICK PHOTO ADAM HOETS WORDS AMELIA BROWN
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35 TOPFORM
Greg Gamble and Philippe van der Merwe’s interior-architectural
design studio Tonic Design has been in the business for two decades
and remains synonymous with progressive, sophisticated design.
T’S been 20 years since Greg Gamble and exciting place at the moment design-wise. There is a new wave
tonicdesign.co.za
The Tonic exhibition stand at Design Joburg 2018 at the Sandton Convention Centre.
The sloth
in Porky’s
Endangered
seating
collection is
knitted with
used T-shirt
fabric.
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SLEIGHT
OF HAND
Artist Porky Hefer believes that vernacular design holds
the answers to the world’s most pressing problems.
The Endangered ORKY Hefer takes That’s why he turned to local
collection his sketchbook with craft collectives Heartworks and
includes a great
him everywhere Mielie and textile artist Ronel
white shark.
he goes. “I sketch Jordaan, who work with recycled
by hand, so by the time I make or hand-worked textiles, to
a piece I have worked out make his cuddly seating pods
all the problems. I don’t use based on endangered creatures,
prototypes – I rely on muscle which Southern Guild and Schiff
memory to make the later Fine Art Advisory exhibited at
versions, remembering how the Design Miami/ Basel in June 2018
first one was made,” he says in benefit of the Leonardo
about how he makes his sought- DiCaprio Foundation’s wildlife
after human-sized nests. conservation programmes.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SOUTHERN GUILD AND SFA ADVISORY WORDS KELLY BERMAN
It might seem surprising As Porky’s latest project
that this superstar designer illustrates, his vision knows
– whose playful seating pods no bounds. Long fascinated
hang in Google’s San Francisco by vernacular architecture, he
office – “doesn’t know how to designed The Nest @ Sossus,
g
The orangutan bean use a computer”. But swimming a masterpiece of undulating
bag is stuffed with
against the tide is Porky’s thatch in Namib Tsaris Con-
polyester derived
from recycled masterstroke. He believes, for servancy (which won the
plastic bottles. example, that Africa is already prestigious Wallpaper* Design
geared up for the future of the Award 2019 for Best New Private
world, and handicraft is only House). It is the beginning of
one reason why. a whole new phase: a return
“Making things by hand to an ancient yet surprisingly
with what’s local is the most modern way of making buildings
eco-friendly system, because that could be what cities all over
we have been doing it for the world need.
thousands and thousands of animal-farm.co.za
years with very little impact Porky is also represented by
on the environment,” he says. Southern Guild: southernguild.co.za
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Houtlander’s
reinterpretation
of the traditional
love seat.
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“WE were featured in the
first issue of VISI as part
of a fabulous article on
contemporary design,” says
Julia Day of Generation,
a business that has stood
the test of time in a constantly evolving
design and decor landscape.
RATE
Interior design
in the industry, bringing new ideas and
creativity into the country.”
The original design and lifestyle
ethos is still a key factor in what makes
consultancy Generation a success. “We have a large PHOTOS ELSA YOUNG WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
Clockwise from left, black Natural Curiosities wallpaper, #1 Zero hand-tufted wool rug, and Grafik Botanical
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Clinton Friedman has used photography, textiles, painting and
a combination of all of these to create a blooming body of work
and lifestyle range.
“WHEN VISI was
launched in 1998 I was
working as a landscaper,
so friendly and warm, enthusiastic
and encouraging, and they were both
dressed in black from head to toe!
authenticity. Be true to yourself,
be original, take risks, and don’t be
a copycat.
my first full-time job. “I am definitely not an ‘all my eggs “As for the future, I intend to keep
“In 2003, when in one basket’ kind of guy. I like to mix doing what I’m doing – photography,
I started out on my it up, which has allowed me to evolve publishing, design, product develop-
own as a professional naturally in an ‘ordered chaos’ manner. ment and new business engagement
photographer, I presented my port- “Nature and my wife Bronwyn – and to continue building the
folio to editor-in-chief Sumien Brink inspire me. Clinton Friedman label both locally
and deputy editor Annemarie Meintjes. “I believe one of the most important and globally.”
I will always remember they were both aspects for the future of design is clintonfriedman.com
Mud Studio’s chandeliers and pendant lights, made out of ceramic beads and leaves, are much sought-after.
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BELOW Mud chandeliers hang in The Shooting Gallery at Haymarket Hotel in London, decorated by Kit Kemp.
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HANDS-ON APPROACH
The ceramics from Werner and Philippa du Toit’s Mud Studio shape the
lives of those who make them and those who go on to own them.
How did Mud Studio start? Philippa: I love it when people
Werner: Mud began in rural appreciate and want to own
Ladybrand in 1999 after Philippa beautiful ceramics, but hate it when
returned here from Cape Town. someone buys something of ours
Unemployment was and is and says it’s too beautiful to use!
extremely high, and Philippa got Ceramics need to be used every
a group of women together and set day, appreciated and cherished. Eat
out to teach them basic ceramic your breakfast out of your favourite
skills. Pinch pots, coil pots and beautifully hand-crafted bowl.
crude pieces of ceramics began No more plastic, Tupperware or tin!
to emerge from a tin shack in
Manyatseng. In the following year, What is the process behind
we built a studio in town and creating a new piece?
attended our first trade show. The Philippa: Sit, draw, doodle, google,
pieces we exhibited were very well draw some more. I try to get it
received and after that exciting perfect on paper before I even
BHACA TERRA
by Andile Dyalvane by Laurie Wiid van Heerden
www.indigenus.co.za
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HAPPILYEVER AFTER
Johannesburg-based interior designer Astrid Van Der Heim has
masterminded an untold number of creative projects.
STRID Van Der
FAST FACT
FASHION
Astrid Van Der Heim, pictured top right, created the theatrical interior of Joburg-based fashion designer Vesselina Pentcheva’s studio.
The portrait of Vesselina on the wall is a print of a photograph by Merwelene van der Merwe.
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LIFE &
Joburg are lined with
large-scale drawings
and mixed-media works
SOUL
Artist Nelson Makamo
depicting the faces
of children. Some of
them look up as if in
reverie, but many of
is taking on the world, them fix you with their
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one portrait of hope gaze in a moment of
at a time.
stillness that packs an NO
emotional punch.
The prolific portraitist
has a faculty for mark-
making and line that he
exploits to soulful effect
in scenes of ordinary
people doing every-
day things. He’s been
quoted as saying that
CULTURE
“every piece is my soul”.
“I always say as an artist
your soul has been cut
COLLECTOR
Maria McCloy is taking stock of the past
into millions of pieces,
and you get to share to create a bright future with work that
each piece with others.” puts the spotlight on the richness of
Last year was a
African culture.
big one for Nelson:
two solos at CIRCA in ARIA McCloy roots are in England and
Joburg and Cape Town;
a showcase at 1-54
Contemporary African
M knows what
drives culture.
Something of
my mother’s are in Lesotho.
It influenced my love of
African aesthetics, culture
Art Fair in London; the a Jill of all trades, she’s been and people,” she says.
global Rise Art Prize based in Joburg for 20 years, As a publicist, shoe
for drawing; a rug but lived over the course designer and owner of her
collaboration with of her childhood in several eponymous brand, Maria
Laduma Ngxokolo; and, African countries, including has collaborated with local
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MIX AND
MASH.T
Thabisa Mjo, founder of the interior and
product design firm Mash.T Design Studio,
is reimagining the African aesthetic.
“We love a cover girl, honey!” jokes
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In terms of the future of South African design, decor
and architecture, Thabisa hopes to see more collaboration. NO
“We don’t all see things the same way. Combining points of
view inevitably leads to interesting design. Collaboration
is the future, in my opinion. We’re not competitors; we
BOLD
are partners.”
@mashtdesignstudio FUSION
Artist. Neoteric. Explorer. Siwa Mgoboza’s
REASON 44: PORTRAIT CARINA CLAASSENS PHOTO MPUMELELO MACU WORDS CELESTE JACOBS
H as both
a local and
an immigrant,
local goods to ensure
a higher consumption by
Africans first. “Essentially,
as a South African who forward and upward
grew up in Europe and movement for creatives
South America, artist of colour, and building
Siwa Mgoboza has been a stronger black economy.”
exposed to a broad range Siwa’s series Les Êtres
of influences. He uses d’Africadia was the feature
a variety of mediums and work at the 2018 MIA Photo
explores global themes Fair in Milan, and he returns
from an African perspective for the 2019 edition of
to create works that reflect the fair in March. Before
his reality. that, he’ll be at the 1-54
As regards the future Contemporary African Art
Mojo chair by
Mash.T Design
of local design, Siwa Fair in Marrakech from 21 to
Studio. places importance on 24 February.
reconsidering traditional @siwamgoboza
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What were you doing in 1998, when VISI
SPURT
With his second solo under his belt, Jody Paulsen
You sample text and visuals from the
media in your artwork. What’s your
relationship with it, especially print
media? Ever since I can remember
talks escapism, growing up, and how he got out of I have loved magazines. When I was
a creative rut. a kid, I would cut out all of my mom’s
tabloids and fashion mags, and make
collages in my visual diary. I still love
Vogue, Vanity Fair and more recently
Apartamento. Then I’ve been going to
the cinema almost every week since
I was a teenager. I tend to replay songs
and reread books quite obsessively.
I also watch American daytime TV shows
like The Wendy Williams Show and The
View in my studio every day. I adore the
escapism of this type of media and, as a
result, it has become an important tool
for me to express myself.
Have you made peace with being in PHOTOS NEIL ROBERTS INTERVIEW KELLY BERMAN
your 30s? I love being 31. I value the
small amount of confidence I have
gained in the past 30 years.
ABOVE Artwork by Jody for VISI’s Feb/Mar 2014 issue, which was printed with four cover versions.
TOP Two still lifes from Jody’s latest body of work, Water Me, which is on exhibit at SMAC Gallery in Johannesburg until 9 February 2019.
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TRUE CALLING
Architect Mariam Kamara, founder of the Niger-based architecture
and research firm atelier masōmī, puts people at the forefront of
her practice. She’ll be a speaker at Design Indaba 2019.
WE chatted to the feeling that architecture was really this project was important because it
software-developer- my path. I finally took the leap when I allows us to take part in the discourse,
turned-architect came to view architecture as a conduit designing a place of peace and harmony
Mariam Kamara for positive contributions in the social, that taps into a fundamental precept of
ahead of her talk economic, cultural and often even Islam: the pursuit of knowledge. It is a
at Design Indaba political dimensions of a place. learning space that also has a place for
2019 about how she worship where everyone in the village
believes design can You designed the award-winning is represented and has a way of taking
make a difference. Hikma religious and secular complex ownership. For the youth of the village,
in Dandaji, Niger, in collaboration having the very first library where they
Why the move from computer science with Yasaman Esmaili. What impact can have access to literature (and not
to architecture? Architecture was did you want to make? It seemed to just textbooks) will be very impactful
actually my original career choice, us that all around the world, religion in helping widen their horizons and
but I didn’t think it was reasonable is coming up against scientific, secular improving their language skills and
to pursue a creative field. Computer knowledge, with extreme strands of all school performance.
science was simply a more sensible religions rising everywhere. This is also
option. Even after many years as true in Niger, where more than 90% Is there a project that stands out for
a software developer, I couldn’t shake of the population is Muslim. So for us you? They all do! The way we work is so
Before, the mosque was male-centric, whereas now men and women use the complex together to attend literacy courses or workshops.
THIS YEAR’S DESIGN INDABA CONFERENCE, WHICH RUNS FROM 27 FEBRUARY TO 1 MARCH,
WILL SEE CREATIVES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE SHARE THEIR STORIES, INCLUDING ARCHITECTS
ANNABELLE SELLDORF, DONG-PING WONG AND JOHN PAWSON.
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Lupita floor
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lamp and
Oromo
planters by
TheUrbanative.
ENGINEERING
TheUrbanative’s Mpho Vackier builds on her
aesthetic, a marriage of Bauhaus, mid-century
modern and cultural motifs, with her new range.
WENTY years ago, Mpho Vackier
was busy wrapping up matric,
with a glimmering future ahead as
a process engineer in the mining
industry. Today, her future still shines brightly,
but now it’s as one of South Africa’s most
promising furniture and product designers. “As
TheUrbanative has grown, it gets easier to believe
I’m doing exactly what I ought to be doing with
my life! I still say that I try to ‘engineer’ my designs,
which creates a link between my past and present.”
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Clockwise
from right,
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Chapel,
Apartment
Hout and
Upper
Bloem
Restaurant.
ARTFUL
EVOLUTION
VISI was one of the first publications to
profile Liam Mooney’s designs. It was,
he says, a bit like winning an Oscar.
WHEN the first issue hosting a tour of his work at Bosjes Over the years Liam’s body of work
of VISI was published, Chapel near Worcester. “It was both has evolved from pure furniture design
Liam Mooney was nerve-racking and exhilarating,” says to interior design, and he loves the
still in high school. Liam, who populated the magnificent transition. “In my career I am most proud
WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
Almost two decades space with custom-made oak and brass of the fact that I work for myself and I am
later, there he stood pews, offsetting the matte texture of able to employ a small team of inspiring,
before the VISI team the building with organic materials and talented and sassy people. I pat myself
and a group of the allowing the glossiness of brass to reflect on the back for it daily.”
magazine’s readers, the natural surroundings. liammooney.co.za
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50 CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Architect Pieter Mathews took the formerly fuddy-duddy
administrative capital of South Africa and made it cool with
an uppercase “C”.
“MY first shoot with VISI were doing a special feature on ugly catalogue, he ensured its recognition
feels like yesterday,” says homes for an obscure magazine with went global.
Pieter Mathews, founder of a small print run! Summit House is still Pieter’s firm is currently changing
Mathews and Associates one of my favourites.” Pretoria’s skyline with the construction
Architects in Pretoria and, Times have changed since VISI’s early of the new Javett Art Centre at the
as it turns out, raconteur days, when photos were shot on film University of Pretoria. He has just
of note. “It was of Summit House in and Pretoria’s architectural landscape submitted a practice-based master’s
Centurion. Pretoria was still enchanted was not nearly as captivating as it is degree thesis to the University of the
by the Tuscan aesthetic, and concrete today. It was with the goal of drawing Free State’s School of Architecture and,
and raw materials were taboo. At the South Africans’ attention to the revival as an external examiner for the UFS’s
shoot, one of the estate tannies saw of the city and the Tshwane Metropole architecture final-year students, he
me and the photographer, not knowing that Pieter spearheaded the wildly is more than optimistic about where
I had designed the house, and enquired successful Cool Capital Biennale in 2014 South African architecture is headed.
why we were photographing this ‘ugly’ and 2016. And when he curated the “The class of 2018 just blew my mind,”
house when we could photograph her first ever South African pavilion at the he says. “There are names we’re going
new and bigger Tuscan-style house just 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale that to be hearing a lot of in the future.”
a few blocks away. I replied that we was published in the official Biennale maaa.co.za
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by Thomas and Sureen. Dino the
family dog stands on the teak
walkway that runs the length of
POSITION
Thomas and Sureen Gouws brought Pretoria’s
regional modernism into the 21st century.
WITH an use of materials and textures
unmistakable and, oftentimes, a surprising
sensitivity to pop of vibrant colour. Thomas
setting, architect is something of a sculptor of
Thomas Gouws, together with volumes, designing with a light
his wife and business partner, touch and supreme attention
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IN THE FRONT ROW
The quintessential kid of cool, fashion designer Rich Mnisi is
equal parts groundbreaker and collaborator.
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53 MATTERSOF CLAY
Gerhard Swart and Anthony Harris of Ceramic Matters have
been pioneers in proving the potential for design in clay.
CERAMIC Matters’
relationship with VISI
began in 2001 with
a visit by deputy editor
Annemarie Meintjies and
photographer Dook to
the studio on a farm near
Lanseria Airport shortly after Gerhard Swart
and Anthony Harris opened it. We caught up
with them 18 years on in Wellington…
@ceramicmatters
ceramicm@mweb.co.za
See work by Ceramic Matters at Trent Read ABOVE The Ceramic Butchery, 2017 (Limited Edition).
- Everard Read Gallery, Franshhoek – and TOP Rite of Passage, the “before” of a before-and-after installation at Knysna Fine Art
Southern Guild, Cape Town in 2016, where gallery visitors were encouraged to walk across the fragile ceramics.
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Artist, curator, illustrator and ceramic enthusiast Michael Chandler,
founder of the gallery and shop Chandler House, talks past, present
and future design.
What were you doing What (or who) has been your publication; and the
in 1998, when VISI was
launched? I was 13 and in
the biggest influence on
your career? History and
headline of the article
happened to be the title
FAST FACT
my final year of primary nature have always been of my favourite book, The
ISLAMIC GLAZED
school. I was starting to my biggest influences. House of the Sprits. I saw CERAMICS
realise I was a little different But, at the end of the day, that as a beautiful omen. FEATURED
from my peers… narration is probably the I think I even cut it out BLUE PATTERNS
thing that binds all my work and stuck it in my 2007 ON A WHITE
What do you see in the
future for South African
together. So I’d have to say
narrative is the one element
scrapbook.
BACKGROUND
decor, design and that is always in the back- What’s next for you? I think
LONG BEFORE
architecture? I am excited ground, whispering to me I’m pretty lucky in that I’ve THE COLOUR
about people claiming and while I am creating. found what makes me super SCHEME BECAME
celebrating their identity happy and at the same time THE TRADEMARK
as South African and not Do you have any poignant helps to pay the bills. That OF CHINESE
looking to the US and VISI memories? My said, if I had to name one
PORCELAIN
INTERVIEW MICHAELA STEHR
Europe for trends to follow. relationship with VISI thing I would like to do next,
There is so much material began when I met the great it would be to find a little
AND THEN OF
waiting to be explored. It love of my life in the same house and do it up my way. EUROPEAN
makes me tingle all over month that his beautiful CERAMICS.
with excitement! home was featured in chandlerhouse.co.za
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AHEAD
PHOTOS MICHAEL OLIVER LOVE @HEROMANAGEMENT WORDS PALESA KGSANE
Design provocateur Crystal Birch is pioneering
an à la mode hat business that is changing the
head space of South African fashion.
STYLIST, milliner, Collaborations with the likes of
designer and fashion designer Rich Mnisi have
businesswoman proven that a voice like Crystal’s,
Crystal Birch one that doesn’t conform, is an
has successfully essential aspect of a thriving
merged what industry. “I love collaborating and
could be considered theatre will carry on working with more
garb into the mainstream fashion and more inspiring people and
landscape. brands worldwide. I get to be
“Imagine it every day until it a chameleon and push myself in
becomes your truth, and then just a certain direction that I may have
do whatever feels right,” she says not explored yet,” she says.
about her business ideology. therealcrystalbirch.com
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BUILTTO
LAST
Architect Johann Slee’s
language of stone and
corrugated iron has produced
many architectural icons.
“WHEN I started studying, cross-section of slee+co.’s portfolio, “Over the years, I have had the privilege
newspaper headlines read from thoughtfully renovated heritage to work with unbelievable clients
that architects were selling buildings like De Volkskombuis and on very special projects.” To the
ice cream on the streets the firm’s own headquarters, to uninitiated, these very special projects
because there was no contemporary landmarks like the co- have included residences suspended
work,” recalls Johann Slee working space Platform 43 and an array among treetops, perched on dunes and
of Stellenbosch-based architecture firm of residences, including Johann’s own seemingly floated on water. In short, the
slee+co. “Fortunately, that has changed award-winning house, Sinkhuis. stuff VISI dreams are made of.
and South African architecture is up “I have been very fortunate that “Twenty years ago, four creative
there with the rest of the world.” I have been involved in residential young women, Ronelle Meyer, Keinie
A tour through Stellenbosch is architecture from the start and could van der Merwe, Lynette Monsson and
punctuated by a rather impressive hone my craft in that field,” he says. Lindi Wehrle-Steyn, knocked on my door
one day and said they were going to
publish this new magazine and wanted
PORTRAIT HETTY ZANTMAN PHOTOS WIL PUNT, PEARTREE PHOTOGRAPHY WORDS ANNETTE KLINGER
to feature my work,” says Johann. “From
day one, VISI’s been a very special
publication, specifically the fact that the
architecture of the spaces played as big
a role as the interiors.”
With a pulse on the future of South
African architecture, he cautions against
local architects getting too caught up
by international trends. “We have to
develop our own unique South African
vernacular,” he says. “There is already
great work out there showcasing this.”
This year‘s schedule is already jam-
packed with projects, including a host
of holiday residences in spectacular
settings (of course!) and a “green-
screen” office building in Pretoria.
slee.co.za
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57 MAKE
IT FELT
Finding endless inspiration from nature,
felt artist Ronel Jordaan believes
environment holds the key to creativity.
From top left are an Ndebele
chair; Sashiko seating (first
exhibited at Maison&Objet
in September 2018 and
January 2019); and
Crystals, made for
a Southern Guild
group exhibition.
women in the art of felting innovation is crucial to our 16-year journey, from
in 2003 and I showcased our ensure we can compete We say VISI, you say… our garage to our factory,
first designs at Decorex in in a global market. To be Inspirational South African VISI has been a steady
2004. Since then we have leaders and not followers, design and architecture. companion, partner and
grown and moved into I believe our environ- I was working in a graphic supporter. In 2007, I had
bigger factories and our ment is the key creative and interior design studio the privilege of being
products are available in ingredient that makes us in Johannesburg when VISI nominated by VISI as one
most countries around the stand out. I have a complete, was launched, and I was of South Africa’s top textile
world. Unfortunately, the passionate belief that local incredibly inspired by it. designers.
downside to that growth creatives can inspire the I always hoped to one day
and recognition is that world with a vision of South be featured on its pages. roneljordaan.com
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58 THE GROWTH OF
AN IDEA
Lien Botha, photographer, artist and writer, has contributed to VISI for the past
15 years, perhaps most poetically and memorably in her photography for a series
on plants, which was in every sense an eye-opener.
IEN Botha’s
L approach
to the plant
portraits she LEFT Lien Botha
made for VISI presented with her camera
a striking departure from in the veld.
conventional garden BELOW A close-up
of chives (Allium
features. “With her unique
schoenoprasum),
sense of style, Sumien had
the distinct vision of giving
our flora iconic status in
the magazine,” Lien recalls.
Instead of the wide views
and manicured landscapes
standard at the time, vivid
natural images of plants
would spill across the
pages, often set against
a sheet of colour.
So Lien and her assistant
Ellora Ghosh set out for
Kirstenbosch with a make-
shift studio on a trolley,
complete with large, bright
Formica backdrops… “in the
days before digital! That is
how the first feature, about
aloes, came into being.
“Working on the series
enforced my belief that
Nature is the Only Guru,
and made way for the
language of tenella,
uniflora and aristata.
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COUNT
Beloved textile manufacturer Mungo has been designing,
weaving and making in South Africa for more than 20 years.
S the saying goes, it’s the Plettenberg Bay, completed just more a thriving online store.
ABOVE AND BOTTOM RIGHT Mungo’s beautifully styled Cape Town store is located in
Hout Street. BELOW The mill’s water feature references the original water mills.
2010 Stuart’s children Dax
and Tessa join the family
business
BELOW Weaver Mabel Plaatjies works on a loom at the mill in Plett. Mungo now employs
80 local people.
2017 The new working mill
on the Old Nick Village
property, designed by
architect and land artist
Andrea Christoforetti, is
completed and opened
to visitors
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Furniture designer Bonga Jwambi
creates pieces that celebrate colour
and craftsmanship.
A Emerging Creative,
Bonga Jwambi is
always on the lookout
for something to challenge him
creatively. To him, embarking on
a journey into furniture design was
the next logical step. “I think it has
a lot to do with my background
as a visual artist during my school
days,” he explains. “I felt like there
was a gap that needed to be filled:
a product doesn’t have to be badly
designed to be affordable to the
person on the street.”
Bonga enjoys working
with natural materials, primarily
kiaat, and makes use of colour as
a means of expression.
ABOVE This kiaat chair is finished with linseed oil, and features a seat and backrest made
of black, white and red nylon rope. BELOW Also crafted from kiaat, this contemporary
Art may serve as his primary
armchair features a nylon rope seat in bright green. inspiration, but he is also moved
by a desire to create items that
can provide solutions to societal
PORTRAIT ENHANCE RETAIL PHOTOS CHRIS VAN EEDEN WORDS LINDI BROWNELL MEIRING
challenges, including a lack of
space. “Households are becoming
smaller,” he says, “and I try to design
products that are functional but
that take up less space.”
For Bonga, it’s important
that his designs – which include
contemporary armchairs, stools,
benches and coffee tables – are seen
both as works of art and as practical
items. “They must still claim their
place wherever they are, in a home
or a public space.”
What’s next? Bonga has been
invited to exhibit and sell his
creations at Milan Design Market in
April 2019, where he will be revealing
a new collection.
@bonga_jwambi
bongajwambi@gmail.com
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TAKE SHAPE
Multidisciplinary artist Nandipha Mntambo
is building not only a celebrated body of
Whatever the medium, she combines hold? “I don’t think the journey or the
seemingly incongruous concepts to questions I ask through my work will
mirror her shifting gaze. ever really be over. There is always a new
For Nandipha, 2018 was a year of dimension or prism to look through.”
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The designer-maker behind Vogel Design, John Vogel, is one busy
man. In addition to continuing to please fans with his wooden
furniture and wall mounts, he’s looking to break into e-commerce.
IF design is a language,
Nguni coffee table in American walnut, and Slip chair in
John Vogel is fluent in
ash timber with a Cross Hatch weave in Cuckoo cord.
the carpentry dialect.
Alternately spoken through
the sometimes minimalist,
sometimes organic lines of his
furniture, and the polished dimensions
of his sculptural wall mounts, it’s
a dialect that can be both expressive
and quietly considered.
“My design aesthetic is sort of split
in two,” says John. “On one hand, it’s
moving toward products that are
very simple in their resolution. On the
other, the work that I do for the likes of
Southern Guild is more of a personal
exploration and an attempt to find
expression in things unseen or that
have not yet come into being.”
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Since Gregor Jenkin’s 2004 debut of army-surplus items reimagined into eerily
beautiful objects, VISI has been one of his biggest fans. Turns out the feeling is mutual.
WHETHER you call Gregor Jenkin an artist or a contemporary designer is of little consequence to the man whose
furniture traverses the boundary between form and function with a wholly unique, often humorous point of view:
Quaker chairs translated into stainless steel, enamel cups and bowls arranged on top of one another into lamp
stands, and standing clocks that are almost anthropomorphic in their uncanny angular stances. “I’ve always
considered myself a maker,” he says pragmatically. “The bottom line is, I make things from ideas that interest me.”
As VISI was putting its first issue to bed 20 years ago, Gregor was at UCT studying architecture. This was followed by a stint
in London doing shopfitting for Ralph Lauren, before Gregor established a small engineering company where he started
making objects and furniture as a side project. His path first crossed with that of VISI in 2004 when he opened a small retail
space and coffee shop at 44 Stanley Avenue and held an exhibition, called Skilpad, of functional albeit slightly ominous
objects made out of army-surplus items. “I’ve had a long relationship with VISI,” says Gregor. “Over the years, it’s really crossed
over into a friendship.”
Running parallel to the production side of his business, Gregor keeps his creative batteries charged with one-off side
projects and commissions, the most recent of which included a solo exhibition through Southern Guild and work done for
a new boutique hotel in Cape Town’s St George’s Mall called Gorgeous George.
What’s next? “I’ve always made things monochromatically because I don’t like colour to be a distraction from form, but
I’ll probably start challenging that in 2019,” he says. “I’m thinking chrome colours like yellows and mustards.”
gregorjenkin.com Gregor is represented by Southern Guild: southernguild.co.za
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Long Sofa table, Regent Tablet table, Rhino, Enduct, Cantilever desk, A Round Table with Three Hancock
Legs, A Piece of Furniture Made of Brick, and Entertained.
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JOE
Joburg-based designer
Joe Paine is known for his
tongue-in-cheek approach
to design, a levity that Joe’s CoCo coffee tables, constructed using rolled steel, have a storage
continues to set him apart. compartment for items such as coffee-table books.
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AS NICE
Industrial designer Adriaan Hugo and graphic
designer Katy Taplin of Dokter and Misses
have combined their complementary skills
to produce coveted collectibles.
IT was the early noughties “We opened our tiny shop at Dokter and Misses has been
when Adriaan Hugo 44 Stanley in 2007, and VISI was the first celebrated both locally and inter-
and Katy Taplin’s paths magazine to feature us,” says Katy of nationally for the design duo’s unique
crossed as students and their feature with fellow designer Joe point-of-view and strong construction
eventually intertwined Paine in VISI 35. lines, which combine beautifully to form
as husband and wife and They’ve certainly come a long way graphic shapes and spaces.
partners in their multi- since 1998 – the year VISI was launched And there’s much more to come as
disciplinary product design business. and the year Adriaan admits to they explore original and juxtaposed
Their forward-thinking furniture, lighting discovering his love for making things, ideas in product design. Keep an eye
and interior solutions have put them on wearing chokers and playing djembe out for their solo exhibition Practically
PORTRAIT PAUL SAMUELS PHOTOS DOKTER AND MISSES WORDS CELESTE JACOBS
the map, and their passion to create and drums, and Katy was customising Everywhere at Southern Guild from
collaborate continues to propel their printed T-shirts for friends while 14 February to 8 May 2019.
imprint on the design world. listening to the cheesiest of ‘90s hits. dokterandmisses.com
Stills from the DAM Summer Holiday series featuring Kassena Sleep cabinet, Barb light, Loop chair, Pipe planter and Soldier stool.
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Over time, ceramicist Lisa Firer’s style has developed to be instantly
recognisable: hand-rolled porcelain vessels acclaimed for their delicacy.
“IT’s been a long and references textiles as a strong influence for more than 18 years, will now become
winding road,” says in her creative process. “I love textiles a standalone brand. “Light your Journey
Lisa Firer of the two and have always drawn inspiration from will be a brand imbued with values of
decades she has them. Not simply the surface designs love and wisdom, and will share these in
worked with clay. “It is but also the process of sewing itself. the world through the translucency of
only relatively recently “Our work [at Lisa Firer Design] is made porcelain and candlelight,” Lisa says.
that I feel my style has of thin hand-rolled slabs of clay with “I also want to explore fabric design
really cohered into a recognisable body patches, textures, seams and layering. inspired by the surfaces of our vessels,
of work.” You could say we sew our vessels.” which will add another dimension to
She likens the process of creating Her porcelain tea-light holders, the textile references in my work.”
her functional artworks to sewing, and a much-loved part of Lisa’s repertoire lisafirer.co.za
Black-and-white porcelain Mali Mud Cloth vessels and, bottom right, black-and-white Patchwork vessels.
HE quest to define
T ourselves is what
differentiates human
beings from other
creatures. And it’s this question that
drives Haldane Martin.
Many of his most pivotal creations,
like the Zulu Mama chair, were ways
in which he sought to express a multi-
cultural national identity in physical
form for South Africans post-1994.
“In the beginning, I was still
designing without a computer. We
would make full-size drawings of
organically formed furniture pieces and
hand-make mock-ups and prototypes
with a jigsaw and an angle grinder.”
By 1998, Haldane, who says
he derives inspiration from his
Scandinavian and South African
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heritage, found himself working with
another iconic South African designer,
John Vogel, on a variety of projects,
including Sabi Sabi Earth Lodge.
“My work explores the Scandinavian
idea of democratic, humanist design
in a South African context. It’s never
about projecting a false sense of
TOUCH
Everything interior
Street in Cape Town is, he says, a case
in point.
Over the years South Africa has
developed such a strong design
and furniture designer identity that the ripples are being felt
Haldane Martin touches across the continent and further afield,
turns to gold, and we’re says Haldane. “And VISI has always
looking forward to what been a strong supporter of South
African design.”
this alchemist has in Haldane’s journey came full circle
store for us next. when he found himself eager to create
new furniture designs again, which
means that devotees can look forward
to the launch of the Hula chair and
PHOTOS MICKY HOYLE WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
Neo-spoke collections, as well as the
Plat / O table collection this year.
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Richard designed the Visitor Centre at Hopewell
Conservation Estate near Port Elizabeth. It won
a SAIA Architectural Award of Merit in 2014.
FASHION
CALLING
REASON 72: PORTRAIT SIAN ELIOT PHOTOS ROSS CHARNOCK WORDS GRAHAM WOOD
“E sophistication
and gender
textures and immaculate
details: In addition to
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study-inspired the collaboration with
threads, Thebe Magugu’s Woolworths, Thebe has been
designs explore arresting featured by Vogue Italia
contrasts.” That’s how we and continues to gain com-
described the Joburg-based mercial success. His designs
designer’s STYLEBYSA are part of the Zeitz MOCAA
collection at SAFW 2018, only exhibition 21 Years: Making
his second time presenting Histories with South African
a collection at the local
fashion week. We aren’t
the only ones to notice his
Fashion Week (2018-2019).
and do what I do. I think it is possibilities for sustainable porate dependency”. And
a combination of hard work design, something that’s he’s hoping to share that
and passion that has gotten also found expression in his message through teaching.
me to where I am today. furniture designs. “Any design schools out
Richard champions real there who might want some
Who is the woman that sustainability as opposed wayward input – I’m game!”
Thebe Magugu designs for? to “greening”. For him, this As for Koop, “I’m working
She understands and is goes way beyond energy with lots of prefabrication,
very sure of herself. With efficiency and includes modern mass timber
my clothes I seek to both social, environmental and construction, lightweight
enhance and comply with economic considerations. concrete and, as always,
her busy life. It’s one of the reasons banging on about real sus-
he’s embraced timber as tainability whenever I can.”
thebemagugu.com
a construction method: koopdesign.co.za
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T’S official: The
I boundaries
separating
OF THE FUTURE
The modern workplace calls for agile spaces,
work and play
have blurred more than ever
before. Technology enables
more employees to connect
and that’s where Cecil Nurse comes in. remotely and businesses
are coming to realise that an
attractive, comfortable office
environment can improve
staff morale and wellbeing.
(Which in turn means
increased productivity and
more profit.) The traditional
fixed office desk has become
almost redundant.
The office furniture of
tomorrow needs to address
the diversity of today’s work-
place, and should include
co-working spaces for
nomadic workers and areas
that promote collaborative
thinking. In other words,
couches, double-seater
booths, occasional chairs,
height-adjustable desks, and
moveable privacy screens.
As one of the leading
distributors, manufacturers
and suppliers of con-
temporary office furniture
and accessories, Cecil
Nurse is adapting to – and
informing – the office of the
future. A diverse furniture
portfolio is on offer, which
includes the COVE design
(left); the CAMPUS series
with its freestanding mesh
screens; and the TAKE
FIVE collection, a modular
range fitted together with
adjustable clips. A Cecil
Nurse consultant can help
you design an inviting,
productive work space.
cecilnurse.co.za
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AM a dreamer.
“I I enjoy coming up
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Laurie produced the Tattooed-
sleeve bench in collaboration
with Ceramic Matters and the
HEART
Laurie Wiid van Heerden masterfully
straddles the line between art and design.
HE first time VISI Laurie has a knack for
“T featured my work
was in 2011,” says
creative collaboration and has
a few standout collabs under
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WONDER
WALLS
Having flourished in the wallcovering
market since its launch in 2006, Robin
Sprong Wallpapers is primed to expand
its world-class surface design offering.
ROBIN designers are my staple,
Sprong has though, and we work with
a knack for many of them. Design
spotting Team, Room13, Tretchikoff,
talent and Walter Battiss and Atang
enabling Tshikare all feature in our
creative collaboration. It wallpaper collections.
is the focus, along with
nurturing artists, that he’s What, in your professional
always maintained has career, are you most
ABOVE The Threatened Swan in the Old Masters collection. set the work of his surface proud of? I am most
THIS PHOTO Native 12.1, a wallpaper design by Blandat Studios.
design studio apart. proud of my team. They’ve
given me the capability
Why is collaboration to do all these incredible
important to you? projects with talented
We are a platform people all over the world.
where artists test and
expand their creations What’s next for you? Who
into new markets and knows? I am a serious
opportunities. Our travel junkie and I’ve done
business is literally built very little around Africa,
on our multitude of so maybe that. In terms
relationships with many of work, we are taking our
designers, illustrators, business to the next level
photographers and other by introducing fabrics,
creatives. blinds, floor prints and
all sorts of new surface
Who has been your design solutions. We’ve
biggest influences? VISI spent a great deal of time
introduced me to Marcel developing our artists
Wanders, who has been and collections, growing
a big influence. The Dutch, our printing facility and
INTERVIEW CELESTE JACOBS
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ARCHITECTURE
Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens have rewritten the script on bush camp architecture
and, in the process, injected new energy into contemporary architecture and design
in general. We caught up with Silvio to reminisce.
ARCHITECTURE and interior design duo Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens have pioneered modern bush camp
architecture over the past 30 years. Their “hand-crafted haute couture” approach has seen them live on site and
work exclusively with local artisans and materials at bush camps and resorts, such as Makalali Conservancy in
Hoedspruit and North Island in the Seychelles, developing a kind of sensory experiential architecture that has
come to be defined as “Adventure Architecture”. Along the way they have also designed some show-stopping
homes, urban-rejuvenation precincts and retail spaces. VISI has played witness to their wide-ranging projects.
@silviorechlesleycarstens
adventarch@mweb.co.za
silviorechlesleycarstens.co.za
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The two founders of the creative agency Platform and the
trade show 100% Design South Africa share their insights on
the future of design.
CATHY O’Clery and
Laurence Brick, the
creative and managing
director, respectively,
of Platform Creative
Agency, first met in the
’90s a few years after Laurence had
co-founded Loads of Living and Cathy
was editing Elle Decoration. Bringing
together a unique combination of retail,
design, publishing and marketing skills,
theirs is a partnership that has given
birth to a successful creative agency, an
award-winning trade show and many
dynamic projects, installations, curated
spaces and brands across platforms.
Recent projects have included the
curation of the Zeitz MOCAA Museum
PORTRAIT KARL ROGERS MAIN PHOTOS BRETT RUBIN/VATIC STUDIO PHOTOS OF POSTCARDS DAVID ROSS WORDS AMELIA BROWN
Shop; a visitor centre, museum and Constantly questioning, innovating through 100% Design South Africa.
shop at the South African Mint; and and evolving, Cathy and Laurence are They believe the planet is a priority
the interior design of co-sharing work firmly established as design thought- in the future of design. “If we produce
spaces for Workshop 17 at Rosebank leaders, not least for their role in something now, it has to have relevance
Firestation with Alice Hutton. forecasting and influencing trends and meaning and be sustainable,”
says Laurence. “Many of the brands
we work with are already applying this
philosophy, and much of the design
community is focused on making
an impact through invention and
repurposing.”
Cathy continues, “Fundamental
earthy low-tech materials are acting as
an antidote to our screen-dominated
lives, which is why there is a resurgence
of terracotta, clay, stone, wood and
forest colours.”
We’re bound to see these influences
at this year’s 100% Design South Africa
expo at Gallagher Convention Centre,
Joburg, from 7 to 11 August 2019.
platformcreative.co.za
100percentdesign.co.za
ABOVE Postcards designed and developed for Zeitz MOCAA. TOP AND MIDDLE Interiors for Workshop 17 at Rosebank Firestation.
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Tanya Sturgeon, fabric connoisseur and owner of T&Co Fabrics,
has been a name to know in the design and decor industry for
nearly 30 years.
ART, says Tanya
Sturgeon, has
been one of
and made up in a big way
by the people who’re
important at the time”,
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PROJECT
The designer and founder of the eponymous
Tessa So
onik Fabrics is one of those lucky few
who turn
ned a passion into a profession.
ONE of the things Tessa residential, corporate and
Sonnik loves about hospitality projects.
VISI is that she has “Current global issues have
ways been able to
alw always determined what I design
take risks witth what’s shown as our yearly fabric collection,”
on the pagess in order to create she says. “We have just launched
amazing storries around her fabric an upcycle range, which is part of
collections. The
T thing is, Tessa our ‘waste no more’ programme.”
makes taking g risks look easy. Over Tessa hopes to continue
the past 25 years,
y she has not working with local producers
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THEQUICK
BROWNEFOX
Specialising in luxury hospitality design
in remote locations, Fox Browne Creative
is going from strength to strength.
OR more future of decor and design
F than 25 years,
Chris Browne
and Debra
in South Africa is extremely
bright,” says Chris. “We are in
awe of how the VISI team has
Fox have applied their managed to fill 100 issues
skills and expertise to the with material from sub-
development of luxury Saharan Africa… That’s a lot
lodges, boutique hotels of home-grown content!”
and private homes in the Chris and Debra are in
bush, from concept stage the process of rebranding
to operation. Fox Browne Creative. “In
Hospitality design, says addition,” says Chris, “we
Chris, is a formula centred are busy with projects in
on guest experience. “That Namibia, Mozambique,
said, guests have become Zambia, the Serengeti,
much more educated Bhutan… Then there’s our
and sophisticated, so newly opened London
authenticity and integrity office, from which we will
are at the heart of all design focus on growing our UK
decisions we make. What has and European business.
evolved is technology, which “The work we do has
has enabled us to do so allowed us to fulfil our
much more in much shorter passion for hospitality
PHOTOS DAVID ROSS (TOP) AND DOOK WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
FAST FACT
A SENTENCE THAT CONTAINS ALL THE
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET, LIKE “THE
QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE
LAZY DOG,” IS CALLED A PANGRAM.
FROM THE TOP The Desert Grace, Namibia; Sirai Beach guest
suite, Kenya; and a firepit and sitting room at &Beyond Phinda
Vlei Lodge.
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Earthworld Architects is forming new relationships between
architecture and craftsmen.
RIGHT Dining hall, Future Africa campus, University of
Pretoria. BELOW Braam de Villiers and André Eksteen,
founders and directors of Earthworld Architects, at a
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house in Waterfall Estate, Midrand, that they designed.
HEN asked what his biggest influences are, aspect of their practice. And it’s something they’ve always
W architect André Eksteen answers simply: “Any appreciated about VISI: “VISI defined a whole new approach,”
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When custom-designing a kitchen, the Schmidt experts always keep in mind the family interactions that will take place in that space.
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Interior designer Krysia Back’s
sophisticated work always
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STYLE
For more than 30 years, a keen instinct for
what works and a sense of fun have made
Anne York lifelong clients and friends.
UPERB” is Anne takes her inspiration
“S a word Anne
York, director
and designer
from nature and skilled
artisans who are committed
to their craft. “I am inspired
at Anne York Interiors, by the magical quality and
uses frequently. She is a fan perfection of a flower, of
PHOTO DOOK WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
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was bold,
TRANSFORMER
Kate Otten’s wild originality has fuelled the creation of some
of the country’s most exciting architecture and a way of working
where women architects can thrive.
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TOTALLY FLOORED
Rebtex, which has been in the flooring business for more than
40 years, is constantly innovating.
OOKING for high-quality options bring a timeless textural appeal
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Utter the name Andrea Graff, and those in the know will
immediately mention the interior designer’s fearless use
of colour and love of layering.
A bathroom and bedroom decorated by Andrea illustrate her bold use of colour and contrasting materials and patterns.
90 GOING PLACES
In the often-fickle furniture and decor industry, La Grange Interiors
has stood the test of time.
“AFTER 23 years,
the doors to my
who became her business partner for
15 years. Initially, their focus was to use
Duysen and Marcel Wolterinck.
“I think 2019 will continue to show
PHOTOS ELSA YOUNG WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
showrooms remain La Grange as a showcase for locally multifunctional and modular trends
open,” says Sumari manufactured interior products, but driving design across interiors. Some-
Krige, founder of it shifted to bringing exciting furniture thing I am very excited about is the
La Grange Interiors. and decor from all over the world to celebration of colour – bold burnt
“I have clients who’ve South Africa. orange and International Klein Blue
been loyal to the brand for many, “My buying trips are always sources continue to steal my heart.
many years.” of inspiration,” says Sumari . “Travelling “I am also looking forward to seeing
Sumari studied economics and, with my teenage children has opened VISI continue to inspire us all with the
while working for the Department of my eyes to new styles, and I continue fresh, edgy content lovers of design
Trade and Industry as an export trade to draw inspiration from European have come to expect from it.”
advisor, she met Charlotte Daneel, interior designers like Vincent van lagrangeinteriors.co.za
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In celebration of VISI’s 100th issue, we’re treating one couple to
a Dom Pérignon dinner under the stars and a one-night stay at
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One of Francois
du Plessis’s
latest projects
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TRIED
& TRUE
is the interior of
Tjing Tjing Momiji
restaurant in the
Cape Town CBD.
An inquisitive mind
and a love of travel
inspire interior
designer Francois
du Plessis.
“I have such fond
memories of a story
VISI published on
Villa Henrietta [in
issue 61], a glorious
Victorian home
I owned in the
Bo-Kaap,” reminisces interior
designer Francois du Plessis, an
industry icon who has been plying
his trade around the world for
more than 30 years. Based in Cape
Town, his projects have led him to
PORTRAIT KLEINJAN GROENEWALD PHOTOS ANDREA VAN DER SPUY WORDS TRACY GREENWOOD
Berlin, San Diego, London, Sydney
and New York.
“Over the years I have developed
a philosophy to not have a specific
design style, as I feel the most
important aspect of a decorator’s
job is to create an environment that
is indicative of the client,” he says.
“As design becomes more global,
the South African design footprint
will become wider. Right now there
is so much great local decor, design
and architecture out there.”
Francois, who started out
running a curtain factory when he
was just 21, says he has been blessed
by a number of remarkable projects
over the years. “I am most proud of
the fact that I have clients who have
remained faithful, and we still work
together three decades later.”
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SEASOF
CHANGE
The latest collection by textile and homeware brand Evolution Product offers a glimpse
of underwater mysteries in honour of conservation heroes.
AMANDA du Plessis combined a passion for WILDOCEANS, the South African National Biodiversity Institute
fabrics, instilled in her by her mother, and (SANBI) and other groups that worked with government
a background in fashion to launch Evolution to have 20 new South African Marine Protected Areas
Product in 2010. The range has evolved to include promulgated in 2018 – spanning an area two-and-a-half times
cushion covers, guest towels, throws and panels the size of the Kruger National Park. Marine biologist Dr Kerry
that celebrate history and the natural world. Sink and her team at SANBI deserve special mention for their
Her latest collection is inspired by images of pressed algae hard work to make this happen. This collection is as much
from a book published in 1909, South African Marina Algae about being part of the change as encouraging it: Evolution
by William Tyson. The ethereal designs pay homage to people Product is 100% committed to reducing its carbon footprint.
and organisations who strive to protect our planet, such as evolutionproduct.co.za
Cushion covers in the Protectors of our Planet collection are ma e o inen n re e roi ere , rin e n /or ye y n .
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The duo behind W Design Architecture Studio maintain they design
buildings not to be looked at but to be looked out from. We think the
view is spectacular from either perspective.
IT was pretty much
love at first sight
when, in 2007, VISI
finding that specific unique aspect
about each site or context, and
making that the complete focus.”
visited Rooiberg to As it turns out, they are equally
see Johan Wentzel smitten with VISI – they still have
and Grete van As of a copy of VISI’s first issue, published
W Design Architecture Studio’s the year they were both finishing
newly completed project: a trio of up their architecture degrees at
A-frame thatched roofs, seemingly the University of Pretoria.
propped up by nothing but wooden Since starting out, Johan says,
pillars and glass, standing stoically there’s been a shift in the industry
in the expanse of the Waterberg with regards to clients becoming
bushveld. Twelve years and many more willing to question the
award-winning designs later, the conventional wisdom. That, and
love affair is still going strong. a move towards the honest use
Because, underpinned by Johan of materials and skills to produce
and Grete’s deft draughtsmanship, projects with more integrity and
there is a unique point of view that appropriate design. “Hopefully,
continues to surprise and intrigue. we’re taking the profession back
“We have always dreamt of to a level where buildings can
projects ‘that do not exist’,” says still be effective and relevant in
Johan. “A site with a spectacular 20 or 50 years from now. Our
view or context will never be country has many challenges, but
improved upon by a building, we believe this is also the reason
but we can dream of making it there is so much innovation and
ABOVE Indigenous grass planted on the living-room
a refinement or revelation of the inspiration in all aspects and fields
roof frames the view from the master bedroom.
land. The ideas used as inspiration of South African design.” BELOW A shallow pond dominates the entrance
for most of our projects aim at wdas.co.za and lends this home a mysterious quality.
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Responding to international design trends,
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OR more than 30 years, extended colour palette. Now, calming Decowood shutters can be used in all
F AMERICAN shutters
has been designing,
manufacturing and
hues of cool and warm grey that suit
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interiors are available in one of its most
areas of the home, including the nursery
and playroom.
To add to the choice, Decowood
installing custom-made adjustable popular ranges, Decowood shutters. shutters are available in two louvre
louvre shutters. A lot has changed in Made of engineered wood harvested sizes and come with either a central
that time, but shutters have retained from sustainable plantations, the tilt rod or secret tilt – which gives you
their timeless appeal. shutters have a polypropylene coating uninterrupted views between the
WORDS BIDDI RORKE
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to staying on-trend as it is to quality, them from the sun. The finish releases to further customise the look.
which is why it has introduced a new no volatile organic compounds, so americanshutters.co.za
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Art in Nature is a
collection of floral
fabrics suitable
for upholstery and
curtaining.
BELOW Porto
crockery in the
HAUS collection.
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With subjects ranging from contemporary architecture to 19th-century
representations of past design excellence, these books are keepers.
10+ Years 100+ Buildings: Architecture in a Democratic South Africa (R450) and 10+ Years 100+ Projects: Architecture in
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is honoured via a podcast, an online community and this book – the
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AFRICAN TWILIGHT
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American-born Carol
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Angela Fisher met more than
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It is ground-breaking work
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We asked our passionate motoring man Dieter Losskarn,
given the necessary funds and space, which 10 rides he
would put in his dream garage.
ORTUNATELY, I own my across the States from Manhattan they were commercial classics and were
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT ON THIS PAGE Checker A-11 (1958–1982), Porsche 550 Spyder (1953–1956), BMW Z8 (1999–2003) and Aston-Martin
DB5 (1963–1965).
is creating electric rides and is trying to silver Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger of them. The cute and capable grand-
save fuel, wherever possible. And then in 1964, and the exact same car with daddy of all 4x4s, the war-time Willys
they did this. Simply magnificent. the original number plate (BMT216A) MB Army Jeep, another.
There are a further two Mercs, both reappeared in the spy thrillers Skyfall Last but not least, one more very
convertibles, in the line-up: the achingly and Spectre, featuring Daniel Craig. At unusual German from the 1960s.
beautiful SL 280 Pagoda and the ballistic the end of Spectre he receives the fully Combining both the advantages of
SLS 63 AMG. The only Bavarian in the restored, stunningly gorgeous DB5 as a car and a boat, the Amphicar 770
collection would be the sleek BMW Z8, a present and drives off. could not only drive but swim as well.
known for being Pierce Brosnan’s Bond My very first car was a Volkswagen Imagine cruising to Robben Island in
car that was sawn in half by villains in Beetle, so its convertible version has to your own car.
The World is Not Enough. find a place in my dream garage as well. Here you have them, my 10 favourite
But the quintessential Bond car is And then three more icons. Porsche’s automoblies. What would your dream
even rarer. Sean Connery first drove the 550 Spyder of James Dean fame is one garage look like?
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT ON THIS PAGE Mercedes SLS 63 AMG convertible (2010–2014), Volkswagen Beetle convertible (1938–2003),
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