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Simplicity meets style: Discover the best Scandi-inspired homewares

Simplicity meets style: Discover the best Scandi-inspired homewares

Replicate Scandinavian design at home with natural wooden finishes, soft linens, and neutral tonesThis Point Chevalier villa perfectly embodies Scandi design. Photography by Helen Bankers Calling all minimalists, you can’t go wrong with Scandinavian design principles for cosy, timeless appeal. Think beautiful wooden furniture, soft faux-fur bean bags, and windows that soak up picturesque views. […]
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From banana peels to Prada mules: Denise Porter-Howland’s sculptural ceramics

From banana peels to Prada mules: Denise Porter-Howland’s sculptural ceramics

Denise Porter-Howland, aka Eleventeen Ceramics, pays homage to the abandoned and revered through her clay designs. Denise Porter-Howland’s world is wicked and wonderful, the underbelly of any good fairytale. From her home studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland she crafts surreal apple cores, ears and ashtrays. Highbrow fashion pieces, such as a ceramic Prada shoe that […]
This captivating Cape Town home is filled with colour and quirk

This captivating Cape Town home is filled with colour and quirk

An ’80s suburban bungalow in Cape Town was given a charming makeover by its owner Kirsten Goss with the use of colour, quirk and a disco ball Rows of cacti, china dogs, a wacky cluster of retro flush-mounted lights on the wall, and a glass cabinet brimming with vintage cameras – all before you have […]
Why Bonnie Brown of Studio Bon is the illustrator we can’t get enough of

Why Bonnie Brown of Studio Bon is the illustrator we can’t get enough of

Artist and illustrator Bonnie Brown of Studio Bon delights in colour and a playful approach to design Bonnie Brown, the illustrator and founder of Studio Bon, needs no introduction. You might have seen her colourful designs on the last limited edition Roses chocolate boxes, L’affare coffee packaging, or perhaps on a Blunt umbrella. Or, you […]
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How to make your laundry a beautiful and functional space

How to make your laundry a beautiful and functional space

How to make our new favourite room – the laundry – a functional and practical space that’s full of style Unlike the kitchen, we don’t really expect to be enamoured by a laundry. That’s because this hard-working room is normally all function and no frills. But when a laundry delivers the unexpected – beautiful design […]
How to create a family-friendly home without sacrificing on style

How to create a family-friendly home without sacrificing on style

How to be victorious in the struggle to keep your stylish home from constantly turning into a children’s playground We all have an ideal for our homes, how we want them to look and feel. But sometimes our vision of perfection may not dovetail with family life. What’s important is to follow what feeds the […]
3 colourful bedroom looks and the bedside tables to match

3 colourful bedroom looks and the bedside tables to match

Sometimes a bedside table isn’t a table at all – sometimes it’s a wall shelf or headboard ledge. Here are three looks and three bedside tables to inspire your next bedroom makeover Take some creative license with what is and isn’t a bedside table. If it’s beside your bed and functions as a stand, then […]
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Get to know the widely adored Capitol Complex chair

Get to know the widely adored Capitol Complex chair

Prepare to see versions of this humble chair, also known as the Committee chair and Pierre Jeanneret chair, at a shop near you A brief history of… the Capitol Complex office chair Who designed it? It all starts with Le Corbusier, the legendary 20th-century Swiss-born architect. In the 1950s, he was tasked with creating the […]