Lifestyle
Leading Luxury Brand Designs for Modern Urban Explorers Firmly on the Path of Carbon-Neutrality
Lexus has eclipsed the major milestone of two million global sales of electrified vehicles at the end of the first quarter of 2021, reflecting a commitment to the reduction of CO2 emissions across a significant number of luxury segments. Lexus International...
A Pioneering Initiative Takes South African Design to the World, Giving the Whole Local Creativity Plot the Calibre it Deserves
In 2020, she made history when she became the first South African designer ever to have her work collected by the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, for their permanent collection. Not a trivial detail, not in anyone’s books. . . anywhere in the world,...
Richard Forbes Beckons Us to Courageously Lean into Our Own Dreamy Abyss in a Northern Cape’s Desert Town
From the outside, a dilapidated, stark white building with its silver roof stands bleached by the Karoo desert sun. We sense a subtle yet tempting invitation to step into the mystery through a rustic door that leads into a pitch-black space. Black Room is an...
This Ongoing Mobile Evolution Really Means Connection, Tech Advanced Focus and Athletic Proportions
By promoting the realisation of a carbon neutral society, the new Lexus NX – being the first model in its next-generation range with a following example anticipated in the line-up – will meet the diversifying needs of mobile lifestyles globally. Since 1989,...
If You Talk About Food As Much As or More than You Eat It, You’re in Good Company with this Beautiful Book
It’s believed to be the ‘most important link between nature and culture’ and very much ‘about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity’ – food has this universal power of bringing people together and as the wise Irish proverb goes,...
All Hypes Aside: When it Comes to Lisbon as the City of Choice to Invest in Offshore, Finding Our Place in the Sun is Easier (and Savvier) Than We Care to Admit
With unflinching sincerity and confidence, this prime offshore investment property has been launched in one of Lisbon’s demonstrably – even obviously – cool suburbs. Many of us might admit to having been, at some point or another, convinced by the wise move of...
Time Spent with This Cat is Never Wasted: Most Do as They Please, This One Does as It’s Told (and Then Some)
We all know they’re instinctive connoisseurs of comfort, but this particular specimen is also the most skilful hotstepper in the kingdoms of stamina, intelligence, safety, innovation and style. Among a voluptuous list of other advanced technological...
Emotional and Sculpted, Storytelling Silhouettes Connect with Cultivated Technologies: What does 2025 Have in Store for Us Drive-Wise?
habitat and its readers don't admit it that often, but now and then ideas are presented and we can't help but be blown away by them. One such example is the unveiling of a concept battery electric vehicle (BEV) by Lexus, the LF-Z Electrified1. The boundaries of...
Forever Chasing Rainbows? An Intricate Richness Eases Us into a Composition of Nuanced Emotions That Buzzes Brightly and Beckons
In the wake of a recent return from a three-and-a-half-year sabbatical stopover in Mexico where Christiaan Conradie travelled with the wild and determined intention of learning Spanish there and surfing its Pacific paradise, we’re swaddled back into that...
This Overnight Plug-In Converts Life’s ‘A to B’ into a Quick, Conscious, Practical and Very Pretty Gesture
The Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric – the first all-electric car from the Swedish luxury brand – will be launched in South Africa in the second half of this year. This all-electric SUV has demonstrated strong sales internationally. Thousands of orders were...
Multidisciplinary Art Collaboration in London Produces Provocative Limited Editions With Pinpointed Finishes
In a tandem creative step taken by two illustrious London brands, Bergman Interiors and Hofa Gallery are launching Aeditions, their new joint design project in May this year. Inspired by their appreciation for contemporary art and bespoke luxury interiors,...
Five-Course Feast Kinda Fine-Dining Chefs Bring A Casual New Wave to the Everyday Dining Scene
We speak to two fine dining chefs responding to the challenges of this past year. The contemporary experience is diversifying and innovating. Drinks to go with this are top quality, but equally relaxed and approachable. Previously Head Chef at award-winning...
New Hybrid Sports Sedan’s Confidence Comes Across Strong and Culminates in Sleek Signature Contours
For the first time, Lexus has decided to launch IS as a hybrid-only model. The hybrid sector has shown immense growth on a global scale in the past five years and Lexus South Africa plans to leverage its existing dominance here to enlarge their share further,...
Racing Spirit Supremo: A Dream Machine with an Uncompromising Soul
The Maserati MC20 is a very rapid machine with incredible aerodynamic efficiency. It received the prize for Best of the Best at the Red Dot Awards 2021 in the Product Design category. Innovative by nature, its every design detail is functional: the butterfly...
Good Things Take Time: Imagine the Result 13 Years After Designing One of the Most Significant Gardens in Connecticut
It appears wiser than ever these days to heighten our human experience of the natural world and one way to do so is to design emotive, varied, immersive public spaces that beautifully integrate built form, sophisticated horticulture, fine art detailing, and...