Lifestyle
Feat of Clay: Ceramic Designer Jan Ernst Exhibits Strikingly Singular Pieces In Paris And New York
South Africa’s own Jan Ernst is a multidisciplinary creative specialising in functional art and spatial design using clay as his main medium. The work is driven by his fascination with natural structures such as corals, fungi, and rock formations. His organic...
Makes Sense: Lexus Planting Thousands of Spekboom on its Road Towards Carbon Neutrality
Committed to planting enough Spekboom trees for every hybrid model sold locally to offset each of these vehicles’ carbon emissions for at least one year, Lexus South Africa has since mid-August 2021 already planted more than 6000 Spekboom plants at the Owl...
A Few Ways to Participate in Ethical & Sustainable Consumption As We Kick-Start the Summer with Noble Awareness & Style
One of the finer purposes in life may be participating in the preservation of our planet. Let’s do more than belong; let’s participate by contributing a share of our efforts to the greater good. Let’s do more than care; let’s help. Let’s do more than believe;...
Celebrate The Cultural Wealth of Our Nation at a Heritage Wine & Food Tasting Event in True SA Hospitality Style at Spier
Heritage Day on Friday September 24th is a day that celebrates South Africa's rich, vibrant roots and diverse cultures. As one of the oldest wine farms in the country with a recorded history dating back to 1692, Spier pours a lot into the preservation of...
In the Business to Sell Lifestyles, Not Just Homes: Films Location Company Launches Property Investment Division & Equates ‘Normal’ with ‘Luxury’
The affluent real estate market in South Africa is vigorously competitive with over 60 estate agencies competing for sole mandates across the country. Buyers and sellers are looking for value-add, not only in the properties they purchase, but in the agency they...
Talk About Relentless: Another Super-Lux Evolution For This Twin-Turbo 3.5 V6 and 10-Speed Transmission
The new 2021 Lexus LS 500 is a remarkable result of the marque's engineers obsessively poring over the smallest details from powertrain and suspension components to tyre construction. The design and technology changes reinforce its status in the range and have...
A Shameless Shot of Automotive Aphrodisia, Anyone? This Aerodynamic Powerhouse Is a Trip of Note
Originally launched in 2019, Jaguar’s performance flagship, the F-PACE SVR, is an almighty hammer of an SUV. And now in its new 2021 form, a range of boosted features carries its competence to another level. We take a look at the supercharged monster inside and...
A Mediterranean-Inspired Restaurant Opening in Rosebank Rubs In the Eclecticism of Jozi’s Cuisine Scene
Ethos, the luxurious Joburg eatery, will move to a new space at Oxford Parks in Rosebank and acclaimed Chef Luke Dale Roberts will be assisting in designing the new menu in collaboration with newly appointed Executive Chef, Ken Phuduhudu. The transition to a...
A Match Made in Motoring Heaven From the Most Elite Market Segment
Joining the range as one of the luxury lifestyle brand's flagship models, South Africa welcomes in the first Lexus LC Convertible. The design team received a direct and daunting challenge: to create the world’s most beautiful open-top car, while preserving the...
Holistic & Botanical: Stellenbosch Design Project Recognised in the Company of Other Luxury Winners Such As Chanel, Dom Perignon & Ferrari
Stellenbosch and Cape Town-based design group, Rumour Has It, was recently awarded Winner in the category of Best Luxury Commercial Interior Design in South Africa from the International Luxury Lifestyle Awards for their 360 integrated design work at Ernie Els...
Bring More Beauty and Verve to your Music Life Through This Infinite Circle of Sound and Craftsmanship
Even Frederich Nietzche admitted that ‘we should consider every day lost on which we haven’t danced at least once’. Does music express that which can’t be put into words and at once can’t remain silent, as Victor Hugo believed? It’s been aptly described as the...
A Hillside’s Solid Limestone Excavation Gives this Country Wine Cave its Enigmatic Allure
Located at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country, this private wine cave serves as a destination along a secluded bend of the Blanco River. Excavated into the north face of a solid limestone hillside, this shotcrete lined tube is protected on the east and...
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,...
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...
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...