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The Simple Over the Superfluous: High-End Design Choices Boost Collective & Environmental Well-Being by Aligning with a Concern for Our Planet
The United Nations projects that more than two-thirds of the world’s population will inhabit urban areas by 2050. City-living will have a key and lasting influence on the new luxury mindset that was once defined by materialism and excess. The new luxury will...
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...
Visit a Home in the Hills Near the Longest River in Italy Where Everything is an Exercise in Sustainability
This weekend retreat in the Province of Piacenza belongs to a communications specialist who lives and works in Milan and loves to spend the weekends with her partner and beloved dogs. Piacenza is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy on the...
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,...
With Its Pulsating Views, This Award-Winning Tailored Penthouse Becomes Bangkok’s Magical Urban Oasis
Standing next to the iconic St Regis hotel located on the prominent Rajadamri Road in the commercial district and heart of the city of Bangkok, this luxury penthouse features stellar views of the city skyline and ultra-polished fixtures and details. The pad was...
Understand a Legacy’s Level of Persistence and Step Inside This Precious Neighbourhood’s Historic Renovation
Every moment can be elevated by its environment. Pac Heights (or Pacific Heights for long) is one of the most prestigious and elegant neighbourhoods in San Francisco. It became the home for many of the nouveau riche in the late 1800s when the cable cars made...
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,...
A Bow to the Botanical World Takes a Seat, Plus it’s Sustainably Made and it’s Italian
Conceived by designer Cristina Celestino, the Calatea Green armchair is the first chair for Pianca to be produced in the light of a circular economy and in so being pays homage to our planet. Every element was reconsidered to reduce the environmental impact of...
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...
Opulent Fixtures Accompany Your Zigzag Down to the Pool Through This Simplified Scheme’s Instinctive Flow
The owners’ broad interests are reflected and celebrated in the eclectic interior furnishings of this house. The actor/director couple are design enthusiasts and have fused the two worlds of old and new with industrial chic and old-world interiors. This...
For the Sake of the Future: Learn From This Environmental Scientists’ Impressive, Infinite Energy Home
The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations. This kind of conscious architecture and design seeks to enhance efficiency and moderation in the...
Hypnotic Disclosure: It Reflects Transformation, Not Costume Change Frill. This is Jewellery With a Purpose
Her calmness of mind seems to be only one among many of her beautiful jewels of wisdom; and her works have life in them. If the artist herself were something we could slide onto a finger or around a wrist, into an earlobe or fasten at the back of our...