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by Habitat Magazine | Mar 2, 2020

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Between Details and the Bigger Perspective: How In Between Details and the Bigger Perspective: How Innovative and Compassionate Can Furniture Design Really Be? Relentless enthusiasm, imagination and dedicated passion turned into no less than four years of designing a sofa system. What does it take to turn a simple challenge into this pragmatic, transformable new product that protects our planet’s resources? Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/between-details-and-the-bigger-perspective-how-innovative-and-compassionate-can-furniture-design-really-be/ @habitatmagsa @magis_official #magisdesign #designactivism
Unadorned Silhouettes: Peek into the Cognitive Cre Unadorned Silhouettes: Peek into the Cognitive Creativity Process Behind Three Irresistible Lighting Designs Japanese designer Ichiro Iwasaki’s Flat collection features distinctive, disc-shaped diffusers that form horizontal planes of light that cast an enveloping, wrap-around glow that appears illuminated from within. The award-winning Sticks collection by Arik Levy is characterised by glowing aluminium rods that rotate on their own axis, directing light precisely where needed. LED-powered Dots collection by Martín Azúa delivers circular shapes that trace individual points of light along a wall in a glowing melody that evokes a composition of musical notes in concert with another. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/unadorned-silhouettes-cognitive-creativity-process-irresistible-lights/ @vibialight @streamlight_sa
Isn’t It Beautiful? Lexus Team Raises Ride Comfo Isn’t It Beautiful? Lexus Team Raises Ride Comfort and Drive Performance to Radical New Heights This without sacrificing the car’s rewarding dynamic character. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/lexus-raises-comfort-performance-sublime-heights/ @lexus_southafrica @discoverlexus #lexus #engineering #japan #lexuslifestyle #lexuslife #petrolhead
‘Climate Change to Save Earth’ Multi-award-win ‘Climate Change to Save Earth’ Multi-award-winning actor Dr John Kani narrates WWF Earth Hour Video launching this Saturday * Earth Hour 2021 will be celebrated virtually on Saturday, 27 March at 8.30pm local time. * It takes place ahead of key international meetings where world leaders will come together to talk about climate action, sustainable development and how to stem nature loss. * To ensure that these deliberations are in the best interests of people and nature, this year’s Earth Hour campaign will shine a spotlight on climate change and nature loss. * Millions around the world are being asked to use their social media platforms during Earth Hour to spread the word. Earth Hour, the largest global grassroots movement for the environment, will bring together millions of people, businesses and leaders from around the world who will shine a spotlight on the urgent need to address nature loss and climate change. “The Earth Hour movement has been celebrated in South Africa and the world over for more than a decade. This year, we have an incredible opportunity to join hands as citizens of the world during a global virtual event. We are calling on our supporters to shine a spotlight on some of the most pressing environmental issues of the day by signing up as a ‘nature hero’ for the hour,” says Dr Morné du Plessis, CEO of WWF South Africa. Uniting online and speaking up for nature On the night of Earth Hour, WWF South Africa will share a special Earth Hour 2021 campaign video narrated by the multi-award-winning actor, director and playwright Dr John Kani and encourage participants to share this on their social media platforms. This video shows the links between pandemics, climate change and pollution, and the role of nature in addressing these challenges. To receive the video, sign up here www.wwf.org.za/earth_hour/. #earthhour #connect2earth @wwfsouthafrica @wwf
For the Sake of the Future: Learn From This Enviro For the Sake of the Future: Learn From This Environmental Scientists’ Impressive, Infinite Energy Home This three-bedroom program began as a remodel of a 1954 ranch house at the foot of a hill next to a seasonal creek. The homeowners are a couple of environmental scientists who, along with their two sons, are committed to sustainability, including a request for net-zero energy performance annually. The result means their lives have a haptic connection to the rhythms of our planet.  Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/future-environmental-scientists-infinite-energy-home/ @faulknerarchitects #faulknerarchitects #green #sustainable
Opulent Fixtures Accompany Your Zigzag Down to the Opulent Fixtures Accompany Your Zigzag Down to the Pool Through This Simplified Scheme’s Instinctive Flow A new and different nod to Case Study Houses, this residence further explores the ideological image of intersecting spatial realms and portrays a contemporary, commanding presence atop the Hollywood Hills. The owners’ broad interests are reflected and celebrated in the eclectic interior furnishings. The actor/director couple are design enthusiasts and have fused the two worlds of old and new with industrial chic and old-world interiors. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/zigzag-to-pool-simplified-instinctive-flow-opulent-fixtures/ @mutuus_studio @dowbuilt @k7scott
Hypnotic Disclosure: It Reflects Transformation, N Hypnotic Disclosure: It Reflects Transformation, Not Costume Change Frill. This is Jewellery With a Purpose Says the designer: ‘With more time at home for quiet contemplation and study, I see how much my inclination to create and conjure beauty has a root in the mystical traditions of making ‘art’ through awakening, of alchemy and of living essential questions.’ @5683bymmg’s most recent work is a collection of bespoke rings where what is touching the skin, in the way of a personal engraving, is given as much consideration as any and every other design detail. She loves the idea of a piece being both inward facing and outward facing. ‘There’s opportunity in that to make it an invocation or a support of Self, something that fosters intimacy with who we are, and our connection to the deeper I.’ @mmjee Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/hypnotic-disclosure-transformation-not-costume-change-frill-jewellery-purpose/
Transformable Kitchens-in-Motion Encounter Freedom Transformable Kitchens-in-Motion Encounter Freedom, Changeability and Individuality Streamlining and striving for the extraordinary by integrating specialised knowledge and systems into the sensorline range’s design ethos, the focus has its fingers on two central pulses: on the beat of technology; and on the beat of boosting levels of appreciation, creativity and facility when a user engages with the overall kitchen experience to evoke the space’s ideals. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/encounter-freedom-individuality-transformable-kitchens/ @blu_linesa
Major Retrospective Exhibition in Rome with Precio Major Retrospective Exhibition in Rome with Precious Material from Worldwide Collections and Archives The architect and the cities exhibition is on the Italian architect Aldo Rossi and presents over 800 drawings, sketches, notes, letters, photographs, models and documents. It celebrates Aldo Rossi over 20 years after his death and offers an opportunity to reflect on his great role in the sphere of Italian and international architecture in the second half of the 20th century. @museomaxxi @habitatmagsa #aldorossi @aldorossi_ok Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/major-exhibition-rome-exceptional-material-worldwide-collections-archives/
The Secret Starts With a Black Dot in Exceptional The Secret Starts With a Black Dot in Exceptional Privacy Where Hours Become Seconds The humour and wonder provoked by Claire Denarie-Soffietti’s collections have captured people’s hearts all over the world this past decade. “I paint not for shock value, not to be in, tortured or politically correct, but for joy and hope. I paint for pushing my limits, for daring, for trying, for the adventure, for being alive, for being me – awkward and mischievous and always ready to learn and improve.” @clairedenarieart @faire_lemur @habitatmagsa Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/secret-starts-with-black-dot-hours-become-seconds/
Towering Oak Trees in California’s ‘Horse Coun Towering Oak Trees in California’s ‘Horse Country’ Inspire a Contemporary Farmhouse Vision that Comes to Be Woodside is a small town on the San Francisco Peninsula. It’s home to many horses and is among the wealthiest communities in the United States. By completely reworking the site and blending the clients’ traditional and modern tastes, this evocative new home is nestled into the woods and borders an open space reserve. It functions as an entertainer’s dream come true as well as a retreat with its clean lines and a pared-down palette of cedar, metal, and concrete. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/towering-oaks-in-californias-horse-country-inspires-a-contemporary-farmhouse-vision-that-comes-to-be/  @walkerwarnerarchitects  @odada_interiors  @groundstudiolandscape @mattthewmillmanphoto
Artist Chris Soal Talks Bottle Caps and Toothpicks Artist Chris Soal Talks Bottle Caps and Toothpicks, Being Human and the Vanishing Burden of Goals When Taking It One Step at a Time Solo exhibition on @whatiftheworld_gallery in Cape Town until May 1st He was the youngest artist to have been invited to collaborate with Christian Dior on the Lady Dior Art #5 project where 10 artists from around the world were chosen to reinterpret the handbag as a unique work of art in their style. @dior @chris_soal Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/bottle-caps-toothpicks-experience-one-step-at-a-time/
Discover a New Sense of Belonging on the Edges of Discover a New Sense of Belonging on the Edges of the Earliest Rice Fields in South Central Portugal Infused with an elegance that only the most unpretentious simplicity can realise, every detail in this resort invites you into a deep retreat. In the far west of the Alentejo in Portugal, this micro-village has made emptiness and flatness its greatest wealth. An Atlantic Saint-Tropez? Not in the least. Any frenzy here is forbidden. On the contrary, here we praise slowness and discretion. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/discover-a-new-sense-of-belonging-on-the-edges-of-the-earliest-rice-fields-in-south-central-portugal/
Bathe in Privacy and Blend in on the Edge of an Ex Bathe in Privacy and Blend in on the Edge of an Extreme Hawaiian Landscape The sunny Kailua-Kona District stretches along an expansive area of the island. You’ll find everything here from coffee farms to historic Hawaiian landmarks. A beautiful holistic environment, which thoughtfully balances a modern spirit of innovation with a reverence for artisanal craftsmanship in its modern design scheme of rich textures, including lava-basalt floor tiles and coral wall blocks, this getaway family retreat embraces the spirit of Mauka-Makai – the symbolic flow of lava from mountain to sea. Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/bathe-blend-privacy-edge-extreme-hawaiian-landscape/ @walkerwarnerarchitects @nicolehollissf @lutskoassociates @habitatmagsa
Instinctive Skill Between Architecture and Art Mer Instinctive Skill Between Architecture and Art Merges into Light Fixtures to Tell of Nature’s Sacred Geometry The willowlamp team shows no signs of slowing down in their production of modern light fixtures that double as works of art with each piece being more spectacular than the last. Foreshadowing the monumental quality of Adam Hoets’ direction, he admits: ‘The work I am doing now is becoming all-out architectural in scale!’ @willowlampofficial @habitatmagsa #chandelier #bespokelighting #customized Read more at https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/instinctive-skill-between-architecture-and-art-merges-into-light-fixtures-to-tell-natures-sacred-geometry/
Amidst it All, Emancipation Hits Home The only ba Amidst it All, Emancipation Hits Home The only bad workout, is the one that didn’t happen; and we insist that good things always come to those who sweat. Personal Line is Technogym’s premium collection of home fitness equipment. Imagine cutting-edge biomechanics and digital technologies, refined materials and craftsmanship of the highest level in the most highly occupied and most beautiful spaces of the home, or the office. @technogym @antoniocitterio_patriciaviel #fitnessmotivation #fitnessondemand #inshape #health #wellness #wellnessjourney Read more: https://www.thelivinghabitat.com/amidst-it-all-emancipation-hits-home/
The idea of a pavilion typology informed this bout The idea of a pavilion typology informed this boutique project in Cape Town where the structure is kept to the minimum, materiality is celebrated, and spatial boundaries are blurred. The client, whom Wright Architects has been fortunate to have worked with on many architectural ventures, has always had a keen eye for design and a passion for pursuing architectural projects that push the design envelope; resulting in feats that are both award winning and find their way into an array of magazines and online publications. Read more at www.habitatmag.co.za @wright_architects Structural Illusions Accent Discretion and Topography in Cape Town
Yours Truly: Artisanal Meets Technological in Hand Yours Truly: Artisanal Meets Technological in Handcrafted Bags that Digitally Record Memories Cape Town-based Wolf & Maiden launches the Renaissance Collection, which gives the accessories a voice to tell stories in the form of digitally captured memories through the handcrafted bags that are manufactured to last lifetimes. In this case, in more ways than one. The collection was conceived to make sentimentality tangible and memories accessible for generations to come through a beautiful digital experience attached to a beautifully made, sustainable product. Read more at www.habitatmag.co.za @wolfandmaiden
Dominican Design Star’s Take on Luxury Mid-Centu Dominican Design Star’s Take on Luxury Mid-Century Modern Park Tower West interiors were conjured by the renowned designer Andrés Augusto Aybar who chose to combine a unique collection of products from exclusive design firms, such as Essential Home, Bosa, CC-Tapis, Dooq, Bomma, Brokis, among others. Read more at www.habitatmag.co.za
Using high-pressure water jets to gently carve sto Using high-pressure water jets to gently carve stones into their final design, the organic way in which this jeweller’s materials are carved is exclusive to the brand as a London-based jeweller. Water Jewels’ pearl, diamond and gemstone provenance is of the absolute best. The quality of which is only afforded to jewellers who establish multi-generational ties with the world’s foremost mines and dealers. A Sculptural and Sensual Treasure Chest of Intriguing Heirlooms Read more at www.habitatmag.co.za @habitatmagsa @bhwaterjewels @bhwaterjewels_london #christmasgifts #bhwaterjewels #shoppingfordiamonds #christmasgifts #hinthint #kensingtonboutique #jewelry #jewellerydesigner #handmadechristmas #diamonds #luxestyle #shoppingforher #beaherothischristmas
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