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7 WORKING THE ROOM

WHEN JULIA LAUNCHED GENERATION IN 1990s JOBURG, South Africa was emerging from an insular apartheid wilderness where conservative design had dominated. “We started out 28 years ago, when our country had limited access to international design. We were innovators in the industry, bringing in new ideas and creativity,” she explains. Her luxurious contemporary work made its mark (ed's note: it even featured in the first issue of VISI), and her design projects under the Julia Day Interior Architecture and Design moniker, as well as the coveted international brands she represents as Generation, continue to inspire. juliaday.co.za

Generation was started in 1994 as a showcase

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