House and Leisure

I think other people might sum Johannesburg up differently, but I have a very romantic connection with this city I call home. Some of my first memories of Joburg are about driving up Glenhove Road through Houghton, umbrellaed by droopy jacarandas aft

An artist’s work is never done. We start working when our minds are clear and fresh, and stop working when the noise from the clackers gets too loud and the overthinking begins. But the creative process never ends. There is so much inspiration around

Even if you call Johannesburg home, it remains an elusive beast – a city of secrets. But for those interested in its parts unknown, there’s a whole lot to discover in Fourthwall Books’ 10-part series called Wake Up, This is Joburg. The wildly success

Unknown Design Agency is anything but. Founded in 2014 by Coenraad Sutton and Linel Louw, the agency has distinguished itself in the Johannesburg creative landscape by specialising in holistic brand development. Unknown’s recent clients include produ

BRITISH ARTIST AND DESIGNER ES DEVLIN – WHO WOWED THE CROWD AT THIS YEAR’S DESIGN INDABA – HAS CREATED A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION FOR THE FORECOURT OF CAPE TOWN’S ZEITZ MOCAA. ENTITLED ‘ZOETROPE’, THE EXHIBIT CONSISTS OF A STRUCTURE THROUGH WHICH VISI

Selected for their ability to deeply nourish and revive the skin, the seven botanical oils in Lancôme Absolue Precious Oil pack a punch. Think of this product as a booster – to be used between serum and moisturiser – that helps create plumped up, dew

For the past seven years, Joburg’s growing passion for Mid-Century Modern design has been satisfied (at least in part) by the unique collection of pieces at Mødernist in Parkhurst, and now the little-corner-shop-that-could is sizing up – and branchin

Handpainted sliding Rajasthani doors open up to the formal reception room of Bollywood actress Tarina Patel’s Sandton home. Tarina, clad in one of her wedding garments – a hand-embroidered lehenga by Sabyasachi Mukherjee – stands next to a pale woode

Philippe van der Merwe of Tonic Design – who created this home’s crisply contemporary interiors – calls the setting of the house ‘a Joburger’s paradise’. It’s a Randlord mansion originally built in 1910 for mining magnate Alfred Beit’s Central Mining

Kim Sacks Gallery on Jan Smuts Avenue in Johannesburg’s Parkwood has been loved by the city for almost two decades now, as much for its trove of handmade African objects as for the gallery’s iconic, sculptural architecture. And Kim’s own home, just a

As brand communications and digital lead at Nike, Lucia Maseko is embedded in the cultural and social offering of Johannesburg. With everything in close proximity, Lucia says she finds herself all over Joburg, depending on what the city and its peopl

A microcosm of the area, the Plaza is a good starting point for your exploration of Fordsburg in a contained, slightly more comfortable space than the street. At first glance, it seems there are mostly Indian fashion, fabric and food shops, but upon

Civility and the nonsensical collide in Hendrick’s Gin’s whimsical gift packs. The ‘Wonder of Two’ pack features a bottle of small-batch gin – handcrafted using Bennet and Carter-Head stills – which contains rose and cucumber essences for a light and

When the Lexus LS 400 was unveiled in 1989, leading manufacturers had to step aside on the premium-sedan podium. As the luxury division of Toyota, Lexus had accomplished what it had set out to do – mastermind a car that defied convention and pushed t

There’s a magical street in Parktown where the steep, rocky ridge commands some of Joburg’s most spectacular views. In the early ’70s, renowned architect Peter Rich and his wife Diane bought a property here – a 1918 cottage with a precipitous terrace

Half a head of Chinese cabbage, cut into strips6 heads bok choy, cut into strips2 bundles glass noodles* (about 100g in total), soaked for 30 minutes until soft, boiled briefly and drained3 pieces pressed tofu (15–20g each), cut into thin strips and

INTRODUCE A KEY VISUAL ELEMENT – AND A DASH OF INDUSTRIAL INFLUENCE – TO A CONTEMPORARY SPACE WITH THIS MIAMI HANGING LAMP IN BLACK (R3 995; 1.05×1.75M). WEYLANDTS.CO.ZA Dinner party planned? Throw in a little bling with these graciously curved, gold

I am the chief curator of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), a museum of modern and contemporary art. Since being appointed as the curator at JAG, I have overseen the staging of three exhibitions and public programmes, forged new partnerships for th