'Mayfair', R18 500, Klooftique Our Winter Issue 84 scopes out the one thing we all need to stretch out on while getting cosy. Our team goes ‘yeah’ for the velvet Chesterfield in...
Keeping nice house can be a challenge. When your home is looking on the tardy side at best, or like a tip, at worst, maybe that’s precisely what you need. A tip from the experts. Welcome to our...
At the Milan Furniture Fair 2012, a wonderfully whimsical cartoon-like approach caught our Editor’s eye. The visual up top is ‘Analogia’, by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra. These r...
Some friends and DECO readers are asking how I made the papier-mâché vessels on our latest cover, Issue 84. Want to do something interesting and artsy this weekend? Try one. Papier-mâché pottery, scu...
The Botany Project is a completely sustainable design idea, using South Africa’s own indigenous fynbos as inspiration. The lamps are fueled by everyday olive oil. Simple and beautiful. The bran...
Photo: Jack Mascn Our Winter Issue No 84 goes to the Karoo. We put our feet up in Elle Editor Jackie Burger’s country home. We make pumpkin pie. We pick seeds and nuts and make brooches out of ...
Studio Rita We like playing dress-up, especially when it involves technology and pretty patterns. The new range of iPhone covers from Studio Rita got us hooked right away with their colourful combos ...
Aberdeen Tapestry Plum and Tapestry Teal Linen House is an internationally sought after brand of on-trend bedroom linen and superb quality fabrics. Available in South Africa , their new classic and c...
Wendy Legro's hot water bottle - for Droog Oh wow. Another object we covet. And so can you. Tell us what you think of this supadupa designer hot water bottle by Wendy Legro for Droog of Amsterda...
Country fresh and bloomin’ nice, DECO Winter Issue is on shelf today. Come and get it, folks, and get inspired by a country road trip to the Karoo, living with plants, a coffee round-up and a t...
Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 campaign Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012 runway show Fashion and interiors are really first cousins. It’s so interesting to watch how the two do their tango. We’ll p...
Our very design-minded intern Inge van der Merwe, went strolling through the streets of Cape Town this week and snapped off these beautiful cameos showing the classic use of typography in arch...
Moroccan Warehouse Bowl and Stoned Cherrie Vase. 'Raoul Asofa Stripe' fabric available from St Leger & Viney. Featured in our IDEAS ISSUE No. 83, these hand painted ceramics want to com...
Oh, do have a look at Sara Trickett’s ‘Book of the Week’: Visionaire Sun Beams, posted last week on itswhatiminto A celebration of gilt and shimmer, every spread is beautiful and artful in the true s...
DECO stylist Hendrik Coetzee has moved into a new place. So now the fun begins. He’s been doing a few things at the weekend to get his ducks all lined up. He picked up a bunch of hooks and thin...
Paola Navone designed these massive colourful nests, woven with 11,000 hazelnut branches from springtime prunings. ‘The Secret Garden’ project was part of an installation presented by Bar...
The souffle On Wednesday night, DECO stylist Hendrik and I joined 15 of our readers at a Lindt chocolate workshop held at the Lindt headquarters in the Cape Quarter, Cape Town. Chocolate, its provena...
This year’s pile of invitations to scope out the “Salone Internazionale del Mobile” was a show in its own right. Our editor Laureen Rossouw got bagsful of beautifully designed ̵...
As the relevance of design is becoming hotly debated, young designers are approaching their work with a sense of mischief. We couldn’t help noticing a playful approach to products coming throug...
We know about 3D printing and we’ve heard a lot of talk about the fact that in the future everyone will design their own furniture with 3D printers at home. Before 3D printing came into our lives, in...
Scandinavian furniture house IKEA launched their PS 2012 Collection in a big innovated warehouse at Ventura Lambrate at the Milan Design Fair this year. For the IKEA PS 2012 collection, IKEA gave 19 ...
We’ve just hit ‘print’ on our upcoming ‘Country Fresh’ Winter Issue – best described as the most collectable issue of ELLE DECORATION to date. So you better save the dat...
We just love this vertical garden idea – a refreshing take on the traditional stag head display. These plants mimic the shapes of animal trophy heads in comical fashion. Here are some more contempora...
We’re smitten with these porcelain plate cut-outs we recently produced for a fairytale-inspired shoot in our latest Ideas Issue (page 65). Lucky for you, were giving two away to a DECO reader&#...
We take the ‘hunter gatherer’ look to the extreme in our latest Ideas Issue. It’s jam-packed with trophy heads, stuffed animals and nature-inspired curiosities, ranging from the mor...
Our latest Ideas Issue is a must for all fabric lovers – a bumper showcase of prints, pattern, and texture. Bright and colourful patterned fabrics can be spotted throughout the magazine – look out fo...
Released to commemorate the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this limited-edition stamp set (created in collaboration with the Isle of Man Post Office) is Paul Smith at his most gra...
It’s Easter weekend, so we went looking in our vast library of past issues for a little treat, and discovered this shoot by DECO contributor Maranda Engelbrecht in our 2011 Revamp Issue. ItR...
We’ve just received this photograph (above) of the beautiful collaborative wallpaper design at the Saartjie Baartman Centre in Manenberg. The centre, a refuge for women and children who have experien...
This past weekend the Cape Town City Hall was transformed into a creative playground – Toffie Pop Culture Festival‘s annual mash-up of design, installation, art, food and music. We were armed w...
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