One wouldn’t expect a knot to be the stuff of mythmaking, but it was a knot that launched Alexander the Great’s legend: the young general raised his sword and sliced through the devilishly snarled Gordian Knot and by doing so fulfilled a prophecy that the man who undid the impossible tangle would go on to […]
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Kelly Hoppen questions our answers This South African-born Londoner, whose creative and entrepreneurial projects extend far beyond her day job as an interior designer, took the time out of her busy schedule to answer a few of our questions. Hoppen’s recent ventures have seen her promoting the Prince’s Trust “Tomorrow” campaign and advocating for international […]
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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Some people have all the design ability in the world. They can zero in on a piece of furniture at fifty metres and immediately know exactly where to place it in such a way that it brings an entire room together. They can track […]
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Estelle Scholtz and Dirk Hartford evoked a natural alchemy when they combined two rudimentary houses in the tiny fishing village of Hawston on South Africa’s Whale Coast to form their magical seaside haven When Estelle Scholtz and Dirk Hartford decided to settle in the miniscule fishing village of Hawston in the Western Cape Overstrand district, […]
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