Visi

Visi is a celebration of living well. It is committed to bringing readers the best of South African design, decor and architecture, together with the latest international trends. The innovative magazine prides itself on quality and integrity in design and editorial content. Readers enjoy news about today’s decor and design trends, new products and ideas, as well as features on South Africa’s most beautiful homes and spaces.

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BY DESIGN • Cape Town-based architect Luis Mira always designs buildings with longevity in mind. No wonder, then, that his work is much sought-after, and that his creations have been regularly featured in the pages of VISI.

FAMILY FIRST • Make sharing food and family time around the dinner table a priority, and you’ll reap the benefits on every level, writes chef and cookbook author LIZIWE MATLOHA.

PHONE IT IN • While locked down and lonely as she was on the brink of moving across the world, MING-CHEAU LIN’s smartphone functioned as the virtual “dinner table” that brought her closer to family and friends.

AT THE TABLE • From memories of far-off sounds of the dinner parties her mother once hosted to her own more recent Sunday lunches, Woolworths TASTE editor KATE WILSON reflects on why she loves to get people eating around a table.

WHERE WORK MEETS ART • Meet the co-working concept at ROAMWORK that’s changing the way we want to work.

Vision • INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONS AND LOCAL INSPIRATIONS

AT THE TABLE • These celebrity chefs have gone beyond creating inspirational food to dreaming up special takes on what we should be serving it on. Here’s how to set your table their way.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS • In a boost for artists and the arts and culture sector, the V&A Waterfront is establishing the V&A Waterfront Artist Alliance – an arts incubation and development programme for fresh, young creative talent.

ALL THE DETAILS

KITSCHY KOOL • Here are a few of our favourite kitsch artworks and designs to inspire you to bring home a spot of bold, brash but tongue-in-cheek style.

CUSTOMISED COOL • Looking for a way to rapidly transform the look of your kitchen? Samsung’s new BESPOKE refrigerator range is the game-changer that will give it an instant makeover.

FEATURE STORY

The Influencers’ Influences MOKENA MAKEKA • Ever wondered who inspires our current generation of architects? For the lauded Cape Town architect and urbanist Mokena Makeka, experiencing the work of the late Modernist LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE in person struck a deep emotional chord.

Travel Diary CAST AWAY • With SA’s 2 700km of varied coastline, and a cornucopia of creeks, streams, rivers and stillwaters, fly-fishers are spoiled for choice. Here are some of our favourite spots.

GLAMECH • In its transformation from the iconic Metlife Centre office block to HOTEL SKY CAPE TOWN, conference rooms and cubicles have made way for 535 hi-tech hotel suites – and two adorable automations to carry your bags.

PROOF OF CONCEPT • PHILIP AND LISA NEL have lived in this compact prefabricated home since 2009 – and, by layering a quirky cosiness onto INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, they’ve demonstrated the long-term value of this increasingly popular way to DESIGN AND BUILD.

FOREVER FOR NOW • Agora, a new development by architects ANDRÉ KRIGE and THEO KRUGER of TWO FIVE FIVE ARCHITECTS, is built to blend in with its surroundings – but this striking building is by no means a wallflower.

SEEING RED The RADISSON RED’S second iteration in SOUTH AFRICA • adds even more colour to Rosebank’s vibrant and walkable precinct....