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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MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE • For writer and architect YEWANDE OMOTOSO, there was only one South African suburb in which to place the lead character of her latest novel – and that suburb

HIGH DAYS & HOLIDAYS • The thing about setting off on any kind of journey to an unknown place or experience, writes TSHIDISO MOLETSANE, is that you never really know what you’re going to remember about it afterwards.

AFROCHELLA MEMORIES • Reflecting on a trip to the Afrochella festival in Accra a few years back has got bestselling cookbook author MOGAU SESHOENE wondering what travel will be like in a post-pandemic world.

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTIONS AND LOCAL INSPIRATIONS

SUPERSALONE • As one of the 1 800 accredited journalists at this year’s Salone del Mobile Milano, ANNEMARIE MEINTJES was granted just 120 hours in Italy – and she made the most of them. Here are her favourites among the fresh new designs that were on display.

POOLS PERFECTED • The design of these jaw-dropping swimming pools demonstrates that a pool can be much more than an optional extra: the architects involved have ensured each one is an integral part of the avant-garde home it adorns.

THE FIRST TWELVE • The V&A Waterfront announces its first cohort for the ARTIST ALLIANCE INCUBATOR PROGRAMME.

The Influencers’ Influences ROBERT SILKE • Ever wondered who inspires our current generation of architects? Cape Town architect Robert Silke cites the buildings of the late LOUIS KAROL as the reason he pursued a career in architecture… and an internship at his practice that ended up lasting 18 years.

Travel Diary ZANZIBAR MEMOIR • Photographer Andrew Morgan spent 10 years living on this Tanzanian gem and, after returning there recently for a two-week work gig, shares his insider take on where to stay and what to do on the “Spice Island”.

WIN ONE OF TWO BLOMMA PLANTERS FROM PLANTR AND COSENTINO! • Two lucky readers will each win a Blomma planter by Plantr and Cosentino, worth a total of R35 000.

GREEN BLUE • THE SMALL, PRIVATE MADAGASCAN ISLAND OF NOSY ANKAO IS HOME TO THE TRANQUIL ESCAPE OF MIAVANA WITH 14 OCEAN-FRONT VILLAS THAT OFFER SEA VIEWS, DIRECT BEACH ACCESS, AND AN EFFORTLESS FLOW BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LIVING.

THE PEACE OF PINK • THE INSPIRED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THIS CONTEMPORARY WEEKENDER WORKS AS A SERIES OF CONTROLLED OPENINGS THAT RESPOND TO THE AREA’S WILD WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE CLEVERLY MERGING AFRICAN AND MEDITERRANEAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES WITH THE OWNERS’ DISTINCTIVE SENSE OF STYLE.

LIGHT OF DAY • THERE’S A RELAXED PALM SPRINGS VIBE TO THIS CHIC AND AIRY, RESTORED AUSTRALIAN SEASIDE HOME THAT IS THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR ITS OWNERS’ CREATIVE IMPULSES AND LOVE OF SURFING.

STILL LIFE • NAMED MUKTI – A SANSKRIT TERM FOR SPIRITUAL LIBERATION – THIS HERITAGE COTTAGE IN THE KAROO IS SATURATED WITH EXPRESSIVE FURNISHINGS, MAGPIE FINDS AND EARTHY HUES.

SEA STONE • A BOLDLY CONCEIVED SPANISH HOLIDAY HOME SITUATED ON THE MOUNTAINS CLOSE TO THE HISTORIC TOWN OF VALLDEMOSSA BLENDS AN URBANELY CONTEMPORARY SENSIBILITY WITH ELEMENTAL EASE.

COLLABORATIVE COBE • A REVAMP OF THE OLD FNB BUILDING IN...