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Out of Office I Voodoo Lily Café
Voodoo Lily Café in Birdhaven is a best-kept-secret place to work from. Although it’s popular with the lunch crowd who don’t seem to ever work, if you get a table in a corner you’re guaranteed no...
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The Postcard Revival Project
The Postcard Revival wants to show off great cities. Great cities like Jo’burg. We see postcards as travelling art exhibitions – a way to take artists’ impressions of textured and interesting cities...
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Made In Parkhurst: MØDERNIST
Anikesh Ramani and Gavin Thomas individually source and recommission all the Mid-Century and Scandinavian pieces that can be found in Parkhurst’s most stylish furniture store, MØDERNIST. We...
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Portfolio Night | The Creative Directors Pt.1
Portfolio Night is a global, annual event where aspiring young advertising copywriters, art directors and designers meet with several renowned advertising creative directors in a fast-paced evening...
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Portfolio Night | The Creative Directors Pt. 2
Portfolio Night is a global, annual event where aspiring young advertising copywriters, art directors and designers meet with several renowned advertising creative directors in a fast-paced evening...
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Inside Instant Grass’s JHB Office
Angie Batis – Art Director, Lucky Pony blogger and co-owner of Wolves and The Good Luck Club in Joburg – teamed up with Nicholas Christowitz – freelance designer and co-founder of Says Who – to...
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POV Female Johannesburg
POV Female is an international photography project started by London-based graphic designer and art director, Damien Poulain. First taking place in 2011, each year the POV (point of view) Female...
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At Portfolio Night 2013
Federico Freschi, the Executive Dean of FADA at the University of Johannesburg opened the first ever Portfolio Night event in South Africa last night. He spoke about the importance of generosity and...
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Made In Newtown: NewARC Studios
Collaboration, interaction and support are at the heart of Newtown’s artist’s studios, NewARC. We chatted to Anthea and Louise of the non-profit organisation Assemblage to find out more about the...
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My Day Job: Geraldine Fenn
Geraldine Fenn is a jeweller, and works out of the popular Parkhurst store, Tinsel. She specialises in one-of-a-kind pieces, but also creates beautiful ranges that reflect her fancies and...
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Made In Parkhurst: AUGUSTINE
AUGUSTINE is a menswear label that gives true meaning to the buzz term, ‘bespoke’. Clients are invited to participate in the tailoring process, selecting the fabric, trim and detailing down to the...
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Self-Starters: StartupCherry
StartupCherry in Johannesburg is a specialist training service that focuses on the ‘science of startups’. They help people become successful Self-Starters, by giving them the specialised skills and...
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Self-Starters: The Woodstock Exchange
What do The Old Biscuit Mill, Indigo Properties, the Daddy Long Legs chain of off-beat accommodation and The Woodstock Exchange have in common? They’re all owned by the same three people. Nick...
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Turbine Art Fair
The first Turbine Art Fair kicks off tonight at the beautiful Anglo Gold Ashanti Turbine Hall in Newtown Johannesburg, and will run over the weekend (26th – 28th July). The Turbine Art Fair is a...
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Out of Office: Field Office
The concept behind Field Office is simple; it serves as an office-out-of-the-office. South African product designers Pedersen + Lennard first opened the space in Barrack Street to show off some of...
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Public Art Walks in Joburg
Mainstreetwalks and AREA3 are opening up the streets of inner city Johannesburg with free guided tours through the CBD. The tours show off the street art murals and historic buildings in the area,...
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Out of Office: The Handle Bar
The Handle Bar in Sea Point is a unique combination between a bicycle shop, and a café. Here they sell and fix bikes and gear, but also serve a mean cup of coffee. The Handle Bar ticks all the...
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Creative Women: Kerry Friend
Kerry Friend is an Executive Creative Director at digital agency, Hellocomputer. This is the same agency that’s behind all the recent ‘world firsts’, like Joburg Zoo’s live tweeting honey badger and...
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Out of Office: Latitude 33
Long-time friends Gareth and Charles opened Latitude 33 in January 2013. The idea was to create a space inspired by laid-back surf culture, and some of their travels. They found the double storey...
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Open Thursday | East City Edition
First Thursdays and Open Design host ‘Open Thursday’ on 29 August, a special East City edition of First Thursdays in celebration of the Open Design Festival. Studios, galleries, museums and shops...
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