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Space Encounters
Space Encounters, a design firm and furniture shop, speaks an industrial midcentury modern (MCM) tongue to the extent that it has become its recognizable trademark.
3 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Nikki Buensalido
Nikki Buensalido graduated Magna Cum Laude and Valedictorian with a Rector’s Award for Academic Excellence for her degree in Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila—evidence that she effortlessly succeeds in whatever endeavor she sets her heart to complete.
5 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Nico Faustino
Nico Faustino is multi-cam TV and live director. He started directing professionally at the age of 22. Since then, he has been mastering his craft and adding a range of genres, as well as directing styles. He also does live stage directing and TV directing for beauty pageants, both locally and internationally. Recently he co-produced a number of advocacy films that have been shown in schools and other Filipino communities in Dubai and other Asian countries.
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Jim Torres
Pampanga-based industrial designer Jim Torres was mentored by Filipino designer Jude Tiotuico. Torres’ adventurous, dauntless, and determined character allows him to strike a perfect balance between art and design that can be seen through his works. He has exhibited his debut works through the Red Box program of Manila FAME. He was awarded as grand winner of the Red Box Home Accents Category for his Harris lamps.
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Gino Santos
Gino Santos is one of the youngest commercial, TV, and film directors in the Philippines. His knowledge of—and passion for—film at such a young age got him to be chosen as the delegate of the Philippines for the Motion Picture Association Conference in China. He has directed numerous short films that have captured the attention of both local and international audiences. He started directing his first full length feature "The Animals" when he was 22 for the Cinemalaya Film Festival.
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Boe Riccio
What is your brand of style?
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Erick Yambao
Erick Yambao is the landscape architect who founded Plontur, and serves as its head and design director. For him, design is a medium to evoke feelings, challenge mindsets, test theories, and set new standards. Through landscapes, he wants to give spaces an identity that shapes not just the way people move, but also the way they live and think. Yambao has worked on many notable residential, institutional, and commercial projects that have been featured in different books, magazines, and blogs.
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
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Atelier Funk Architecture
Juxtaposition is a figure of speech that places two elements close together. In literature, this technique is often done to compare or contrast—etching out a character to magnify the differences between the two subjects. Though simplistic, this parallelism is an effective way to understand each entity using the obvious characteristics of the other one.
2 min |
Special Issue 1 2019
Forbes Africa
History, Identity, Imagination
An exhibition of contemporary African photography is on at the Tate Modern in London. This writer left not with a sense of a completed narrative, but with a feeling of energized possibility, and the rush of discovering fresh, reconfigured horizons.
4 min |
October - November 2023
Forbes Africa
The Rise of AI Art
When award-winning art work can be generated by algorithms, where does that leave artists?
5 min |
December 2022 - January 2023
Farmer's Weekly
Pretty Views, Pears, and a Painting Pig
A picturesque pear farm in the Franschhoek Valley offers a number of accommodation options, including a barn where an artistic pig and other rescue animals spend the night! Brian Berkman reports.
4 min |
May 20, 2022
Big Issue
Exploring The Politics Of Identity
Karen Rutter, Editor-in-Chief of www.weekendspecial.co.za interviews multidisciplinary artist Thania Petersen
4 min |
Issue 297
True Love
When Art Becomes Your Life...
Fhatuwani Mukheli loves nothing more than transporting you to his creative world. The co-founder and director of I See ADifferent You tells us why he uses art to narrate his own story
5 min |
September 2020
go! - South Africa
Rock Art And Craft Gin
The Clarens San-Traverse is a new three-day slackpacking trail that gives hikers the opportunity to stride out onto the sandstone domes of the Rooiberg, while learning about the fascinating heritage of this corner of the Eastern Free State.
9 min |
September 2020
The South African Artist
small towns & the big city
The sight of a print of Tretchikoffs "Dying Swan" on the wall at a friend’s house, when David Roux was only five years old, was the start of a lifelong interest in art.
6 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
life and landscapes
Johan Coetzee’s journey to becoming a full time artist began long before he went to college.
4 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
the shape of colour
FEATURED ARTIST: SHAKES TEMBANI
1 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
coloured roses in aquarelle
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES: GOLDFABER AQUA
4 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
colourful peacock
TIPS AND TECHNIQUES: CHAMELEON PENS
2 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
a South African artist makes his mark in New York
FEATURED ARTIST: LUKE BAGGOTT
5 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
Oil Painting Essentials
Tips and techniques: oils
5 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
How To Paint A Classic Autumn Scene
Who can resist painting an Autumn scene?
4 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
Tips And Techniques: Watercolours
Tips and techniques: watercolours
4 min |
Issue 50
The South African Artist
Painting With The Zorn Palette
The Zorn palette is named after Anders Leonard Zorn (February 18, 1860 – August 22, 1920), an internationally successful artist from Sweden.
1 min |
Issue 48
The South African Artist
Speaking To The Heart
Speaking To The Heart
3 min |
Issue 48
The South African Artist
Oil Painting Essentials
Spontaneous. That is normally what we associate with the creative process of making art. The opposite is actually true for many of us. As artists, we wrestle with the picture in our minds eye and try to pin it to the canvas as best we can. What inspires us, needs to be expressed as fast as art can possibly happen. We run the danger of not having the right tools to pin down that fleeting inspirational moment. One of those tools is called composition. In specific: the Rule of Thirds.
5 min |
Issue 48
The South African Artist
True To His Roots
Artist, father, husband and entrepreneur, Keith Zenda was born into a rural family with four siblings in Chirumanzu, Zimbabwe. After the death of his father, he was raised by his mother and from the age of 10 became the head of the household. A natural provider and nurturer, Keith is still involved in uplifting those less fortunate than him. For more than a decade he has been peddling his artworks, sometimes against all the odds, across borders from Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique to Cape Town, evoking respect and admiration from all those who meet this hard-working talent.
2 min |
Issue 48
The South African Artist
Eagle In Polychromos
STEP 1: I only sketch light outlines with a few light reference lines inside. I double-check to make sure I’m happy with the composition and proportions before continuing.
3 min |
Issue 48
Her World Malaysia
What You Need To Know About The Contemporary Art
The contemporary art genre is currently booming in our country and we’re all for it! Lorraine Chai lays out what you need to know about this emerging culture and how relevant it is in Malaysia today.
10 min |
September 2019
Home & Decor Malaysia
Design - Master Of Illusion
Ideas and inspiration from those in the know
5 min |