MAGAZINE CONTENTS
REGULARS
14 editor’s note
16 our favourite things
20 centrestage the first of all pleasures
26 what’s new the latest products
36 new shops hub of innovation
48 random inspiration one good wobble
54 eco light beach & the city
58 hot seat creating concrete history
64 snapshot design cities
70 living proof design with purpose
78 details past the surface
118 be inspired a clean slate
124 expert advice keeping it cool
126 fave five who’s the fairest?
128 gabfest
140 wicked ideas more than illusion
142 living it out hotels we love!
151 garden treats beguiling blooms
155 entertaining eat, drink and make merry
164 afterparty brandt culinary workshop
168 daydream the bedroom
GALLERY
44 design intervention
46 molecule
HOMES
84 the corner house
92 from bakery to home
98 simple moves
106 light & breezy
112 dressing up
SPOTLIGHT
129 Designs we love
something new
something gold
Every time the advanced copies of our magazine get delivered to the office, the team at the HC headquarters pounces on them with a level of fervour that would be quite bewildering, I should think, to an outsider not privy to the late nights the team spends hunched over the computer, throwing ideas back and forth, all the while downing mug after mug of steaming coffee as we set to work on the next big headline story.
This month, however, the air was so thick with anticipatory tension that you could almost cut through it with a knife. The reason? We were finally seeing our magazine’s new look come to life after months of planning.
As Home Concepts turns ten this October, our dear readers might have noticed that things are looking more than a little different. The masthead has changed, the look is fresher and edgier, a new section has been added, and more of such moves can be expected in the months to follow.
But… and this is a really big but… readers will be glad to know that the essence of the magazine will remain much the same… it’ll only get bolder, and sexier, from this point forward, with greater emphasis on stories that provoke thought, that inspire, that amuse and excite, that move past trends to get to heart of good design and to the issues that matter.
In this our revamp issue, we thought it only fitting to look at the designs that have truly stolen our hearts and minds – bold and brave ideas, meaningful works, designs that sit on the cutting edge, and others that simply make us smile, or stop and ponder.
One particularly enlightening event that really caught our attention was the Design Cities exhibition (page 64), currently being held at the Design Museum in London, which gives a bird’s eye view of the seven cities that are widely recognised as having generated and led the trends during each milestone of the Modern Movement, namely London, Vienna, Dessau, Paris, Los Angeles, Milan and Tokyo.
South African architecture also shares the spotlight this month. Specifically, the works of Jo Noero, a man who inspired us with his belief about the responsible nature in which architecture today should take, and who is trying to change the world for the better, through his work, one step at the time (page 70). Noero is in town this October to speak at the ArchiFest Forum.
We hope you’ll enjoy the new Home Concepts as much as we have loved putting it together!
Janice Seow
Acting Editor
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