Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2017 i OBJEKT South Africa

Looking up the meaning of the word, the best description or at least the one I liked the most reads as follows: “Excellence means greatness — the very best. Achieving excellence is never easy to do. Excellence is a quality that people really appreciate because it’s so hard to find. Excellence is the quality of excelling, of being truly the best at something.” In this issue we look at a couple of people who’ve portrayed the quality of excelling. Nowhere in South Africa does this ring more true than our cover story, the creation that Paco and Robert from Il Lusso dreamt up and executed to perfection. Their world-class showroom in Kramerville is the first of its kind not only in South Africa - chances are you will be hard…

FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW, there are a handful of furniture brands that define the trends and have for years epitomised style and craftsmanship. Some of these leading edge brands have had some representation in South Africa over the years but nowhere near on the scale that you would find in Europe. That has all just changed thanks to the forward think-ing of two people, namely Paco Pakdoust and Robert Marengo. Paco began the highly successful Paco Rugs back in 1997 when he started working with craftsman around the globe to produce unique rugs based on traditional techniques and methods. He now has workshops in India, Nepal and Pakistan which continue to uplift the livelihoods of these communities. This has clearly given him the understanding of the local market as…

Too large a percentage of office furniture in South Africa is imported, with cheaply mass-manufactured goods coming in from America and Asia, whilst the big international, European-based brands are favoured at the upper end of the market. What many people fail to realise is that there is world-class, on-trend office furniture being manufactured right here in South Africa. Geo Cloud is proud to have been the pioneers of locally produced office furniture since 1937 and is honoured to play its role in building the local economy and uplifting lives through employment. This heritage brand is now the largest independently owned office chair manufacturer in the Southern hemisphere. WITH A FIRM FOUNDATION of 80 years offering chair solutions and 15 years of desking innovation, the progressive Geo Cloud is proud to…

Founded in 1949 the bulthaup story began with the German tradition of fine craftsmanship and precision engineering in kitchen cabinetry. The vision was to intertwine function and aesthetics while delivering bespoke kitchen furniture engineered to exact specifications of the highest quality and craftsmanship for which bulthaup has built its reputation as a premium brand. COMBINING LUXURY with precision is a unique aspect of bulthaup’s DNA and because of this, every bulthaup kitchen is one-of-a-kind. Every aspect of food preparation and entertainment is thought through and implemented into the design. ‘For us at bulthaup, craftsmanship doesn’t finish in the factory. The level of detail is checked in the factory and goes all the way through’, says Gurmat Nahal, Director of Operations, bulthaup South Africa. With a degree in furniture and product…

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER 38 MM The OMEGA Speedmaster is one of the most recognised chronographs in the world. Now, OMEGA introduces this refined 38 mm collection. The famous look and heritage is still at the heart of creation, but the enduring design has been given a pure and new aesthetic touch. For wearers who appreciate both classic and contemporary style, each piece has been crafted with simplicity, size and colour in mind. Fourteen new models will make up the complete Speedmaster 38 mm collection for men and women. The four models presented here provide a captivating overview of the full range. At first glance, it is clear to see that each Speedmaster 38 mm includes horizontal oval subdials and a vertical oval date window positioned at 6 o’clock. Inspiration for this…

PAOLA LENTI is best known for her unique furniture and rugs for indoor and outdoor crafted from wool felt. The brand has become synonymous with extensive research and development into materials and processes adopted for their originality, beauty and practicality. This has made it a reference point for textile innovation in the design world. OBJEKT Internationa l met Anna Lenti, who has been working closely with her sister Paola and long-time designer Francesco Rota since 2000. Anna: “Paola is really the creative part, all the other duties we share. We have our own role in the company, but we listen to each other very carefully. We want to create long-lasting and timeless products for indoor and outdoor purposes that are not over designed and that create a feel-good environment.” She…

THE GALLERY HOUSE that architect Clemens Schaub designed is located at the Windsor Resort in Vero Beach Florida, a high-end community founded in 1989 by Canadian businessman W Galen Weston and his philanthropist wife, the Honourable Hilary M Weston of Toronto, Canada. The house is basically the collaboration of the two brothers Clemens and Rick. As enthusiastic art collectors Rick and Melinda wanted ‘an art gallery with furniture’. They asked Clemens to design their vision that would ultimately display the photographs, sculptures and paintings that they had acquired. The plans Clem created used the courtyard as the ‘major room’ with the rest of the gallery and living spaces around it. “It is very playful how the floor plan twists and rooms look back on each other so that no matter…