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Photograph of Charl by Frances Marais, wearing his new favourite colour, thanks to Scotch & Soda. right this way!

How time flies! Can you believe you’re already holding Volume 4 of our relaunched House and Leisure in your hands? I can’t! To me, the last year feels like a blur – it’s just swooshed by, like a motorbike speeding past you on the sidewalk.

But right now is also the perfect time to halt, zone out (or in) and reflect on this milestone and how far we’ve come; a moment to acknowledge what we’ve built ... cue our theme for this issue ;)

This is why I’d like to take a second to celebrate the ‘builders’ of our brand who have made it all possible: the people we’ve met along the way, our network of collaborators, and you (waving!), our readers. But also our team – the ones who craft and create the stories that you read and experience on these pages or online – it takes an incredible group of people to assemble and ‘build’ an issue like the one that you’re currently holding in your hands (get to know some more about our team on p18). With what we do also comes a great sense of responsibility...

At LOOKBOOK Studio, the creative content studio behind House and Leisure, we’re dedicated to spotlighting, showcasing and supporting the local design community through our stories. With each volume we’re contributing to the bigger picture and playing a part in our industry and its artistic community, which is why it’s always exciting to partner up and celebrate design, art and architecture as a collective. Accordingly, we’ve just celebrated the art industry as the official media partner of Investec Cape Town Art Fair (see p222); we’ve also partnered with the reimagined Decorex Africa (see p66) to show our support for the design and decor community, and we’ve joined forces with the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIFA) to spotlight local architecture and give you inside access to award-winning homes and interiors (see p27).

Who was it again who said that print was a stuffy old medium?

The pages of each issue of House and Leisure truly represent our commitment and love for collaboration – turn to p54 for an especially exciting shoot in collaboration with one of our editors-at-large, Tracy Lee Lynch, Clout/SA and Nando’s, who are doing an incredible job of supporting and mentoring local designers, as portrayed in a beautiful narrative on the streets of Soweto, captured by Sho Ngwana.

Our diverse network of contributing editors and editors-at-large (see p38 for our (re)introduction of Trevor Stuurman) also deserve a huge thank you – they keep us connected to the world, and help us to create better, more inclusive and diverse content.

We’re like our own city, with many moving parts and a multitude of voices, all with our own part to play in making our home a little happier. We’d love to know what you think of this issue. Send us a mail via hello@houseandleisure.co.za or DM us on Instagram @houseandleisure.

Ed.

@charl_edwards

FOR THE LOVE OF GOOD DESIGN.

Photograph of Agora apartment block by Paris Brummer

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Our O mood board that sets the pace for this issue...

1. Terracotta decorative breeze brick from Moroccan Warehouse. 2. Tiled purple facade by Instagram photographer @serjios. 3. Purple glass vase from Country Road. 4. Trevor Stuurman in Gaborone, Botswana. 5. African Adventure 3 from Dulux. 6. Zig Zag Chair by Gerrit Rietveld For Cassina from THEFOURTH. 7. ‘Background Dancer No. 7’ by Alex Coetzee. 8. Patterned Oromo dining chair by TheUrbanative. 9. Softruck couch in rose by E27 and Tim Brauns from Ligne Roset. 10. ‘Music’ by Aviwe Plaatjie from EBONY/CURATED. 11. Agora apartment block by Two Five Five Architects. 12. Creative Collection TRC yellow and natural tile by Opia Design. 13. Capsule Lamp by Lisa Twyman. 14. IC Floor Lamp by Flos from Créma Design. 15. Chartreuse Panton chair by Verner Panton for Vitra from Créma Design. 16. Rug 4 in red by The Ninevites.