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Natural Instinct
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NATURAL INSTINCT
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SHOWCASING A QUIET AND POETIC VISION, MELBOURNE-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER WILLEM-DIRK DU TOIT INSIDE THE MILAN APARTMENT OF ITALIAN DESIGNER HENRY TIMI.
DESIGN Henry Timi PHOTOGRAPHY Willem-Dirk du Toit / WORDS Megan Rawson
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“Stone, wood and metals empower me and give me pure energy and absolute inspiration, to create a new life out of them.”
- Henry Timi
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Timi’s favourite elements throughout his apartment are the arches that were part of the former 20th-century building.
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“ Beauty is concealed inside the hidden detail, which is designed with the mind, dreamt with the heart and lived with the soul.”
- Henry Timi