Experience

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  Food Lover's Market Holdings

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Consultant, Kitchenware collections for Food Lover's Market

    • Mar 2024 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    Establish Kitchenware ranges across the brand.

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  Samara Private Game Reserve

  • Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  • Consultant, Giftware ranges for Samara Private Game Reserve.

    • Nov 2023 - Present
    • Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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  Africa Press Publictions (Pty) Ltd

  • Cape Town, South Africa

  • Publisher

    • 2014 - Present
    • Cape Town, South Africa

    Publisher-owner, Africa Press Publications (Pty) Ltd. Illustrated books - interiors, architecture, travel, cookery, hospitality, conservation, fine art, design, gardens, craft. Books published: 2023: 'Design for Good'; '100 Years of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association'; 'Woolworths, 90 Years of making a Difference'; 'A Dark Eden, Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden'; 'Ghana, Africa's Orange Economy'. 2022: 'Inside Paarl'. 2020: 'Mauritzfontein, the Story of a Karoo Garden'. 2019: 'A Foothold in Africa', for Caleo Foundation (Sanbona Wildlife Reserve and Jock Safari Lodge). 2018: 'The Overberg, A Traveller's Guide', with Standard Bank Private Bank; 'Damhuis, Recipes & Memories of a House' (English and Afrikaans). 2017: Design Directory 2017-2018 (Craft & Design Institute); 'Inside Kimberley', 'Perfect Hideaways in South Africa, Vol 2', 'The Gourmet Cookbook' (with Condé Nast); 2015: 'World Design Capital Cape Town 2014, The Story of an African City'; Perfect Hideaways in South Africa Vol 1; 'South African Artists at Home'; 2016 & 2017: Cape Town Art Fair catalogues; 'Hidden Johannesburg'; 2013: 'Hidden Cape Town'; 2011: 'Style Icons, Top South African Designers & their Interiors'; 2007: 'Down South Two'; 2004: 'Down South' (2004).

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  Published author.

  • France, UK, USA and South Africa.

  • Author

    • 1986 - Present
    • France, UK, USA and South Africa.

    Interiors, décor, gardens, architecture, fine art, design, travel.Recent books: Design for Good; Ghana, The Orange Economy (Africa Press); A Dark Eden, Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden (Africa Press); Woolworths, 90 Years of Making a Difference (Woolworths South Africa); 100 Years, The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of South Africa (Africa Press); Inside Paarl (Africa Press); Mauritzfontein, The Story of a Karoo Garden (Africa Press); Perfect Hideaways in South Africa, Books 1 & 2 (Africa Press); Inside Kimberley (Africa Press); Hidden Johannesburg (Penguin Random House); South African Artists at Home (Penguin Random House); Louis Vuitton Cape Town City Guide (Louis Vuitton), 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024; Hidden Cape Town (Random House/Struik); Style Icons: Top South African Designers & their Interiors (Random House/Struik).1996:Text abridgement and picture research, The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (Little, Brown & Co).Books published 1986-to date by: Clarkson Potter, Abbeville Press, John Murray, Little, Brown & Co, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Automobile Association, Insight Guides, Africa Press, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Penguin Random House and Random House/Struik.

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  Boschendal Wine Estate

  • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Creative Director

    • Jan 2020 - May 2024
    • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

    Creative direction and content creation across all customer touch-points, including homeware merchandise curation, showroom presentation, photography direction and styling, and interior decoration.

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  Journalist

  • Italy, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA.

  • Journalist

    • 1989 - 2018
    • Italy, Spain, South Africa, UK, USA.

    Magazine journalism: Interiors, décor, architecture, design, food, lifestyle, fashion, travel, people, celebrity.Magazines: Condé Nast House & Garden (SA), Condé Nast Traveller (UK and India), Condé Nast Traveler (US), L’Uomo Vogue, Vogue Glamour, Vogue Italia and Casa Vogue (all Condé Nast Italy), Casa Vogue (Spain), The World of Interiors, Harpers & Queen, Men’s Health (UK), Elle Decoration (UK), Country Life (UK), Departures (UK, USA), VISI, House & Leisure and TASTE (all SA).Newspapers: The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Evening Standard (all UK).

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  Cape Town Design NPC

  • Cape Town, South Africa

  • Convener, curatorial panel, World Design Capital Cape Town 2014

    • 2013 - 2014
    • Cape Town, South Africa

    Coordinated a panel of 40 curators to assess projects submitted for inclusion in the official programme for World Design Capital Cape Town 2014.Content curating to make connections between disparate projects so that WDC 2014’s mission came to life in ways that attracted local and international media attention, satisfied the public, made sense in the SA context, and ultimately transformed life for Capetonians.

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  Woolworths

  • Cape Town, South Africa

  • Head Of Design

    • 2006 - 2013
    • Cape Town, South Africa

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  Conde Nast Independent Magazines

  • United States
  • Media Production
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Editorial Director

    • 2002 - 2006

    Editorial Director overseeing House & Garden, GQ, Glamour

  • Editor, House & Garden

    • 1997 - 2006

    Launch editor