Volume 20 (Curate)

a mindful presence
On the cover: A striking scene at Dylan Lewis Studio & Sculpture Garden from ‘The Curator’ on p34, featuring Wanida Keeping, wearing an Oval Sleeve Tassel Dress by Selfi from AKJP, and holding an 0808 Ceramics vase exclusively from LIM. Photography by Frances Marais and art direction and styling by Storm Ross, for House and Leisure.

Let the land lead.
Choose care over clutter.
Trust time. Resist urgency.
Design for continuity, not completion.
Shape experience as well as space.
Distil noise into direction.
Live with nature.
Find focus.
Be mindful of what matters.
Accept imperfection as evidence of life.
Reject excess.
Favour intention over outcome.
Allow silence to do its work.

MOOD

Ed’s Note Arranging Things p26

Essay The Art of Intention p30

Direction The Curator p34

LOOK

Culture Storytellers p46

Books Library as Laboratory p52

Fashion Living Portraits p58

Art Look, Listen p60

Collaboration Listening to the Land p64

Dining Designer Date p66

Shop the Look LOOKBOOK p72

Space House of Curation p74

Craft Field Notes p78

Museum Living Lessons p82

Sustainability Nurturing Nature p86

Experience Farm Feeling p92

Place Green House p98

Food Marine-minded p104

Interiors Farm to Form p108

Travel Art Safari p114

LIVE

Portugal Slow Pace p122

Noordhoek Quiet Ritual p134

Menorca Sculpted Stone p148

Wilderness Curated Calm p160

Stockholm Light Touch p172

De Waterkant Urban Charm p184

London Old Soul p194

Newlands Free Flow p206

Pretoria Deep Roots p216

Plettenberg Bay Clean Lines p226

Lombok Fine Balance p236

DIGEST

Retreat Quiet Reflection p250

Design Conscious Living p252

Sound Resonant Alchemy p254

Medicine Healing Journey p256

Interiors Sensuous Interiors p258

Beauty Grounded Beauty p260

Food Bountiful Harvest p262

LAST WORD
Essay On Care, Courage and Becoming p264