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THE LUXURY DEEP DIVE

Get three leaders in the field of luxury around a beautifully designed table, and we figured that something good would happen. But even we were surprised by our first Round Table discussion – a new regular feature in which you can expect bright minds talking about big ideas while surrounded by some of the continent’s finest furniture.

With this month’s issue being all about luxury, we asked African design doyenne Cathy O’Clery, this year’s 100% Design ‘Designer of the Year’ Mpho Vackier, and WITS University media studies professor Mehita Iqani to gather around Tonic Design’s beautiful Alberto table.

For 45 minutes we looked back, we learnt, laughed, and tried to look forward, and there simply isn’t enough space to squeeze everything that we covered in here. So read below for the highlights reel, and keep

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