‘Getting a dress designed is as much about how it makes a client feel, as how it makes them look,’ says Leopard Frock Creative Director Lezanne Viviers. ‘There’s a lot of EQ (emotional intelligence) involved in designing an outfit’. Understanding that people look good when they feel good has kept Leopard Frock founder Marianne Fassler at the gleaming scissor tip […]
The atmosphere amongst the twenty thousand fans crammed into the arena crackles with an electric charge. Many of them, wearing the colours of their favoured team, have travelled thousands of kilometres for the opportunity to witness the epic match. Statistics about their teams’ matches on the road to this point are exchanged, praised and picked apart by fans in the […]
When IBM’s Deep Blue won its match against chess world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, it became the first computer system to defeat a reigning world champion in a match under standard chess tournament time controls. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating (he’d won the original match, a year earlier, 4-2) and demanded a rematch, but IBM declined and retired Deep […]
“Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?” asked Karen Carpenter in Close To You. She wasn’t wide of the mark. In a figurative sense, seeing illusions – avian or otherwise – when you’re in love with someone isn’t far from reality. That’s because being in love is similar to being on reality-altering drugs – exhilaration, euphoria, increased […]
Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben told him that “with great power, comes great responsibility”, but Adam Weiner, physics teacher and author of the book Don’t Try This at Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies, says that having superpowers could come with some great drawbacks, too. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet According to Weiner, having Superman save you could actually end up […]
If there’s one thing South Africans love, it’s a beach holiday. The smell of sunblock, sticky post-ice lolly fingers and a carefully-managed medium-rare tan tingle mark out December days at coastal cities for tens of thousands of holiday-goers who head to the coast every year. For most, getting to your favourite seaside spot means a road trip with petrol station […]
The novelty of travel has been ruined by haste. Racing to the airport, dashing through security, a flying visit to the lounge, sprinting to the boarding gate and praying that your flight leaves on time so that you can arrive at your destination, without delay. There’s a luxury to travelling at the sharp end of the plane, too, but even […]
Painter, sculptor & printmaker Chrisél Attewell’s work documents the city of Johannesburg’s state of flux – creating a testament to the rejuvenation of the inner city. Attewell’s commute to her studio at August House in Doornfontein offered a different experience each day, with the city’s evolving skyline and the many construction sites she passed along the way becoming the embodiment […]
The effects of terroir on a wine can feel greatly exaggerated, with a metre of elevation here or a minute difference in soil composition, there, often used as marquee marketing elements in attempting to set it apart from its regional siblings. While there’s definitely merit to the assertion that the landscape and atmospheric conditions in which grapes are grown confer […]
The illusion of artisanality is a 21st century hallmark of brands which produce everything from cheese to beer and backpacks to clothing. ‘Hand crafted’, ‘curated’ and ‘bespoke’ are the buzzwords which attempt to bestow the illusion of quality, individuality and exclusivity on items in a bid to elevate their desirability and add a veneer of uniqueness. Amidst the hipster hype, […]
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