Once upon a time there was a coffee shop in Paarl called Sugarberry. She was an old lady in desperate need of a revamp. When the new owner contacted me I was more than ready to do something different for Paarl. Adriaan de Bruyn had the vision to introduce something different in town and trusted…
Author: engeladutoit
Brand engineer
Rustic at River Song
I was tasked to design another foyer for Rawson Developers. River Song is a small block of apartments in Rondebosch. The brief again was to come up with a creative décor solution at a limited budget and all elements to be practical as the body corporate must maintain the look and feel of this area….
Nostalgic on Wheels
Every now and then you do a job just for the love of it. My beloved bought this 1965 Commer Camper van recently and we decided to renovate the outside and then try to keep the interior as is but add a fresh overlay. What you see is all the original interior wood cladding with…
Sales Office Reinvented
Rawson Developers tasked me with something slightly different from my regular flashy foyers and show units. I was tasked to develop a centralised sales office in a deserted restaurant/deli, soon to be demolished to make space for another Rawson development. Luckily it was a good solid square shape with pillar and bulkhead detail in the…
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Call the Brand Docter
I was tasked to do a brand audit for a very well-known wine estate recently. My key task was to determine why all the retail spaces were not making money. I was very excited about the project and auditing their customer journey seemed to be a very interesting process. I left my office very…
The Rondebosch Completed
What a pleasure to, once again, work with a team that is ready to change the aesthetics of their brand promise. Rawson Development just completed The Rondebosch in Belmont Road, Rondebosch. For the first time I succeeded in convincing them to move away from brown aluminium and sand walls to fresh tones of white and…
Xmas at Home
Every year our family have a debate about the theme for Xmas decorations. Every year they shout for red, green and gold but I’ve convinced them that it’s time for a playful overlay to our existing décor as we will only spend about 2 weeks of December at home. I’ve never had a client requesting…
DHL – Airport City
Well done to DHL Global Forwarding in Cape Town who realised they should spend money on creating a customer journey in their new head office – and not just for visitors but also for their staff. I was the lucky one to do this project – from creating a wow first impression in the…
River’s Edge – Rondebosch
This was my first project for Rawson Developers a while ago and still one of my favourites. I had to create a formal entrance and find a décor solution for the atrium. I was lucky to have access to recycled wood from the floor planks of the original houses on the property. A few of…
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