Style Icons

Written By Paul Duncan. Style Icons, 2011.

John Jacob Zwiegelaar - I don’t particularly want to tell my own story. I would struggle to define my own style or aesthetic preferences because all the work I’ve done today has been for others and not me.
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A Wider Context

Written By Julia Freemantle. Condé Nast House and Garden, December 2011.

While designing the look of this UK home, John Jacob Zwiegelaar drew on the age-old practice of idolising the out of the ordinary as inspiration. As such, he conjured an aesthetic which includes elements of the client’s South African heritage.
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Second Nature

Written By Julia Freemantle. Condé Nast House and Garden, June 2011.
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A NEW FRONTIER

Written By James McDonald. Condé Nast House and Garden, January 2011. Continue reading

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Andrew Martin Interior Design Review: v.14

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Out of Africa, Something New

Written By James McDonald, House & Garden, December 2010

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The Designers’ designer

Written By Colin O’Mara Davis, Top Billing July 2010

Ask any photographer about his approach of choice and – if he’s worth his salt – he will say (confidently and with certainty): black and white portraiture. As a technique it reveals the underlying structure of a picture, rendering apparent the integrity of line, shape and contrast, so deftly belied by colour. The documentary film-maker will explain that black and white lends verity to an otherwise vicarious, even removed, mode of storytelling. Continue reading

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On The Couch With John

Written By Denise Mhlanga, Live Out Loud July 2010

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High Glamour

Design in Black and White – Written By Janelle McCulloch

LUXURY RESIDENCE – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA This luxurious residence, designed by John Jacob Zwiegelaar of John Jacobs Interiors in Cape Town, is a symphony in elegance. Continue reading

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House and Garden July 2009

House & Garden 2009

Unmistakably elegant, John’s highly bespoke and glamorous interiors are underpinned by an acute attention to detail. Style references range from French neoclassical to Roberto Cavalli-esque rock-star chic. With notable projects dotted around the globe, he’s one to watch.

 

 

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