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Keen eye: Bulelwa Jordan-Tati, the founder of Urban Blend Interiors, a Cape Town studio, offering design services that transform interiors into personal retreats for their clients. Photos: Urban Blend Interiors
AFRICAN CREATIVES

Designing with soul: How Bulelwa Jordan-Tati shapes spaces that Feel

Bulelwa Jordan-Tati reflects on crafting meaningful spaces and shares her views on interior design trends for 2026

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
4 min read
Collective interpretation: Decorex is shaped by designers, curators and collaborators from across Africa and beyond. Photo: Screenshot
AFRICAN AESTHETICS

Soft Life: Inside Decorex Africa’s most intimate theme yet

At Decorex Africa 2026, soft life shifts from aesthetic trend to cultural enquiry, asking how design can hold space for rest, identity and a more intentional way of living

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read