The eclectic aesthetic of Johannesburg couturier Howard Green resolves antique and modern designs in his graceful but offbeat heritage apartment.
The eclectic aesthetic of Johannesburg couturier Howard Green resolves antique and modern designs in his graceful but offbeat heritage apartmentHoward Green’s love of gilt antique French furniture lives happily alongside midcentury and contemporary design classics such as Tonic Design’s Alberto Coffee Table and the Bouroullec brothers’ Facet Couch for Ligne Roset. The lamp to the left of the tapestry is by John Stefanidis.
“I didn’t know this building existed,” Green said, “until I was driving past one day and I thought I was having a heart attack.” In the sitting room, on the left, an Oblique Bookshelf by Marcel Wanders for Moooi displays some of Green’s books on couture. Other contemporary pieces such as Konstantin Grcic’s Diana sheet-metal table for Classicon rub shoulders with Eero Saarinen’s Tulip table and armchair for Vitra. They are balanced on the far side of the Facet Sofa by the Bouroullec brothers for Ligne Roset by a French gilt antique chair and tapestry.