Product Description

For decades the East African savanna has attracted Europeans yearning to experience life with nature at its closest - on safari. Drawing on their experiences during the safari, these visitors have created a compelling style of living distinctly displayed in the architecture and interiors of the homes, safari lodges and camps they have established across the vast eastern reaches of the Eastern continent. Safari Style offers a sample of this appealing approach to interior design, with its emphasis on relaxed living, its elemental approach to texture and colour, its borrowing of native African patterns and architecture, and its vital interaction with nature.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1617904 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Review
This is a lavish presentation of the best of Southern Africa's interior design. Aptly named "Safari Style", it is an eclectic mix of native and imported styles. From the native bandas to Lutyen-style English mansions, the designs reflect the origins of the colonialist settlers and wealthy holidaymakers at the turn of the century: Dutch, German, English and Italian. Moorish overtones insinuate themselves into homes such as that belonging to the Corses, with central courtyards, wooden shutters and whitewashed walls. Native influences abound in every home with wooden carvings, beaded bottles and woven rugs making appearances either minimally or dictating the whole house style like the De Boers' magnificent island hideaway. From safari camps to private homes, this is a photographic portfolio of a style at once exotic yet homely, perfectly in tune with its surroundings and now becoming popular in Britain with the increased interest in third world countries and their peoples. - Lucy Watson

About the Author
Tim Beddow specializes in interior and travel photography, and has a particular interest in African subjects. Previous commissions have taken him to the Sahara, were he spent a year documenting desert life, and East Africa to capture the landscape. Natasha Burns was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, and spent much of her early journalistic career writing about the visual arts of Africa. She is now based in London.