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Art smart!

Designer ‘art rugs’ and new look by Hesse Kleinloog at luxurious Molori private villas, the

jewel of Madikwe, by Brabetz Carpets

lways known for its boldly eclectic

aesthetic, Molori Safari chose
Athe dynamic South African
design team at Hesse Kleinloog to take
a fresh look at its glamorous interiors.
Known for their creative thinking
from concept development to finishing
touches, Megan Hesse and Andrea
Kleinloog began to put together the new
direction in the second quarter of 2020.
‘Our initial involvement was meant
to be a small, light intervention but the
circular nature of the architecture meant
that we had to marry our design with
the organic structure of the lodge,’ said
Kleinloog, who masterminded the new
interiors. In addition, artworks from the
owner’s diverse personal collection - by
artists such as Norman Catherine, Lady
Skollie and Edoardo Villa, among others
- were to be added to the lodge, taking
the guest art experience up another level.
Very quickly, the talented interiors
team realised that the organic floor spaces
would be the place to start as many of the
walls were curved, and ideally suited to
colourful rugs that would complement
the bold new artwork. But as everyone
in the industry knows, the choice of
circular designer rugs is woefully limited
Brabetz Carpet in South Africa – and in the height of

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