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CLOSED. Travel through time at the SAADA Expo Johannesburg and WIN double tickets

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By Lisa Wallace | September 26, 2016 | Win

Ever wished you could travel through time, maybe have a cup of tea with Queen Victoria, or do the Lindy Hop in Art Deco New York? Taking place from 28–30 October, the SAADA Expo Johannesburg aims to exceed all previous years, bringing you the finest selection of antiques, art and design.

‘The SAADA expo is a fully vetted showcase of the best in South African antiques and design, except this year, the event will be a little bigger, and a lot sexier,’ says SAADA CEO, Paul Mrkusic. Working with the theme of ‘Time Travel’, guests will feel like they are being transported through various decades via the design and antiques showcased.

In today’s world of immediacy it’s easy to think that design just pertains to the “here and now” – almost as though it just fell out of the sky. Sometimes that’s as much attention as we give it before moving on to look at, tweet and share the next brilliant thing that crosses our path or catches our eye. It’s easy to forget that everything that surrounds us is not so fashion-forward as to have no past, but that each and every edgy innovation we see and experience has had an enormous amount of time and thought and intellectual exploration and experimentation put into it,’ Mrkusic continues.

What sets the SAADA Expo apart is that there is nothing else like it. ‘Unlike other events that focus on a singular contemporary, innately transient moment, our annual expos are a boutique-style celebration of the vast history of design – past, present and future – and not simply a contemporary moment thereof. This assures the extraordinary variety of exhibits: each unique item on show tells its own story, while at the same time it is a piece in the great and glorious puzzle of design through time,’ explains Mrkusic.

Gala Opening

Thursday 27th October

Expo opening

Friday 28th to Sunday 30th October, from 10am to 6pm

Venue

The Wanderers Club, 21 North Road, Illovo.

THIS COMPETITION HAS CLOSED

SAADA CEO, Paul Mrkusic

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