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HOME AND AWAY

NO one, least of all me, would have thought the time I spent living in Chicago would have as vivid an impact on my perception of design and aesthetics as it has. By “Chicago” I do not mean the city on Lake Michigan known for being the birthplace of Kanye West, but the AA section of Umlazi township in Durban.

My childhood was a happy albeit solitary one. Chicago was the newer

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