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Beheld Archive

Since 2018, Beheld has worked across exhibitions, publications, institutions, platforms and public programs - from independent studios and cultural foundations to continental design fairs and international biennales. Across every project, we shape the thinking, tell the story and build the conditions for culture to be experienced, remembered and shared.

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Beheld Archive

Since 2018, Beheld has worked across exhibitions, publications, institutions, platforms and public programs - from independent studios and cultural foundations to continental design fairs and international biennales. Across every project, we shape the thinking, tell the story and build the conditions for culture to be experienced, remembered and shared.

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Selected Work

Decorex & 100% Design Africa

2025

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  • Black patent leather shoes and wide-leg pants stand on a deep red carpet, conveying a sense of elegance and sophistication.
  • Two men in dress shirts stand against a striped background. One adjusts his tie, both look thoughtful and focused, conveying a professional tone.
  • A young man in a white shirt and tie sits on the floor, surrounded by scattered papers. He looks down at a document, appearing focused and pensive.
  • Young man in a formal outfit with a striped shirt, grey tie, and black coat. The tone is serious and professional, emphasizing subdued elegance.
  • Man in a white shirt reclines in a chair on a red carpet, talking on the phone. Scattered papers surround him, conveying stress or disarray.
  • A person in business attire lies amidst scattered papers and folders on a red carpet, holding a phone receiver. The scene conveys chaos and stress.
  • A man in a grey shirt sits in a dim office, gazing seriously at a computer screen. Blinds and office supplies create a focused and professional atmosphere.
  • Person in a dark shirton a phone call, seated at a desk with papers, exudes a thoughtful, focused demeanor. Background shows dark horizontal blinds.

Creative Direction

Africa's largest design and decor platform, reimagined. As joint Executive Creative Directors of Decorex Africa and 100% Design Africa, Beheld has spent two editions reshaping the show into something genuinely continental - introducing the first African Design Pavilions in its history, launching the Capitec handmadeAFRICA Design MRKT, and building a Future Talks programme that brought some of the world's most important design voices to an African stage. For the first time, the show named Designers of the Year from the continent itself: Reform Studio from Cairo, and Charles O Job from Nigeria. A small but significant marker of how far the frame of reference has shifted.

Veld: Publication

2024

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  • Three people sit around a dimly lit table with drinks and cards, conveying a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. A boombox is visible in the background.
  • A group of people playing poker at a dimly lit bar table, with scattered cards and beers. The scene feels lively and social, focused on a man holding cards.
  • Cozy, dimly lit pub scene with a round wooden table, empty beer bottles, and glasses under a stained glass lamp. A deer head decorates the wall.
  • A person's hand on a pool table, fingers spread over a purple billiard ball. Several other colorful balls are scattered on the green felt surface.
  • Two people with their backs turned, one in a white tank top and the other in a gray shirt, embrace in a dim bar with a neon "BAR" sign.
  • A young man in a white tank top sits pensively in dim light. A mounted deer head and an ornate lamp create a somber, reflective atmosphere.
  • A hand in a leather jacket is inserting a cassette into a vintage boombox on a wooden shelf, evoking nostalgia and retro vibes.

Publication

A five-year project to document the life's work of South Africa's most innovative landscape architect, most of it previously unpublished and unseen. Written by Garreth van Niekerk with photography by Elsa Young and paintings by Heidi Fourie, Veld argues for an entirely African approach to landscape design: local plants, local problems, local genius. Published by Struik Nature / Penguin Random House and featured in bookstores internationally.

1.1

Selected Work

Decorex & 100% Design Africa

2025

  • Black patent leather shoes and wide-leg pants stand on a deep red carpet, conveying a sense of elegance and sophistication.
  • Two men in dress shirts stand against a striped background. One adjusts his tie, both look thoughtful and focused, conveying a professional tone.
  • A young man in a white shirt and tie sits on the floor, surrounded by scattered papers. He looks down at a document, appearing focused and pensive.
  • Young man in a formal outfit with a striped shirt, grey tie, and black coat. The tone is serious and professional, emphasizing subdued elegance.
  • Man in a white shirt reclines in a chair on a red carpet, talking on the phone. Scattered papers surround him, conveying stress or disarray.
  • A person in business attire lies amidst scattered papers and folders on a red carpet, holding a phone receiver. The scene conveys chaos and stress.
  • A man in a grey shirt sits in a dim office, gazing seriously at a computer screen. Blinds and office supplies create a focused and professional atmosphere.
  • Person in a dark shirton a phone call, seated at a desk with papers, exudes a thoughtful, focused demeanor. Background shows dark horizontal blinds.

Creative Direction

Africa's largest design and decor platform, reimagined. As joint Executive Creative Directors of Decorex Africa and 100% Design Africa, Beheld has spent two editions reshaping the show into something genuinely continental - introducing the first African Design Pavilions in its history, launching the Capitec handmadeAFRICA Design MRKT, and building a Future Talks programme that brought some of the world's most important design voices to an African stage. For the first time, the show named Designers of the Year from the continent itself: Reform Studio from Cairo, and Charles O Job from Nigeria. A small but significant marker of how far the frame of reference has shifted.

View project

Veld: Publication

2024

  • Three people sit around a dimly lit table with drinks and cards, conveying a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. A boombox is visible in the background.
  • A group of people playing poker at a dimly lit bar table, with scattered cards and beers. The scene feels lively and social, focused on a man holding cards.
  • Cozy, dimly lit pub scene with a round wooden table, empty beer bottles, and glasses under a stained glass lamp. A deer head decorates the wall.
  • A person's hand on a pool table, fingers spread over a purple billiard ball. Several other colorful balls are scattered on the green felt surface.
  • Two people with their backs turned, one in a white tank top and the other in a gray shirt, embrace in a dim bar with a neon "BAR" sign.
  • A young man in a white tank top sits pensively in dim light. A mounted deer head and an ornate lamp create a somber, reflective atmosphere.
  • A hand in a leather jacket is inserting a cassette into a vintage boombox on a wooden shelf, evoking nostalgia and retro vibes.

Publication

A five-year project to document the life's work of South Africa's most innovative landscape architect, most of it previously unpublished and unseen. Written by Garreth van Niekerk with photography by Elsa Young and paintings by Heidi Fourie, Veld argues for an entirely African approach to landscape design: local plants, local problems, local genius. Published by Struik Nature / Penguin Random House and featured in bookstores internationally.

View project

1.1

Selected Work

Decorex & 100% Design Africa

View project

  • Black patent leather shoes and wide-leg pants stand on a deep red carpet, conveying a sense of elegance and sophistication.
  • Two men in dress shirts stand against a striped background. One adjusts his tie, both look thoughtful and focused, conveying a professional tone.
  • A young man in a white shirt and tie sits on the floor, surrounded by scattered papers. He looks down at a document, appearing focused and pensive.
  • Young man in a formal outfit with a striped shirt, grey tie, and black coat. The tone is serious and professional, emphasizing subdued elegance.
  • Man in a white shirt reclines in a chair on a red carpet, talking on the phone. Scattered papers surround him, conveying stress or disarray.
  • A person in business attire lies amidst scattered papers and folders on a red carpet, holding a phone receiver. The scene conveys chaos and stress.
  • A man in a grey shirt sits in a dim office, gazing seriously at a computer screen. Blinds and office supplies create a focused and professional atmosphere.
  • Person in a dark shirton a phone call, seated at a desk with papers, exudes a thoughtful, focused demeanor. Background shows dark horizontal blinds.

Creative Direction

Africa's largest design and decor platform, reimagined. As joint Executive Creative Directors of Decorex Africa and 100% Design Africa, Beheld has spent two editions reshaping the show into something genuinely continental - introducing the first African Design Pavilions in its history, launching the Capitec handmadeAFRICA Design MRKT, and building a Future Talks programme that brought some of the world's most important design voices to an African stage. For the first time, the show named Designers of the Year from the continent itself: Reform Studio from Cairo, and Charles O Job from Nigeria. A small but significant marker of how far the frame of reference has shifted.

Veld: Publication

View project

  • Three people sit around a dimly lit table with drinks and cards, conveying a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. A boombox is visible in the background.
  • A group of people playing poker at a dimly lit bar table, with scattered cards and beers. The scene feels lively and social, focused on a man holding cards.
  • Cozy, dimly lit pub scene with a round wooden table, empty beer bottles, and glasses under a stained glass lamp. A deer head decorates the wall.
  • A person's hand on a pool table, fingers spread over a purple billiard ball. Several other colorful balls are scattered on the green felt surface.
  • Two people with their backs turned, one in a white tank top and the other in a gray shirt, embrace in a dim bar with a neon "BAR" sign.
  • A young man in a white tank top sits pensively in dim light. A mounted deer head and an ornate lamp create a somber, reflective atmosphere.
  • A hand in a leather jacket is inserting a cassette into a vintage boombox on a wooden shelf, evoking nostalgia and retro vibes.

Publication

A five-year project to document the life's work of South Africa's most innovative landscape architect, most of it previously unpublished and unseen. Written by Garreth van Niekerk with photography by Elsa Young and paintings by Heidi Fourie, Veld argues for an entirely African approach to landscape design: local plants, local problems, local genius. Published by Struik Nature / Penguin Random House and featured in bookstores internationally.