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products, give off a warm, low lighting that enhances the calm and home-like feeling
within the Main Lodge.
Pieces from award-winning Cape Town designer Vogel are also to be found, including
the brand’s signature wooden Nguni head coat hooks. Vogel, one of the first
contemporary designers in South Africa, is credited with helping create the country’s
distinct aesthetic recognised locally and internationally.
Limited edition prints from Graham Springer’s wilderness photography collection
are on display throughout the lodge. The museum-quality wall art feature evocative,
documentary-style wildlife images from the remote wilderness of northern Botswana.
Even the most minor details, like guest umbrellas, have a designer touch at Mhondoro,
with Durban native Clinton Friedman’s nature-inspired collection available. “I like the
sense of purity one gets from African design and the balance it creates alongside the
minimalist element of European pieces,” says Vogel. “Used together, it creates a rustic
feeling that suits the architecture and the landscape but without losing the sense of
high-end design.”
At Mohondoro Game Lodge, Mansonia Joinery was contracted to manufacture the
windows and doors, kitchens, staff kitchens, built-in cupboards, bathroom vanities,
room service stations, shelving, bars butler stations, mirror frames and handrails.
Mansonia were also tasked to design and install the wooden panel cladding, louvres and
wooden pelmet linings.
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