A Case Study
De Bergkant – Karoo Still
UI/UX DESIGN
WEB DEVELOPMENT
De Bergkant is a five-star guest house in Prince Albert — a beautifully restored Cape Dutch homestead dating to 1858, set at the foot of the Swartberg mountains. It’s the South African home of STILL Karoo, the hospitality collection founded by Bronnie and Tara, whose other properties span the Italian coast. Their work draws on years of Michelin-starred kitchens, superyachts, and an obsession with stillness, simplicity, and quiet hospitality.
The site had to match the renovation, not just describe it The new De Bergkant had been designed with material care — antique finishes, natural light, considered restraint. The website needed the same hand.
Editorial layouts only work when the underlying detail is right. A misaligned margin or an inconsistent padding throws the whole composition — and on a site that’s meant to feel as still as De Bergkant does, every visual hiccup is a small betrayal of the concept. The craft on this project was in what you don’t notice.
A site this image-heavy and detail-rich needed a build that could carry it without slowing it down. Bronnie and Tara also needed a back end they could manage themselves, with bookings handled cleanly through the system they already trust.
The new De Bergkant website now sits in the same world as the renovated guest house itself — considered, quiet, materially confident. Where the old site told you about the property, the new one is part of the experience of staying there.
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