BY THE DESIGN PORTFOLIO DUNCAN PAPE

We offer tailor made spa consulting services encompass-ing all areas of spa creation and development. Whether

you are planning to open a new spa of your own, en-hance your current spa, or expand your services and

current treatment menu, we are there to provide you with tailor made services to develop a unique concept that is entirely your own and will enhance your current business

model and uplift your staff working within your spa/wellness environment.

SPA CONSULTATION

My intent was to create a forward thinking brand. A brand that thinks ahead of other brands as well as creates a creative envi-ronment for both client and also staff, Langaro life style center was created from the love of the industry by a father and daugh-ter team. From this family owed concept , we created Langaro life style centre based in camps bay.

The concept and design was created allowing the brand to grow and at the same time its design to evolve with time.

Testimonial

Kirsty Da Costa, Director, Langaro Lifestyle Centre

We met Duncan at the Les Nouvelles Estheti-que Spa Conference in July of 2012. Being a new spa owner, I was treading very delicately into unknown territory that I had very little knowledge about. At the time, Langaro was not even an entity, all we had was a registered

name, a bank account and a tiny office that we were renting in

LANGARO

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Century City, with a dream to build a brand within the spa and wellness industry.

Duncan at that time was a trainer for a luxury spa brand (Germaine de Cappucini) and he was at the stand educating people on GDC and brand. This is how we met – I was surprised to learn that Duncan lived in Cape Town and we agreed to set up a meeting when we were back from confer-ence the following week. From that initial meeting at Newport Café in Mouille Point, Cape Town, things were just meant to be.

Duncan is truly a man of many talents! We were surprised to learn that he was a qualified thera-pist and trainer who had been living and working in Cape Town for over 10 years. Duncan had built up a wealth of knowledge and client experi-ence over his many endeavors and because we wanted a boutique in Langaro we were so im-pressed to learn that he had worked with two re-nowned South African designers and could as-sist us with our fashion needs too. 

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This was the start of a dynamic business relation-ship with By The Design and Langaro, that has gone from strength to strength over the last 3 years. Duncan is an integral part of our team here and our clients adore him. He has a really positive energy that keeps us inspired and moti-vated and he has a true passion for the industry and creating change through dynamic leader-ship and innovative ideas, to ensure our busi-ness always remains relevant to our market and abreast of the trends happening within our indus-try.

We recommend By The Design to any company or business that is looking for a fresh outlook and positive re-inforcement in their own business. An integral and reliable company to work with and a business relationship we know will carry us posi-tively into our future with our team. 

www.langaro.com

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Up coming projects Ghost mountain inn:

By the design has been asked by Ghost Mountain Inn, Zulu Land to help create a desti-nation spa.

El Spa Congo:

We are currently in the design phase of the project for a Spa on the tenth floor of a hotel in DRC Congo for the President’s daughter.

EL Institute:

We are in the negotiation phase of an amazing project to start a beauty school in the Congo to uplift the community and create the first beauty school in the country.

Spa Evolution:

Spa evolution is an integrated approach differentiating your spa through its brand this was expressed at the spa conference 2015 les nouvells.

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With years of experience, our consultants create bespoke treatments for your spa or skin brand, specifically designed with your products, treat-ment menu, and team and guest experience in mind. We also believe that therapists need to have sufficient training to ensure they not only use prod-ucts correctly but advise their clients more crea-tively and keep up to the industry trends.

TRANING & RITUAL DESIGN

Ritual design

By the design has been working with Terres d’ Afrique since the creation of the concept of the brand.

Terres d’ Afrigue is a sustainably developed or-ganic skincare that harnesses the potency of Af-rica’s legendary botanical heritage in a collection of laboratory-crafted formulations.

By the design has created a full treatment menu for the brand as well as full training and develop-

ment of the bespoke offering of the brand with custom made rituals for a plethora of top hotel brands.

We have also created treatments for the Four Season Westcliff JHB including the weavers treat-ment and a crystal massage.

www.terres-dafrique.com

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TRAINING & CONFERENCE

Staff development

In addition to our range of services, we develop and implement a holis-tic talent strategy and staff development framework. This provides the structure through which you hire the right people and develop them to become assets in your business. We also assist with coaching and moti-vating your team to achieve not only goals for the business but develop themselves.

2015 training: Four Seasons Mauritius, Four seasons Westcliff,Pemba beach resort Mozambique, Singita Boulders & Lembombo, Delaire Graff lodges & spa Cape Town, Teremok Marine boutique lodge Umhlanga, Molori Safari Madikwe game reserve, Langaro lifestyle cen-tre Cape Town, Ambassador hotel and spa Cape Town, Arabella West-ern Cape town, The Product house: exclusive distributor for UAE train-ing, Spa meeting conference (Dubai)

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Style is more than just fashion. style is a timeless and classic expression of self. By the design loves style and our consultants assist our corporate and private clients in the following projects:

Wardrobe planing, uniform design, fashion shows, on-set styling.

STYLE

“Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes; fashion is in the air,born upon the wind; one intuits it” Coco Chanel

Working with two great fashion designers, Kobus Dippenar and Errol Arendz, gave me the platform and the understanding of this art, I have always been fascinated from a child about fashion and the way one could express ones emotions for the day through de-sign and fabric. It always allowed me to have a creative outlet. With this in mind and the experience I had, I created a section with in my brand where I could assist designers,boutiques, pri-vate clients and corporate business create concepts and plat-forms to express their creativity.

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J&B MET FASHION WEEK

SKOUSPEL

One of “by the design” first jobs was for the on-line brand “Zando”, where creating looks and styles for two of the shoe brands. It was a great way of creating a name for myself.

I was given the opportunity to publish my expression is some great editorials on fashion and style, to fashion talks, to Bloggers and fashion lovers. I found a common ground for both of my loves Fashion and Beauty.

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Duncan Pape Starting with self belief and empowerment and then passing this through to my love of people and development, I started By The Design with an evolution in mind. An evolution that I have seen a long time com-ing and something that I intend to embrace and cherish from, not only for self fulfillment, but to service the needs of an industry that has fed and challenged me my entire career. From this evolution I hope to grow and partner with amazing people, to uplift people and just make life a little bit more pleasurable. After all, what is our raison detre? Money? Success? Happiness? Love? Beauty?Let’s have this all in a understand-able measure that benefits all and enhances for the better good.

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