GSA Richard Rabins discusses the business advantages of being able to talk knowledgeably about cricket on his company blog  — and is quoted in the Wall Street Journal.

Steven Dubner, one half of the Freakonomics team, asks what Houston pensioners and South African schoolchildren have in common. The answer is Cyril Wolf, a GSA. The explanation.

Geoffrey Bradfield was raised on a farm in South Africa. He proved himself as a star designer in Johannesburg before arriving in New York. Now he designs interiors for the elite in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe. His work has included the Kennedy Library in Boston, the residences of Queen Noor of Jordan and the late King Hussein. His portfolio includes a major design overhaul of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitnet’s estate on Long Island and he recently was commissioned to restore the gallery in Edith Wharton’s former country estate, The Mount.

Geoffrey’s work can be viewed at www.geoffreybradfield.com. A superb brand ambassador for the country, he is also exploring ways with GSA to include aspiring South African designers in a scholarship program he has developed. He was honoree at last December’s gala dinner in New York to raise fund for the Phelophepa health care train.