A few weeks back, I wrote about our first three colour print, which made me remember how exciting it was, way back in 2011, when I made our first two-colour print, Flower Fields. Of course, Flower Fields is still a firm favourite, so when we were revising the Fabric Book recently, we thought it might enjoy a bit of a …
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Old friends + facelifts
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Friends & Neighbours: Denny Mo
We caught up with Denny Mo – the owner of our new favourite Cape Town plant shop – Angles+Earth, and discovered he has some pretty radical ambitions!
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Inside the St John’s staffroom
Usually it’s only the teachers who usually get to see inside the school staffroom, right? Well, two teacher-slash-decorators at St Johns Diocesan School in Pietermaritzburg mailed us pics of theirs, and we think it deserves to be see by everyone! Look at the sweet note they sent us too: “Hi Skinny laMinx Team, A colleague …
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Zonnebloem School Library
I couldn’t be more delighted to see these images in Visi Magazine of the new Zonnebloem School Library, to which we donated fabric and cushions as part of a spectacular project by the Chris Otto Foundation Trust and architect Victoria Perry of Loudon Perry Anderson Architects . Head over to Visi to see the full article. Images …
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What goes with green?
Have you ever wondered how we decide which colours to include in a new textile print? Well, it was quite a process this year with Roof Garden, as we haven’t had a three colour print in our range before, so here’s how it happened: The process started late 2016, when the design had been decided upon, …
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A Plant Swap
Last week, our launch of our new Roof Garden textile print was specifically for decorators and the press, but this week, it’s all about showing our new design to friends and family (that’s you!). Join us at the shop on Thursday 1 June, when we’ll be open all day til 8pm, so you can have a …
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Making Friday: Plant shadows
Some of the experiments and photos I’ve been taking around the idea of plant shadows.
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Making Friday with GIH Studio
This post is a bit of a mashup of our Friends & Neighbours and Making Friday features, because it’s a story about a South African designer who credits his start as a furniture designer to my Making Fridays idea. I met Gareth Henderson of GIH Studio on a glaringly hot rooftop in Cape Town earlier this year, as …
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Darlings at Design Joburg
I’m so excited about the brand new show called Design Joburg that opens on 12 May at the Sandton Convention Centre.
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