My Instagram Collections has had a Pink & Green folder for a while now, and I think it’s time to share.
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Colour Yum: Pink & Green
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Sun & Moon and Matchsticks
Ever since the first teaching trip to India with Ace Camps in 2014, we’ve been working with the same small-batch blockprinters in the Rajasthani village of Bagru to produce our small batches of limited-run blockprinted scarves. So far, we’ve produced 5 different designs, and now we’re thrilled to introduce two new scarves: Sun & Moon …
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Choose the Sunny Side
It’s perfectly understandable if we feel despair about the #climateemergency, crazy global politics and brand new crises seem to emerge daily, but Seth Godin has a rather to-the-point take on the situation. He says: Doom is inevitable, but gloom is optional. My team and I are taking this to heart, because we know how simple daily …
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La Fonda de Sol
Have you been known to hoard things like paper napkins? I wouldn’t think I would, but actually, since 2016 I’ve had four unopened packets of Alexander Girard paper napkins in my cupboard – unused souvenirs from my visit to Vitra Design Museum in 2016 when I got to see the Alexander Girard retrospective, A Designer’s …
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Dimensional wallpaper
Three years ago, we collaborated with California ceramics company Heath Ceramics on the Dimensional textile range, inspired by their Dimensional tile range. Read all about that collaboration here. Since then, this range has been sold exclusively at Heath Ceramics stores in San Francisco and LA, and in the Skinny laMinx shop too. This week, however, …
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Threadcount Collective Reunite
10 years ago, Jane Solomon of FabricNation, Tracy Rushmere of Shine-Shine , me of Skinny laMinx, and Melissa Kerkhoff of Lula Fabrics, all had a textile collective that we called the Threadcount Collective. At the time, the textile industry in Cape Town was falling apart, and so the four of us would get together once …
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In The Press: Living & More
Massive thanks to Living & More Magazine in Germany for all the love on the pages of the March issue of the magazine. See the full spread here >> Living & More Germany Magazine.
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Colour Yum: Winter Seasonal from Heath
Colour names like Turmeric, Hickory, Black Plum and Bluejay from our favourite San Francisco brand, Heath Ceramics.
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Heading to Porto with Ace Camps
Are you coming to Porto with me in June? I’ll be there with Ace Camps, using the tiles of the city to teach you about how pattern is generated so that you can look at the riches of Porto’s azulejos heritage with fresh eyes.
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