Do I say “thrilled to bits” a lot? Well, that’s because I’m often thrilled to bits, and today I’m particularly thrilled with our brand new product catalogue, full of yummy cushions, table runners, soft buckets, totes, and… well, take a look inside the catalogue to see more more more! Like what you see? Find it all …
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New products 2016
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Colour: Inspiration for Brise Soleil
Post-launch, it’s always great to look back at what inspired a collection, and of course you know that the patterns designed for the BRISE SOLEIL collection were inspired by breezebrick midcentury screens, but I thought you might like to see my inspiration behind this colour palette, which you’ll see used throughout our 2016 Lookbook. The strange, but insanely …
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FABRICS 2016: Brise Soleil
I’m thrilled to bits to reveal our brand new fabric collection, named BRISE SOLEIL. Brise Soleil is a French term (so it’s pronounced breez so-lay) that refers to an architectural screen – usually made of pierced brick or concrete block – which provides shade from the sun. Literally, brise soleil means ‘break the sun’, but along with their shade-making …
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Sneak peek
There’s only one thing on my mind this week, and that’s breeze bricks/ventilation blocks/breezeblocks/brise soleil screens. I’ve been taking snaps of brise soleil walls, created a #BriseSoleilSA hashtag, and have even started a Google map with pics and locations of the ones I’ve discovered. Why do I have blocks and bricks on the brain? Well, it’s because this evening, …
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#BRISESOLEILSA
Not too long ago, when I wrote a BEST THINGS post about all kind of breeze brick walls and screens, I started an instagram hashtag #brisesoleilSA, hoping to start a record of brise soleil walls and screens across South Africa. I’m thrilled to say that there’s been some participation! Take a look at these beauties: This …
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Best Things: @breezeblockhead
Call them ‘air bricks’, ‘ventilation blocks’, ‘breeze bricks’, ‘breeze blocks’, whatever you like, I just love it that Aussie architect Sam Marshall (aka @breezeblockhead) has taken it upon himself to survey and record pics on his Instagram feed of these sun-and-wind-blocking architectural features (also known as brise soleil* screens), beloved of Mid-century enthusiasts and tropical climes. This is …
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In the shop: Borrowed Spoons
It may be an oldie, but it’s certainly a goodie, which is why we’ve just re-released one of my very first tea towel designed (from way back in 2007), called Borrowed Spoons, in three yummy colourways called Graphite, Spruce and Shell. Read more about how this design first came about right here, and find the Borrowed Spoons tea …
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Jungly home
It’s always fabulous to see how people have used my prints, and this jungly interior in a Cape Town holiday home, put together by decorator Lisa Walters is particularly exciting! Get the jungly look with our Fronds and ZigZag prints, available as readymade cushions, or as fabric by the metre.
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What to do with your block printed scarf
It’s suddenly chilly in Cape Town, so those limited edition block printed scarves of ours can move to the front of the closet, but they’ve got lots of other uses too, you know. Here are some ideas: Find our block printed scarves for sale in the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree Street, and online too.
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