Instagram and Pinterest are wonderful sources of treasures, best enjoyed when I go beyond a simple ‘like’ or ‘pin it’, and take the time to explore a little. This morning, thanks to @modernform on Instagram, I spotted this intriguing image of a design by Ray Komai – a name I’d never heard before. Some Googling told me that …
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Best Things: Ray Komai
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Heath Ceramics seasonal line
We’re not the only ones recommending Skinny laMinx for the festive table. Heath Ceramics has our Sway print on napkins, runners and pillows looking awfully alluring in their Classic Red seasonal collection this year.
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Begonia growin’ ‘ere
The begonia I popped into a vase has started growing roots! More inspiration for Victoria of Sfgirlbybay who desperately wants to get to the root of things
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Block Shop Pillows
I’m simply crazy about the gorgeous block printed scarves that sisters Hopie and Lily Stockman have been producing under their label Block Shop Textiles, so I’m over the moon to see that they’re now producing block printed pillows too! The only sadness is that Block Shop doesn’t ship internationally (so many American shops don’t ship internationally. …
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Best Things: Designers I met in India
One of the things I like to do when I travel is to look up people I consider to be colleagues in other cities, hoping to meet with them to chat about what it’s like to do similar kind of work in different parts of the world. While in Jaipur, I got in touch with Jemma …
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Jaipur 2015: Flower market
I’ve just returned to Cape Town from India, having taught two pattern design and printing courses on the fabulous 2015 Ritchie Ace Camp Block Printing Tour. When I left home, our apartment was covered in dust and plastic, with a giant hole between what had been our bedroom and living room, and three weeks later, I’ve pretty …
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Sinnerlig in SA
Remember my drooling blog post a few weeks back about the IKEA / Ilse Crawford collaboration? Well, I have some good news for you… The Sinnerlig Collection will soon be available in South Africa! I got the scoop via the ELLE Decoration blog. Hop on over to find out all the details!
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Best things: Chris Turnham
This is a post somewhat tinged with regret, because while in Los Angeles, I very, very nearly brought home one of Chris Turnham‘s silkscreened prints perfectly depicting that city’s long, low buildings, soaring palms and clean, sharp LA light. So while I am very happy to share with you the beautiful work of this talented illustrator …
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OH Thursdays: Customs House
If you live in Cape Town and drive a car, you’ll have driven past Customs House many times as you set off away from the city on Nelson Mandela Boulevard. It’s on the harbour side of the elevated freeway, and as you drive past, you may have spotted a portion of an interesting blue tile mosaic, frustratingly …
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