We closed our shop on Friday 20 September as we stood with #fridaysforfuture climate activists around the world, raising our voices to governments and big business so that they wake up to the reality of the climate emergency. Experiencing anxiety about all things climate related? We can relate, but can attest to the fact that …
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Solar Power to the People!
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A Good Start to a good day
Every Wednesday morning, Paul and I are out of the house before dawn, off to join the Breakfast Club, where a bunch of volunteers cook and serve breakfast to the little learners at Good Hope Seminary Junior School. By 8:30am, tummies are full, and about 400 cups, bowls and spoons have been washed and packed away, …
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Seriously, Have a Good Day (why we do what we do)
We want everyone who works at Skinny laMinx to have a good day at work… every day, resulting in a workplace that seeds and breeds enjoyment, optimism and inspiration.
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Biz Books for the Beach
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the beach. Finally! We worked solidly through the end-of-year break, and now it’s time to put the feet up. Hooray! While I plan to mostly spend my holiday surreptitiously sketching fellow beachgoers, my work and personal life are pretty much inextricable, so I also be packing a couple of business books. …
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2019 Wall Calendar
Happy new year! As you may know, our studio always makes a couple of ENORMOUSLY useful OVERSIZED year calendars to use for our in-house planning. This year, these A2 sized calendars are not only designed to organise, but also to inspire our team around our 2019 theme, which is… Seriously, Have a Good Day. “Have a Good …
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Perks of the work
Aww, look at what long-term Skinny laMinx friend @strikkstrikk posted on Instagram of a tea towel design that’s so old, I can’t even remember its name (help?), but it’s great to see that it’s still going strong, and looking good. Not long after, on my own post about the last few metres of Eep! (now completely sold …
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Where fabric comes from
Sometimes I have the incredible good luck to take a peek beyond the factory door, and when I do, I’m almost always blown away and knocked sideways when I get a glimpse of just how much ingenuity, expense, commitment, skill, development and effort goes into making the things we use every day, and simply take …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: What’s a clearance sale all about?
Although we’ve had sales before, the weekend’s Warehouse Clearance (now online until 6 September!) was something new for us, because we’ve never slashed our prices as radically as we’ve done for this one. These Skinnylaminxenstein posts are all about sharing some of the thought and ideas behind running this particular business, and so here goes with …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Bonsai or vine
Are you the guy with shears, or the encouraging string?
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