On my travels in Tokyo, in Jaipur, in Los Angeles, and all over South Africa too, I’ve always noticed & photographed the patterns of brise soleil structures. The brise soleil is a perforated architectural screen that became a defining stylistic feature of Modernist architecture, and these inspired the BRISE SOLEIL textile collection in 2016. Now, …
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Limited edition throw with VISI magazine
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In the shop: Breeze Brick coasters
Brand new in our shop: lasercut Breeze Brick coasters
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#BriseSoleilSA competition
Not too long ago, when I wrote one of my BEST THINGS posts about all kinds of breeze brick walls and screens, I started the Instagram hashtag #brisesoleilSA, hoping to start a record of brise soleil walls and screens across South Africa. As you’ve posted your pics, we’ve been putting them onto a Google map. Take …
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Lisbon: Grilles and gates
When I travel, I like to set categories for photo-taking, so that my eye knows what to look for, and this was especially useful to do in Lisbon, where there is SO much to look at. So here are the photos I took for my “Grilles & Gates of Lisbon” category (with a few brise …
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Friends & Neighbours: BOFRED
Although Bofred was only started in 2014, their beautiful furniture, lights and other designs have been spotted all over local interiors mags. I liked what they’re doing so much that I approached them to include one of their furniture pieces in the BRISE SOLEIL Lookbook. Owners Carla Erasmus and Christa Botha had two of their …
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Friends & Neighbours: Saks Corner
I love this quote from Dan Saks of Saks Corner, who we collaborated with when putting together the BRISE SOLEIL Lookbook. Our businesses have been growing side-by-side over the past few years, and I’ve always loved Dan’s sweetly quizzical air that also comes across in the things he makes and sells at Saks Corner. I dropped in at …
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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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Friends & Neighbours: The New Modernist
For our 2016 Lookbook, I had a brainwave to collaborate with local furniture designers and manufacturers, presenting one of their signature pieces in our new BRISE SOLEIL collection. I approached Emma de Crespigny of The New Modernist, who has recently opened the doors to a beautiful new shop in the BoKaap. After looking at a number of …
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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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