Tag Archives: midcentury design

  • Skinny laMinx x Visi Cotton Throw

    Collaboration with VISI

    It took me a while to slow down and look properly at the mid-century mosaic mural on the public bathrooms on the Sea Point Promenade (read more here), but I’m so glad I did, because it’s become part of my life in ways I might not have ever considered. For instance, I was inspired to …

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  • Hand In Hand Cover

    Best Things: Adler & Ackermans

    On the way back from LA last year, I bought a book with the rather unwieldly title of Hand-in-Hand: Ceramics, Mosaics, Tapestries, and Woodcarvings by the California Mid-Century Designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, in the hopes that I might hang onto some of that California Modern vibe. I hadn’t heard of Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman before, but …

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