PS: Tea towels

These screenprinted cotton tea towels from UK designer/printer MrPS tickled me this morning as I contemplate breakfast. How about starting the day with a solid English Breakfast with a nice cup of tea on the side?

And if (as I am) you are of the vegetarian persuasion, perhaps you could be tempted with a Veggie Breakfast [...]

Interview: The Smarteez

Soweto style-setters the Smarteez have been feted for their colourful,  street-savvy fashion. Now that the collective is breaking into the world of decor too, we chatted to one of  its core members, Kepi Mngomezulu.

Designers, trendsetters, artists or fashionistas…what are the Smarteez?

We’re celebrated as the ‘new cool’. The Smarteez change mind-sets, [...]

BiscuitScout

Local Etsy seller, BiscuitScout makes these most gloriously astonishing oversized handknitted chair covers. The knitter behind Biscuitscout is a graphic designer turned country girl, living in Napier in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, where she knits up her trademark winter “sweaters” for ottomans and armchairs, knitted in a chunky Aran style.

Visit [...]

Wood you say it’s soft?

Loving what Swedish design collective FRONT has come up with for Moroso: it’s a bench that’s not quite as it might seem…

The wooden bench is, in fact, a sofa upholstered with a photorealistic wood print. FRONT says that with this design, they are exploring the difference between the visual and tactile experience. It must [...]

James B Talented

Just today somebody asked me if I thought if South Africa had a particular design style, and I felt a little stumped for how to reply. But when I visited the JBH Design website later in the day, I felt I’d found the answer to the question in this Braai Chair and Table range of [...]

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