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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 [...] Cape Town jeweller Marietjie Beeselaar has opened an online shop for her Skermunkil line, where she is selling these exquisite vintage silver spoons. Each one is hand cut, and is quite unique. They’re intended as pendants, but I could also imagine one hanging as a window decoration. Just beautiful. However you choose to use your spoon, [...] The Design Showcase feature in each issue of ELLE Decoration looks at home grown artists, designers, architects and innovators. You’ll find more of these under the Profiles pulldown menu at the top of the page, and right here, we’re featuring textile artist Karen Suskin in an interview by deputy editor, Kelly Berman. Karen Suskin is a [...] First shown at the Pioneers of Change festival, designer Christien Meindertsma used huge ropes of wool to make these marvellously kooky Textel Ottomans (Ottomen?).
Take a look at the Christien Meindertsma website to see more of this young designer’s surprising projects.
I’m quite fascinated by this extraordinary flexible wooden carpet from German designer Elisa Strozyk. Yes, I didn’t spell “woollen” wrongly – this carpet is made of wood! By attaching veneer offcuts in geometric patterns, Strozyk is able to build up flexible and highly tactile textiles that can be used in the home, like this adjustable [...]  |
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