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Chappies Edible Street Art
Rose and I just stumbled across these amazingly creative clips uploaded by Chappies, South Africa’s most iconic bubblegum! In January of this year Chappies, with the help of some talented creatives,...
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VISI ♥ DIY
It is no secret that Marica and I are total VISI fans. Naturally, when they approached The Design Tabloid to get the Décor Diva‘s view on blogs, social media and it’s effect on design, for the...
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One week to Design Indaba Expo 2013!
“Today marks exactly one week, or seven sleeps if you like, until Design Indaba Expo 2013 kicks off – South Africa’s biggest and most prestigious showcase of 100% local design!” AND as you can imagine,...
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Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2013 Finalists!
“It’s our great pleasure to present the much-anticipated Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) 2013 finalists. Featuring a diverse selection of objects, the MBOISA finalists were nominated by...
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And the Most Beautiful Object in SA is…
*Drum roll please* The winner of the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2013 is Gavin Rajah for his Pebble Dress! Pebble Dress by Gavin Rajah This dress from Gavin Rajah’s Spring/Summer 2013 couture...
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Design Indaba Conference 2013: Day 2
Rose and I could not wait one more day to tell you all about our AMAZING Design Indaba Conference experience this year. I will be sharing my thoughts on Day 2 of the conference with you first, as Rose...
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Design Indaba 2013 Awesomeness
By Marica Okay, so I know you guys and gals are just dying for some Design Indaba Expo feedback! As both Rose and I had to juggle the Design Indaba Conference, Expo, and our day job, I did the Expo...
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Emulate by Tersia Fisher
By Marica Rose and I found the Emerging Creatives section at this year’s Design Indaba Expo so utterly amazing and talent-filled that we are breaking The Design Tabloid tradition and featuring each...
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Design Indaba 2013: Through Rose-Tinted Glasses
Time flashes past so unbelievably fast. It’s almost scary. Right now, to me, it feels as if Design Indaba 2013 was long ago, instead of a month ago. Nevertheless, we are keeping it alive going forward...
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Farah Hernandez Porcelain
By Marica Last week we featured surface designer Tersia Fisher as one of our favourite Emerging Creatives at this year’s Design Indaba Expo. As promised, this week we’ll introduce you to yet another...
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Milkshed
By Marica Another emerging creative stand that caught our eye at this year’s Indaba was that of product designer Blaire Rieger. The story of Milkshed, a recently registered NPO, is a heart-warming one....
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Meet Keri Muller
Capetonian film production company, Green Renaissance, recently made this lovely video introducing Keri Muller of Simple Intrigue and her breathtaking, intricate paper creations. The clip gives a...
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Pinterest Addiction
My favourite part of each working day is early morning just after I arrive at the studio. This is time we usually set aside for general admin, you know, answering mails, doing a little bit of social...
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The Hot Hot Metal Trend
I can vaguely remember Rose giving me a rather sceptical look late last year when I mentioned metals might be one of the big trends of 2013. I was in the process of putting our 2012 trend report...
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Check Out This Cute Little Guy…
So check out this cute little guy… It’s called the Sitting Lamp and it’s the brainchild of art director turned product designer, Graeme Bettles. Graeme also happens to be one of the talented Emerging...
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Hanging out with Weylandts at Dutch Masters Launch
About a week and a half ago I was one of the very fortunate guests at an event hosted by Weylandts at their Green Point Store. Their mission was to celebrate their collaboration with Dutch Master...
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6 Steps To Creating A Perfect Vignette
An effortless way to add a little professional decorator pizzazz to your home is to create little décor arrangements or vignettes atop bare tables or shelves. Now, as we defined a couple of weeks ago,...
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Skinny laMinx
Heather Moore of surface & textile design company Skinny laMinx chatted to Afrikaans morning show, Dagbreek, last week. Check it this cute little clip where she shares some of the Skinny laMinx...
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Gorgeous Retro & Vintage-Inspired Crates by Oscar W Designs
Well lookee-lookee what I found! Yesterday, whilst doing one of my random internet searches I stumbled across these AMAZING vintage-inspired crates. AND, of course, I almost jumped out of my skin when...
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Whimsical Nicole Long
We interviewed local freelance graphic designer and illustrator, Nicole Long (aka Striped Flamingo). Her whimsy, vintage, girlie, pastel-coloured illustrations are simply beautiful – it’s right up my...
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