Monthly Archives: January 2015

Letitia Green

We were very excited to see Letitia’s scarf ranged posted on The Design Files this week! We had the pleasure of printing Letitcia’s scarves here at TP on silk crepe de chine. Growing up in South Africa has had a huge influence on Letitia’s design sensibilities and creative aesthetic. Colourful, bold and graphic she has worked… Read more »

Swingin’

While we were snuffing sausage sarnies and swimming in the ocean, on the other side of the globe fashion’s elite assembled for Dior’s Spring 2015 couture showing. And it would seeming the swinging 60s are back! A-line mini dresses,pouffy party frocks, patent boots (knee-high and brightly coloured) and even Bowie-esque psychedelic catsuits, were all the… Read more »

Facepots

These are Facepots. Aren’t they sweet? Their smiley faces are so simple in form, yet they warmly bring to light the simplicity of human expression. Smiley = happy. Their slapdash assembly only adds to their charm, along with the high-gloss pop colours. These happy creations are by artist Dan McCarthy. His glossy rainbow paintings are also… Read more »

Cultivating Domesticity

Anna Valdez’s still life paintings explore domestic settings with various household items such as my clothes, quilts, scarves, blankets, houseplants, drawings, paintings, books, records, and vessels. Anna is interested in people’s treasures  as emblematic of both personal and collective experience. Her cosy worlds are enriched in bright patterned layers of lush textiles and greens structure of potted… Read more »

Paper Puzzles

Stephen Eichhorn is a Chicago collage artist. We discovered his work in the beautiful book Strange Plants a study of plants in contemporary art. Stephen scours old magazines and books for flower photography, cuts them out with a blade and meticulous layers the fronds and blossoms to create new compositions. The images are layered on bright gradients… Read more »

Lenticular

We hope everyone had a happy and festive Christmas break and are feeling ready for the new year! For our  first post for 2o15 we have a special one to share that we thought would be the perfect start to the new year: bright, colourful and a little futuristic. Born 1980, Rafaël Rozendaal is Dutch-Brazilian and lives… Read more »