From Laurence Airline to Suno NY, it seems African prints are going through a bit of a renaissance with a crop of designers focusing their offering on the continent’s rich textile traditions, while promoting ethical manufacturing and supporting local business. Our latest discovery is Kisua – an online fashion platform that sources local design talent…. Read more »
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was started in 1964 by the BBC and the Natural History Museum in London. For the 49th year of the competition they had an astonishing 43,000 entries from 96 countries, whittled down to 15 outstanding winners. The grand prize went to South African photographer Greg du Toit for his… Read more »
These gorgeous vase coffee tables are created by Hamburg design studio Alexa Lixfeld. They are made in the Czech Republic where traditionally glass blowers used shapes oak molds. Struck by the beauty of the oak wood against the glass, instead of ordinarily discarding the molds Alexa decided to incorporate them into the product. Alexa Lixfeld… Read more »
Bedsheets have always been lacking in variety with preppy Ralph Lauren or pretty Laura Ashley style dominating the market… until now! Meet Kip & Co the Australian bedding, cushions and linens brand by three Melbourne girls Hayley, Alex and Kate. Fresh, bright, happy and stylish their designs tick all the boxes. This is their latest… Read more »
18 years ago Thomas Darnell made the courageous decision to leave his job in Texas and move to the South of France to become an artist – thankfully his risk paid off. Creating these incredible landscapes and still life paintings with uncanny realism. His technique is flawless with each image perfectly considered in terms of… Read more »
Falconwright is a is a labour of love started by two friends, Sandi Falconer & Danielle Wright. The two girls who make screen printed leather bags and accessories from their hometown of Toronto. This latest collection ‘Spirit Animal’ was inspired by birch bark, snakeskin, leopard prints, pomegranates, seeds, shapes, space, and eyeballs. For their look… Read more »
We stumbled across this treasure on one of our blog favourite’s Pitch Zine. Suku Home is the new homewares brand who won us over with their dreamy pastel gradient sheets and Indonesian textiles. The mantra behind SUKU – inspired by Suicide’s track “Dream Baby Dream” – is to create a space in your home where… Read more »
Dusen Dusen is casual wear label by Ellen Van Dusen powered by prints. The daughter of architects, Ellen works in a graphic style with powerful primary colour combinations inspired by geometric pattern, mid-century resort architecture, kinetic art and industrial design.
We’ve fallen in love with Sydney artist Genevieve Harnett‘s sweet body collages. She works with textured paper, which she paints herself with acrylics so that she can play with her colour pallette, using chartreuse, canary yellow, teal, pink and burnt orange with bolts of primary red. Although they seem so casually assembled, each depicts the… Read more »
We have of course written about Suno before – the New York-based label that works with African prints – but their Spring collection was so beautiful and given their recent CFDA prize win we felt it certainly worthy of post. Bold checks, zebra-print hems and monchrome paint swashes, Suno are famous for their medley of… Read more »
Indian artist Manjari Sharma has created these beautiful and elaborate photographs depicting popular Indian Gods and Goddesses from Hindu mythology. While the imagery is ever present in Indian culture, never has anyone attempted to bring to life the drawings and paintings of such worshiped figures. 35 craftsmen in India built sets, props, prosthetics, costumes and… Read more »
Although social media has been a storm with Prada’s amazing Spring 2014 collection we couldn’t resist a write-up on Miuccia’s rebelle fleurs. Inspired by Latin American street artists and muralists, like Mexico’s Diego Rivera, Prada commissioned six female artists – El Mac from the United States, Mesa from Spain, Gabriel Specter from Canada, Stinkfish from Colombia,… Read more »