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Vintage-Inspired Treasures
By Marica
Look, look, look what I found! Revel in the complete awesomeness that is Mitat – a local Cape Townian creative duo. They have a collection of gorgeous vintage-inspired products – all beautifully designed and screen-printed by hand. I should really try and get a hold of these talented ladies so we can do a decent interview and post about them! Feel free to drool over these cushions for 15 minutes… that’s what I plan to do!
Images via Mitat
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10 Christmas Gift Ideas Under R200
With Christmas only a couple of weeks away we created a snapshot view of 10 awesome items we feel will make beautiful Christmas gifts…this is pretty much my Christmas wishlist! Enjoy and happy Christmas shopping!
1. Persian Tin Soap from Woolworths – the soap is divine…but the gorgeous tin is the show stopper!
2. You see the Le Creuset Strawberry range everywhere nowadays but it doesn’t make this Flower Ramekin with Lid any less desirable! You’ll find most Le Creuset products on Yuppie Chef.
3. I really applaud Mr Price Home for their Proudly South African range of products. Just goes to show you that being patriotic can be affordable! Love the cushions!
4. Drool-worthy bangle set from Truworths.
5. I love these quirky hand-painted ceramic polka dot milk jugs from Ck-ramics. If you are in the Cape Town area, I know that Ck-ramics are currently showing their wares at the Edgemead Christmas market. Gorgeous!
6. Beautiful Turkish Bowls from Poetry.
7. Totally in love with this Nautical Satchel from Truworths (psst…to members of my family and friends…hint hint hint)
8. Funky Geometric Silk Scarf from Woolworths.
9. Loads of Living has a stunning range of tea towels with vintage-inspired designs.
10. Okay, so this item is NOT under R200 BUT it’s well worth the slurge (ag, it’s just R20 extra!). If you have ever been to Knead Bakery in Muizenberg you will know that it’s really something special! And now Evan Faull from Knead has launched this AWESOME cookbook, Café Food at Home. I know it’s available from selected Exclusive Books and Woolworths stores. Truly a must-have!
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Yellow Pride: Cape Town for World Design Capital 2014
By Marica
It was an exciting past week for the city of Cape Town as we received and entertained the World Design Capital organising committee. Rose and I have proudly been rooting Team Yellow since Cape Town entered their bid for World Design Capital 2014 in March of this year, and we were equally ecstatic when Cape Town (along with Bilbao, Spain and Dublin, Ireland) was announced as one of the three finalists in July (YAY!).
Table Mountain was all lit up in yellow this past week. Image via Cape Town 2014
For those you unaware of exactly what this big hoo-ha is about or how it can benefit us as South Africans – here is the skinny: The title of World Design Capital is awarded bi-annually by the ICSID (International Council for Societies of Industrial Design) to give international recognition to cities that use design for their social, economic and cultural development. Previous World Design Capitals include Torino, Italy in 2008; Seoul, South Korea in 2010 and Helsinki, Finland was elected as WD Capital for 2012.
Oe, I love this! Trees in Heerengracht wrapped in yellow. Image via Cape Town 2014
The CTWDC 2014 website specify that the World Design Capital title is awarded in advance to allow the winning city sufficient time to plan, develop and promote a year-long programme of design-related events for their designated year. With the bold motto: “Live Design. Transform Life”, Cape Town’s bid endeavours to be “proudly African”, with the end objective of achieving a “sustainable, inclusive and more liveable African city, rooted in the strengths of our people and communities”.
It makes me want to burst with Proudly South Africa spirit. Wear that badge, girl! Image via Cape Town 2014
Being “crowned” as a World Design Capital can also attract international investments & partnerships and can establish Cape Town as a popular tourist destination. Wouldn’t it be amazing to be view as a major global design force?!
Yellow banners to welcome the WDC committee to Cape Town. Image via Cape Town 2014
The winning city will be announced in October and until then Mzanzi, I urge you to wear those yellow badges with pride – support Cape Town as World Design Capital 2014 (I want to see some #wdc2014 Tweets, blogs and Facebook mentions). It’s all about enriching our community and making Cape Town a better place to live. Visit the Cape Town 2014 website for more info and some awesome articles and updates. I also noticed on Visi and Elle Decoration’s blog some awesome Cape Town WDC2014 pride, be sure to check it out.
Info and Images sourced from: Cape Town 2014 & World Design Capital
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And the WINNER is…
CINDY VOSSER!
Congrats Cindy, you are lucky winner of the 1-year subscription to VISI Magazine!
We would like to thank everybody who entered the give-away, we really enjoyed reading your comments on what makes you proud to be South African.
Keep your eyes peeled – there is some more give-aways in the pipeline…
Thanks peeps, have a gorgeous Monday!
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New Vintage
By Marica
You may recall the Cara Saven‘s beautiful Aqua Floral photographic series we featured on The Tabloid a few months back, well the wonderfully talented lady has done it again…
We were quite excited when Cara mailed us her latest series aptly named “Vintage”. The image range consist of various funky vintage & retro objects – my favourite is the old squash rackets. Cara has once again managed to produce something exceptionally beautiful and in keep with the nostalgia, vintage and up-cycling trend that is currently doing the rounds. Brava Cara!
Here is a quick preview of the series, for the whole range please check out Cara’s website: here.
