things I saw on thursday.

Shortstraw are a Johannesburg band that labels their sound as trash folk. Their set started with some melodic and dreamy acoustic songs and the guys ended the night off with some more lively tracks. Go check them out at the Bohemian on 19 Feb.

keeping a heads-up on south-african ceramics

This lust item, is one of Micheal Chandler's porcelain heads, which is part of a series that include some hand painted ones too. These are available in Johannesburg at Entropy .

hey Juta! Wow you look so nice today! Care to dance?

70 Juta is the new black in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, this cultural precinct is home to Post, a lunch and breakfast restaurant where I had the most delicious halva Greek Yogurt Fruit salad! 70 Juta also houses ultra rad shops from Guillotine by Lisa Jaffe and Bam Bam creative studio. If you want to dance with Juta, they have a very groovy compilation for download on their site. Download it here

i would say this chest has been to a very good Tupperware party in Miami, if i didn't know how hard i worked on it.

wow, you smell nice!

Ohlalala, I picked-up the prize I won in the Business Day's Wanted magazine Paul Smith competition. So, whenever you smell something woody with a hint of granny smith apples, it's me. 

a clockwork orange...

Last night I proved the old wives tale of 'eating too much cheese before bedtime, will make you restless' right. So, I swiftly avoided that and spent a few hours hunting etsy for clocks. These are some of the treasures I found:

1. Panda, Vintage Mechanical Alarm Clock from Thebig8 

2. Vintage Westclox Time'n Date avocado Electric Wall Clock from thornblossom

3. Ingraham Daisy Electric Wall Clock from Vintage shelf and wall 

4. Vintage Art Deco Green Ingersoll Alarm Clock from calloohcallay

5. Vintage black and mint green west germany mechanical alarm clock from RustbeltThreads

6. Retro TV Screen Test Clock by brainbow

mid-century loveliness.

Fantastic Hysteria, a Spanish designer/illustrator takes inspiration from mid-century patterns, furniture and art to create these up to the minute and graphic illustrations. If you want more, head on to Behance network.

thing i've made

Original hand pulled silkscreen prints



koalas marching...

These crunchy choclate filled yummies came all the way from Asia on a jet plane to be eaten by by me.

Pillows-UP!

Yes, Etsy has become the holy grail for those after some handmade special goodies, I'd say my collection of pillows are rather pretty. Okay, so who's gonna buy them for me? (PS: even one would be a treat)

Left to right: Sunburst pillow by Mazizmuse, Cloud birds pillow by Skinny laminx, Ampersand pillow, by Monogram. House pillow by Olive, Blam! pillow by Geeks need pillows too, Little monster pillow by Two of a kind.

can you make something everyday for a year?

Shara, a textile creator from North Devon England, has taken on the challenge to create a rabbit from pretty much anything everyday for 365 days. I've picked some of my favorites. Shara is only at the start of her rabbit journey, so it will be very interesting to see what she comes up with. See A rabbit A day.

I [heart] Anna Garfoth!

Photo credit: Anna Garforth

Anna Garforth, illustrator and designer, works with recycled and natural materials to create thought provoking public works of art, a sort of sustainable cityscape art. I thought these paper pyramids were just ingeniously simple and very effective to liven up this rusty old riveted wall for the 'Love your street' project that was part of the London Festival of Architecture 2010.