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Skinny laMinx at Kamersvol
Skinny laMinx will have a great big stand at the Kamersvol Geskenke show at Lourensford Estate this year. We’ll have lots of yummy goods for sale, including brand new things like Christmas decorations,...
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Off to Food Wine Design. See you there?
Tomorrow morning early, I’m off to Joburg to set up our stand at the FoodWineDesign show, which opens on Thursday evening right at the top of the Hyde Park shopping Centre. It’s the first time we’ll be...
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Eat Drink & Bree Merry
The Bree Street community is getting together on Friday and Saturday at the end of November to offer you a fab shopping event running from &Union on one side to Sababa on the other. There’ll be...
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At FoodWineDesign
I had a crazy week up in Joburg, working on the FoodWineDesign Fair, and returned just in time to take the day off for my birthday. In a nutshell, that’s a list of excuses for having neglected my poor,...
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Wooden monkey
Hey, woah, look what happens when you Google image search “wooden monkey“. Not a bad way to end a hot day.
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See you in the new year
I’m taking a break until mid-Jan*, and hope to be playing lots of Bananagram, swimming in rivers, and getting a tan. There’s family in town, and the living is easy. Hope that whatever the weather is,...
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Sketching at the Design Indaba
I have splashed out MAJORLY and bought myself a mini-sabbatical / a ticket to the Design Indaba Conference. I spent today at the CTICC listening to an amazing array of speakers (including Paula Scher,...
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Inkspot & Persimmon
Aren’t these chairs great? They’re from Space for Life, and were covered in my fabrics for the Rough Cuts collection launch a few weeks ago. If you’re looking for a giant sized dose of vintage Danish...
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Making Friday: Inspired by Stig
One of my long-time favourite designers is Swedish all-rounder Stig Lindberg. If you’re also a fan of Scandi design from the 50′s & 60′s, you’re sure to know some of his things, some of which are...
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Frondest Greetings
Wishing everybody the most festive of festive seasons, from all of us at Skinny laMinx. xx
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TWOFOR Sale!
I hope you’re ready to shop up a storm at our Two-For-The-Price-Of-One TWOFOR sale, starting on Thursday 3 September at the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree St. Sale starts at 4pm (we’ll be open til 8pm...
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High drama on the studio rooftop
It was Guy Fawkes Day last week, and Diwali this week, and we’ve been having a gentle fireworks show of our own on the Skinny laMinx rooftop. Last week on the studio rooftop. This week on the studio...
View ArticleBest Things: Block printing, 1955
“Although it’s said a woman’s place is in the home, the influence she has on its appearance is often overlooked”. Ah… um? Please ignore the asinine narration and just enjoy watching beautiful block...
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Eat Drink & Bree Merry
The Bree Street community is getting together on Friday and Saturday at the end of November to offer you a fab shopping event running from &Union on one side to Sababa on the other. There’ll be...
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Best things: Dot dash dot…
The title of this post is not a misspelled alarm call in morse code, it’s a collection of dotty, line-y design I’ve spotted (geddit?) around the web lately: The mesmerising mobile-like Lines & Dots...
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Heath Ceramics seasonal collection
This summer, I came to appreciate the refreshing bitterness and gorgeous colour of a Negroni cocktail, which is why I think Heath Ceramics’ fresh-pressed palette for their Summer collection makes...
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PRESS: Côté Ouest magazine
We’re delighted to see our cushions on the cover of Côté Ouest magazine, and on lots of pages inside too!
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In the shop: New Cloud9 Fabrics
We’re so happy to have been in collaboration with Cloud9 Fabrics once again, with our third fabric collection, called Around The Block, now available in our shop on Bree Street, and online too! This...
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King & McGaw: Art Prints
Have you seen the prints we’ve done with King & McGaw? Take a look at the our collection of artworks and framed prints with this UK art publisher, all available in size small to extra large with an...
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