have i been living under a rock…? cause i had never heard of FARM until today. this Brazilian fashion & lifestyle label was founded more than 20 years ago by two creatives with a stall at a Rio market: The story began in 1997 in Rio at a local independent fashion market called Babilonia Feira …
I have probably told this story a million times, and we are not unique in this scenario, but just before the pandemic hit in 2020 Anton and I were set to travel to Paris that May. I remember so clearly watching the news in March and saying, “do you think we can still go…?” We …
Hey friends! wow i have been loving blogging again. it makes me so… happy. it feels like time spent well, compared to just endlessly scrolling on instagram and Tik Tok (as much as i love bedtime procrastination…) If you’re new around here (welcome!) then Goodies is where i do a run down of things i am …
confession: i don’t wear pyjamas. but damn did this family-run pyjama brand catch my heart! Tom Àdam was established in 2018 by son Tom, and he soon roped in his family: mom Una, dad Andris, grandma Viktorika, sister Eva and even the dog, Benjamin. Tom Àdam is a family-run business, but we’re not your typical …
you know that feeling when you’re wandering through a town square somewhere in Europe and you’re hovering over the display of a local artist on the pavement – with artworks capturing the exact scenes you’re walking through? that’s how i felt looking at artist & illustrator Clare Caulfield’s work. i’m not even in Venice but …
it was tough to find any information about Janel Lessing once i discovered these photos taken of her for LIFE in 1961. she seems to have been some kind of child artist prodigy, certainly worthy enough to have an entire editorial shot at her home. she’s probably around 10 or 11 years old in these …
photographer Jasmine Archie decided to make herself a cake for her birthday – the thing is she doesn’t actually like eating cake, so she made a fake one. and so, Pretty Shitty Cakes was born. these decorative pieces have taken off and are selling out on her website. her cakes can hang on your wall, …
Rop van Mierlo is a Dutch artist who started experimenting with painting animals using a wet on wet technique during his senior thesis at design school (well he actually started since he was a kid, read more on that here). he wanted to depict wild animals in an untameable way, and so Wild Animals was …
As soon as the weather starts cooling down here in South Africa i have an insatiable need to head to the Karoo. nothing, nothing beats a Karoo winter. Growing up our family used to take road trips into central South Africa during our long winter school holidays, so I’ve had an appreciation for Karoo dorpies …
When last were you in an art museum? I’m sitting in a cold and rainy Cape Town right now, observing parts of the US and Europe hopefully reaching the tail-end of the pandemic and starting to open up as their summer approaches. All I can think about is the same happening for us, and possibly …