So I had one of those coach potato days yesterday and as I sat glued to the BBC lifestyle channel (one of my favourites) I came across a show called "Man around the globe". Here a guy from New York is assigned to a specific country in search of true authentic pieces. But heres the twist... these pieces have to be completely original and fresh, that New Yorkers have NEVER seen before. Country of choice for this episode: none other than beautiful South Africa! Now even though SA has TONS of local talent, this New Yorker was on the hunt for unusual, quirky, cutting edge design. Well, boy did he nail the brief and find just that...:)
True to form, South Africa gave this New Yorker a taste of true raw local talent at its best, proving to be at the forefront of innovation... Green innovation that is. So innovative in fact that Michelle Obama just had to have one of these pieces for her lounge in the white house!
Magpie has been making headways with their hi-low qirky "Bespoke" chandeliers made of recycled plastic bottles and barbie legs and "blomme" pompom- like lightshades.
The range is fun, colourful, ,socially-conscious and creatively- brilliant. Designed for those with a green conscious ness and good sense of humour- I absolutely love it!
Have a closer look...
Heres my all time favourite... this Blomme lightshade called "chicken bum".... haha
Good blog.
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