I enjoyed the Design Indaba this year, certainly more than last. Yes, it was still rather crafty but I found that we had veered a bit more inot designer confidence at last making initiative of doing what it was they simply wanted to do. I love that the Indaba is design in all spheres and […]
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Panton Chair Celebrates Its Fiftieth Year
February 16, 2010 – 11:01 am
When the first Panton Chair - the first product developed independently by Vitra - finally arrived on the market in 1967, it had an unusually long and difficult development process behind it, a process that was only temporarily completed upon its commercial introduction. Within the next few years the chair underwent several changes in material […]
2010 - A positive Number!
January 12, 2010 – 10:35 am
Happy New Years!Suddenly all I can feel is positive energy with 2010, maybe that comes with having it a positive year in numbers. But, for the most part people I have spoken to have mentioned how they are looking forward to this year, how they can feel that it has big things in store - […]
A Year that has created ….
November 16, 2009 – 12:56 pm
The curtain for 2009 is about to draw to a close and what a year 2009 has been! I think there is no business or industry that can say with truth that they have not felt the effects of that dastardly of words… recession! The big R!I do choose however to look at the positive […]
Sustain-Able!
October 2, 2009 – 12:32 pm
Sustainable design, eco friendly design, “green” designs are words all too prevalent - as they should be. Design has acquired a conscience and no longer are designers perceived as diva “hippy” creative types, for now they are doing their all to change the planet, to better it, to enhance its lifetime and for that matter […]
South Africa - A Creative Map!
September 9, 2009 – 10:49 am
Perhaps it is the taunt the summer is coming albeit with rainy days - but it is there, you can feel it - summer! And so with summer on its way, I am feeling rather happy and content and feel that South Africa is moving and making its way on the map for all things […]
Copiers Get Real!
July 14, 2009 – 1:33 pm
Copying and buying copies is one thing - a supplier of such prolific copies, such as Chair Crazy contacting Twiice International to purchase the original is a whole different picture - a rather satisfying one at that.Perhaps it has finally happened that the consumer is realising that the original goes further and is in effect, […]
Fraud: Once Bitten Twiice Shy!
July 8, 2009 – 9:39 am
One thinks they are savvier than to be caught by fraud, but the fact is that those that do it are aware of all the simple ways to out swindle because it is what they do, it is who they are - conmen! Recently Twiice International was on the receiving end, when a well-spoken man […]
The Starck Reality!
May 21, 2009 – 2:14 pm
I was wondering when it would happen as I am sure so too were many of you. There has been every other kind of reality show, from out in the “wild” (Survivor) to locked in the “wild” (Big Brother) - this moved to the modeling world, then the design world, the business world, practically every kind […]
Milan Fair 2009 - The Fair of all Fairs!
May 11, 2009 – 10:28 am
The Milan Fair has always been my favorite of Fairs – being in the design world it inspires me; not only Twiice suppliers but all suppliers come up with inspirations that make you amazed at the brains these creators possess – completely new, imaginative and out of the box. But this is not the only […]