It’s year end, I can feel the energy in the air - Summer has finally arrived in Cape Town, days are longer, yet heads are perhaps more fuzzy the next morning; until afternoon when the sun beckons you to join it and partake on more bubbly in its radiance.
Of course, it’s all manic times at […]
Author Archives: Tin
Waiting in Anticipation
December 4, 2008 – 11:45 am
Gender vs Gender
October 14, 2008 – 2:53 pm
The year is almost over, 2008 gone and 2009 to be! I thought it would be good to have a look at what a couple of trends for 2009 may be - I say may, as I could be completely off the mark, but it is fun nonetheless; and it is the business of course […]
Buying Bright
September 22, 2008 – 4:34 pm
I love my job and with that design has become and has stayed my passion; for those of us that are lucky to be immersed in such a great industry I find that the duty we have is to educate those that are not so design clued up. This is my mission, this is what […]
Johannesburg’s Grand Opening!
September 11, 2008 – 4:10 pm
Twiice’s Johannesburg Grand Opening was held last Thursday (4th September) and as expected it was an event that did not disappoint - I am proud to call it a success!
The showroom at 1 Jellicoe Avenue charms the eyes with the space seeming as though it was made for the products - the best designs from our […]
AHA - Another Fake!
August 26, 2008 – 1:20 pm
They are at it again - there is another fake, a copy, a want-to-be so very much out there from the ubiquitous copiers of note, @Home Livingspace!
They have copied the Prince Aha stool by Philippe Starck for Kartell. Of course, they have not learnt and at this point I realise they never will. @Home Livingspace […]
A Stolen Heart
April 25, 2008 – 11:55 am
“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal” so said Pablo Picasso; but he was an artist and he was original so I suppose he could say as such, my opinion on this however is as such, “If you are going to copy then you may as well steal.” Verner Panton was an original, he was an […]
Twiice Goes Local
April 7, 2008 – 11:59 am
We held a fantastic event at our Twiice Cape Town showroom on Thursday 3rd April - fifteen second year designers from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology exhibited miniatures of iconic designer products, and prizes for the three best were handed out!
It was an unenviable task of choosing a winner as the talent was more than […]
South African Design
March 7, 2008 – 4:18 pm
It seems as though local designs may have been influenced by the fact that our fragmented past has, perhaps, disallowed us the opportunity to create a unique visual language – but wait – isn’t it because of such a history, one so diverse, so full of “culture” that each South African should have their own […]
Design Integrity
March 7, 2008 – 4:15 pm
It alarms me amuses me and of course at times angers me when I think about design integrity or at times the lack of it. I came to South Africa 13 years ago to start up a business I could be proud of – and subsequently I am, but I do wonder why it is that […]
Copy Cats
March 7, 2008 – 3:53 pm
Copying! I think most that know me realise that what riles me is copying of design, I have written about it in our external newsletter quite a few times and of course a list of those that copy is on our website www.twiice.com! It would then be quite suspect, I would think, if I kept […]