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		<title>Baby hiatus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And without further ado, onto the next announcement &#8211; an important one! Some of you will already know that I have been walking around with a sizeable belly for some time now &#8230; and am due to give birth in &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/baby-hiatus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New shows: Totemism / African Textiles / Handmade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New shows (1): Totemism as a metaphor for modern identity I&#8217;ve already written about the Li Edelkoort exhibition &#8220;Totemism: Memphis meets Africa&#8221; in Cape Town, which was part of the Design Indaba last month, but just last week watched this &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/vlisco-african-textiles-exhibitions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Umculo Friday: Opika Pende*</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very special find for today&#8217;s Umculo Friday. I read in this week&#8217;s Economist, of all places, about an American record label, Dust to Digital, which has as its raison d&#8217;être the digitisation of rare and old vernacular music. They &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/umculo-friday-opika-pende/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Geometric brights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a record couple of warm March days here this week and it seems very fitting timing for the bold, optimistic products which form part of our &#8216;Geometric Brights&#8217; series which are now on the site. We had a &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/geometri-brights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak peek: Geometic Brights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am halfway through a post about this, but next week we&#8217;ll launch our new products but I&#8217;m so excited about them all I&#8217;d like to share some images already&#8230;. Thrilled to already be stocking Pichulik jewellery &#8211; she has &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/sneak-peek-geometic-brights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Generous commerce: a new form of business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business has the reputation of being an ideals-free zone, where hard-nosed sharkiness will get you further. Although I&#8217;ve come across my fair share of sharks, I don&#8217;t think the business of the future is ideals-free. Is it me or is &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/generous-commerce-a-new-form-of-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; and we&#8217;re back in the room!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m officially out of hibernation. Well it is winter here, and it has been cold. Like last year, a slow start to the year seemed appropriate. But what better day to begin again than Valentine&#8217;s Day?? Behind the scenes lots &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/and-were-back-in-the-room/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for some festive cheer and rest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear TSIB friends Thank you for your wonderful support this year. It has been a really great year, with so much positive growth. And it&#8217;s also been very busy, so we&#8217;ll be taking a good long break. We&#8217;ll be back &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/time-for-some-festive-cheer-and-rest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights, high-fives &amp; holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe the year is almost up &#8211; mentally I&#8217;m still somewhere in August, full of plans. But it has been a good year, and the festive spirit has well and truly arrived at TSIB. As a last blog &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/highlights-and-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Festive stock with lots of gifts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[hi TSIB friends It has been a madhouse here with our pop-up shop in Groningen, the Afrika Day pop-up in Amsterdam, and stock coming and going at a rate of knots. Exhausting but inspiring times! But finally (almost) all our &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesouthisblooming.com/festive-stock-with-lots-of-gifts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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