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Bella's Gift: The Story That Led to Our First In-House Quilt Collection

A note from Amanda, Evolutions Founder. “Women hold up half of the sky,” wrote Mao Zedong - and for me, that truth has always lived in Bella, my mom, the person who first showed me what textiles co...

Stitches in Time ~ Sandy Harris of Callie Quilts, in conversation with Evolution

We have always used our linen offcuts with intention. Strips repurposed, remnants rehomed, nothing wasted if we can help it. But quilts, the kind that take real time, carry genuine craft, and becom...

The Art of Living With Things | Laurence Dougier - Journalist & Interior Stylist

On the subtle science of mixing eras, the soul of a truly lived-in home, and why the right shade of khaki can take days to find. There are people who understand interiors intellectually, and then...

Fox Browne Creative X Evolution Product for the &Beyond Suyian Lodge

Exploring the creative collaboration behind the &Beyond Suyian Lodge in Laikipia, Kenya. For over a decade, Evolution Product has worked alongside Fox Browne Creative, a partnership built on re...

Reflections on the Road Into 2026: A Note From Amanda

The Evolution team had a wonderful reset over the festive season and we returned fully recharged, ready to refresh our designs and deepen our development capabilities for the year ahead. We each tr...

Now Showing | Te Water House x Evolution Product Textile Exhibition: An Interview with Jen Rubidge of Te Water House

Nestled in the heart of Graaff-Reinet, Te Water House is a place where history lives in every beam of yellowwood and spills into rooms that hold generations of stories. Once home to Jen Rubidge’s g...

Introducing 8 New Carpets in the ‘Call of the Karoo’ Collection

Two years after launching our first carpet collaboration with MONN, we are expanding the 'Call of the Karoo' collection with eight new designs. Rooted in memory, land, and the stories of the Karoo,...

The Inside Story: Park Hyatt Johannesburg x Evolution With founder Amanda du Plessis

From Narrative to Textile. At the newly opened Park Hyatt Johannesburg, heritage, narrative and design converge. Interior designer Stephen Falke partnered with Evolution Product to create spaces th...

From Narrative to Textile: Evolution & Stephen Falke at the Park Hyatt Johannesburg

The newly opened Park Hyatt Johannesburg is a beautiful luxury hotel. It is a space where heritage, narrative, and design converge, an intimate jewel within the Hyatt group’s most exclusive collect...

Evolution’s Heritage: Amanda’s Personal Note on Where It All Began

Fifteen years ago, Evolution was born from a desire to slow the pace of creation, to make design something meaningful, locally relevant, and hopefully inspirational. The spark came from a deeply pe...