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EVOLUTION PRODUCT AT NY NOW 2019

Evolution Product had the pleasure of exhibiting at NY NOW in New York this February.

SOUTH AFRICA ANNOUNCES NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK

On Thursday 25 October, the Department of Environmental Affairs announced that Cabinet approved a network of 20 new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that are representative of South Africa’s rich coas...

CIRCA GALLERY TEXTILE EXHIBITION

We recently had an exhibition at the Circa Gallery that ran for three weeks. It was such an invigorating experience, as our products were displayed as textile art, out of the home environment in w...

RAPTUROUS RAVINE: THE GRASSES

- The Swerving Savannahs - Herewith we honour the grasslands of Southern Africa. This humble plant family is easily overlooked, as Alan Paton describes in his book Cry, the Beloved Country...

RAPTUROUS RAVINES: THE MOSSES COLLECTION

- The Mosses - We fell in love with the beauty of mosses after reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel The Signature of All Things. The journey of the main character, Alma Whittaker, into botany, her e...

THANK YOU, MAISON ET OBJET

The Evolution team has had a wonderful time exhibiting at Maison et Objet in Paris, France. We had the chance to meet incredible international artists and share some of our own nostalgic narratives...

THE BOTANICAL BLUEPRINT COLLECTION

- Evolving the blueprints - Approximately two years ago I discovered an old guide book to the Melville Koppies, which are close to where I live. This hand-typed book was compiled in 1967 for the Jo...

INTRODUCING THE BLAGRAVE'S FERNS COLLECTION

- Blagrave's Ferns 1860 -   The Evolution team discovered an inspirational collection of evocative photograms while researching the history of South Africa’s botanical art. Thomas C. Blagrave, a re...

FIND US AT THE WATERSHED COLLECTIVE AT V&A WATERFRONT

Evolution Product has it's first retail outlet at the Watershed in Cape Town. We are in collaboration with fellow SA designers Vogel, Bronze Age and Nic Bladen. 

THE FIELD NOTES & VELD FINDS COLLECTION

- Field Notes & Veld Finds - Centuries ago the |xam and San communities were the first to collect and use plants for medicinal and ritual purposes. They depicted the invaluable flora on rock, a...