This summer, we have added several new lines to CO. Some of our new lines have come about as a result of my sister Harriet's winter odessey to the Western Cape of South Africa -- on a mission from CO. Others have come from news closer to home and designers who have found us.

Many are familiar with the felt work of Berkeley, California-based industrial designer, Josh Jakus. His new line, FUZ, continues to explore the relationship between form and function with intelligence and humour -- using materials in their simplest form. On the other side of the globe, in Cape Town, South Africa, Tracy Rushmere has created a range of fabrics that draw from traditional African textiles -- with a contemporary and funky twist. Her eclectic  and eccentric fabrics, and the bags, aprons and cushion covers that she creates from them tell a range of interesting stories. We are very pleased to be working with Tracy, an independent, small-scale designer of flamboyant and humerous pieces with a large-scale dose of soul.