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Caruma vessel blending Angolan basket weaving with traditional earthenware by product designer Eneida Tavares

Eneida Tavares Blends Angolan Weaving Tradition with Earthen Vessels

I recently came across these intriguing half basket, half ceramic vessels, which I found out to be the work of Eneida Lombe Tavares a Portuguese conceptual production designer of Angolan heritage. Named Caruma, the Portuguese word for pine needles the elegant collection is formed of one of a kind vases that explore her African heritage in the context of Portuguese culture.

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Talatona Convention Hotel Angola

Talatona Convention Hotel [Angola] [Image source: Kiwi Collection] Luxury, contemporary style accommodation and surroundings define the Talatona Convention Hotel, situated in one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, Luanda. Emerging from an intense 27-year civil war in 2002, Angola has wasted no time in attracting regional and international investors, making it a top business destination and the Talatona Convention Hotel was created with this in mind, boasting 12 conference rooms catering to your specific requirements. Likened to resembling a giant Rubik’s Cube, the hotel is an impressive expanse of space and light, exuding a chic gallery-like feel and is presented as being ‘more […]