Travel by tea light

We thought Love Milo’s creative and user-friendly designs hit their peak with the “Message Mug”, but their latest “Travelling Lanterns” have us ready to proclaim designer Nicki Ellis as the queen of everyday quirk.

The handbag-size lanterns, which come in packs of three, fit snuggly around tea light candles, adding the perfect dash of design to any impromptu outing or intimate get-together.

Nicki says the idea dawned on her when a friend had her birthday party on Nicki’s family farm in Namibia last month. “The lanterns were perfect decor items as they were easy to take along and the images themselves were taken there”.

Both the bird and branch images were transformed into the illustrations that create interesting silhouettes when the candles are lit. The travelling lanterns are folded from flat, easy-to-carry units and form part of Love Milo’s current tableware collection, “Dina”, which incorporates the same branch and bird motifs.

A pack of the travelling lanterns costs R100 and makes a great design solution to keep in the cupboard for your next do.

Available from Haas, Nap, Imagenius or www.lovemilo.com.

More information: www.lovemilo.com